The museum catches up to the vital lessons of the Harlem Renaissance, with its American, European and African exchanges and its cultural solidarity.
Tag: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Six Artists on the Enduring Impact of the Harlem Renaissance
A century later, the first African American modernist movement continues to inspire and challenge.
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The Met Will Return 16 Ancient Treasures Tied to Looting
Many of the works headed back to Cambodia and Thailand were featured in the museum’s galleries. All were linked to Douglas Latchford, a Khmer art collector later charged as a trafficker.
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The Glory of Designs by Women (It’s About Time)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute reimagines the record of fashion, celebrating designers known but also those long, and wrongly, forgotten.