Consider Michelangelo’s famous “Creation of Adam,” Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” or Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” When you think of Western art’s grand visual narratives of ...

Curator Denise Muller revisits a major movement in American art and history for what may be the most celebrated exhibition the institution has seen “This landmark exhibition celebrates the brilliant ...

Most people just see the sphinx. Then they notice the circles looped onto the sphinx’s backside, connecting it to an inexplicable J shape. Then the eye moves up to the name of a 1920s magazine: “FIRE!

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is showcasing visual artists from the Harlem Renaissance in the exhibition, “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.” When we think about the Harlem ...

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“The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism” on view at the Met. Photo: Courtesy The Met Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen The first thing you’re likely to read about the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ...

Renaissance art calls to mind some of the greatest names in art history—Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello, just to name a few. Lesser known, however, are the influential women artists who ...

The importance of understanding women’s and Black women’s history lies in recognizing the significant yet often overlooked contributions they have made across various fields, in everything from ...

In 1924, a young woman named Alma Thomas posed that question in her college yearbook. Thomas was the first graduate of Howard University’s newly formed department of art. Her groundbreaking abstract ...

The Harlem Renaissance was one of the most important artistic and cultural milestones in modern history, and a sweeping new ...

Beyoncé rebranded herself through her highly publicized tour – not just as a global cultural icon, but as a magnate whose brand output perseveres in spite of the odds. The entire tour itself ...