Romare Bearden’s Art and Music
How did Romare Bearden incorporate jazz and other forms of music into his work? Listen to experts and Bearden himself describe his process. From the Smithsonian traveling exhibition “Romare Bearden:…
“The Color Line”
In October 2016, the Musée du Quai Branly—Jacques Chirac, in Paris, inaugurated “The Color Line: Les artistes africains-américains et la ségrégation” (October 4, 2016–January 15, 2017), the first major exhibition…
The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African-American Art: Works on Paper
See nearly 70 watercolors, prints and drawings by leading African-American artists of the 20th century. Curated from one of the nation’s most celebrated private collections of African-American art, this special…
Archibald Motley’s Art
A slideshow of Archibald Motley’s most famous paintings along to the track ‘High Society Rag’ by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. —————————————-—————————————-—– Archibald John Motley, Junior (September 2, 1891, New…