On a hot summer day in August 1972, actor-turned-documentarian William Greaves orchestrated a cocktail party at Duke ...

The painting, by the "father of Black American art," shows an emancipator sometimes referred to as "Moses." ...

In '72, filmmaker William Greaves hosted a cocktail party for the surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance. Our critic ...

I mean this with zero exaggeration when I say that it’s truly a miracle that Once Upon a Time in Harlem not only exists but ...

On Nov. 13, Heritage Auctions will offer a rare gilded bronze reduction of Saint-Gaudens’s Victory as the centerpiece of its American Art Signature® Auction. The sculpture’s connections reach from the ...

A show of bronzes at the Frick Collection reveals a divine and ancient craft they’d revived — and lessons in gluteal grace.

Discover the best things to do in Dallas-Fort Worth Oct. 22–25, including ArtsGoggle, Do Good Fest, Denton's Day of the Dead, ...

A new book charts how a 1949 meeting between the renowned poet and the legendary musician, then a 16-year-old girl, sparked ...

Broadway once thrived on the collision of musical traditions. Now, amid jukebox shows and Hollywood adaptations, can it ...

Shortlisted for the Booker and Baillie Gifford prizes respectively, the novelist and biographer talk about working and living together – and giving a voice to Black queer history ...

Tracy Chiles McGhee introduces Power Read 25, a national initiative celebrating Black women through biography. Highlighting ...

The acclaimed Roomful of Teeth cofounder performs at Middlebury College 80 years after the trailblazing singer-activist and athlete did.