Marginalized no more, expo celebrates Harlem Renaissance
New York (AFP) - The Metropolitan Museum's new Harlem Renaissance exhibit presents the Twentieth Century movement as a central force in modern art, a bold reframing that many view as long overdue. The show, "The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism," which opens Sunday, is comprised of some 160 pieces depicting Black American life in the 1920s-1940s, featuring both well-known creators and some appearing in the internationally visited institution for the first time. Spread across a dozen galleries, there are canvasses of jauntily-dressed Black couples beaming from the dance floor; gra...