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The NCA New York Annual Conference in Harlem

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The NCA New York 4 day annual conferenceThe NCA New York 4 day annual conference was a resounding success,  with a tribute to Elizabeth Catlett, held at the Schomberg Center for Research in Harlem, and an awards ceremony at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. Continue reading →

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Towering new rental offers a Fifth dimension in Harlem

Posted on October 24, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Related Companies’ marketing campaign is in full swing at 1214 Fifth Avenue, a 53-story glass and stone residential tower overlooking Central Park, between East 102nd and East 103rd Streets in East Harlem. Continue reading →

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A Toast to Fort Tryon Park & A Taste of Washington Heights

Posted on August 30, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Enjoy an evening of conviviality, fine wine and live music with your friends and neighbors at the annual wine tasting benefit for the Fort Tryon Park. Continue reading →

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Harlem Revisited: A New Look at Dawoud Bey’s New York Portraits

Posted on May 1, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Present-day Chicago is not Harlem in 1979. Present-day Harlem isn’t even Harlem in 1979. Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Catlett, Passes at 96

Posted on April 4, 2012 by | 2 Comments

Elizabeth Catlett, whose abstracted sculptures of the human form reflected her deep concern with the African-American experience and the struggle for civil rights… Continue reading →

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At the Armory show, the rarely seen,abstract work of Romare Bearden

Posted on March 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

2011 was Romare Bearden’s centennial year, and it saw a plethora of exhibitions of the artist’s work around New York, including shows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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HW Props: Revolution!: The Atlantic World Reborn

Posted on March 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Features works from the New York Historical Society, Musée National du Château de Versailles et de Trianon, The British Museum, London, the Yale Center for British Art, the Lewis Walpole Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Library of Congress among others.

Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn is an original illustrated volume which accompanies the landmark international travelling exhibition opening at the New York Historical Society in November 2011.

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Harlem’s Romare Bearden Celebrated by Romare Bearden Foundation and Macy’s

Posted on February 14, 2012 by | Leave a comment
Story by Myeisha Essex and photos by Rudy Collins

The legacy of Romare Bearden still lives today, and the proof is in the numbers. Even 24 years after his death, art lovers of all ages filled the 9th floor of Macy’s Herald Square in celebration of what would be his 100th Birthday.

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HW Pick: Alexander McQueen, ‘Savage Beauty’ At The MET

Posted on May 5, 2011 by | Leave a comment

“You’ve got to know the rules to break them. That’s what I’m here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.” —Alexander McQueen Continue reading →

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Photo of Slave Children Found in NC Attic

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A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and wearing ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young boy.

Art historians believe it’s an extremely rare Civil War-era photograph of children who were either slaves at the time or recently emancipated. Continue reading →

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