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'The Harlem Renaissance' and what is Black art for?

'The Harlem Renaissance' and what is Black art for?

It's Been a Minute vor 2 Jahren

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It's Been a Minute host Brittany Luse and producer Liam McBain took
a little field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York —
and after having a Gossip Girl moment on the steps, they saw a
brand-new exhibit: The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic
Modernism. Brittany and Liam explored the exhibit's wide-ranging
subject matter: paintings, photographs, explosive scenes of city
life, and quiet portraits of deep knowing — but they also learned
that the Harlem Renaissance started a lot of the cultural debates
we're still having about Black art today. Like — what is Black art
for? And how do Black artists want to represent themselves? After
the show, Brittany sat down with the curator, Denise Murrell, to
dig a little deeper into how the Harlem Renaissance laid the
groundwork for Black modernity.

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