The Harlem Renaissance Was Bigger Than Harlem
How Black artists made modernism their own
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How Black artists made modernism their own
A landmark exhibition offers a new history of art.
The artist left behind few clues about his life or intentions, but the paintings themselves teach the viewer new ways to see.
In a new exhibit, Winslow Homer, once seen as the oracle of the nation’s innocence, is recast as a poet of conflict.