The Whitney presents the first full-scale survey in two decades of the paintings of Archibald Motley (1891–1981), who was one of the most important figures associated with the Harlem Renaissance and ...

*A 1920’s nightclub in Paris, where dark and light-skinned people are pressed together in a sexy sway. An exclusive ‘Bronzeville’ neighborhood with a night time glow, showing the bustling streets of a ...

CHICAGO — An event at the Chicago Cultural Center brought together two strands of African-American culture in Chicago: the wide-ranging exhibition of paintings by Archibald Motley, and an hour of ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The papers of African American painter Archibald Motley consist of 71 items and date from 1925-1977. Found are photocopies of biographical ...

Archibald J. Motley Jr., “Blues” 1929. Oil on canvas, 36 x 42 inches (Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne) (image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois) (© ...

An essential African American artist of his era, Archibald Motley Jr. created paintings of black Chicago that aligned him with the revisionist aims of the New Negro Renaissance. Yet Motley's approach ...

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal joins professor Richard Powell in a walk through the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University to discuss the works of Archibald Motley Jr. Professor Powell is the ...

With the holiday season nearly upon us, entertaining may be on the brain—which parties we’ll go to, what we’ll host, how we’ll make the most of each, or how we’ll just get through them. But no matter ...

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The conversation took place late at night early into this new year inside a tavern that has existed for decades and was once a lively meeting place for all sorts of creative types. This conversation ...

From exhibitions of works by Jack Whitten, Rashid Johnson and Amy Sherald to the international debut of Luana Vitra, there's a lot to see in the city.