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Quote of the day by Langston Hughes: ‘I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost…’ – American poet on dreams, determination and finding a way forward

Langston Hughes became a defining voice of the Harlem Renaissance in New York. He wrote poetry, fiction, and essays about everyday Black life. Hughes believed in finding ways to achieve goals through genuine commitment and persistence. His work captured the hopes and frustrations of ordinary people. The poet's journey spanned…

The Economic Times

Khalif Tahir Thompson explores self-identity, race and family in new exhibition, "Beautiful Land"

He's been described as a prodigy of African-American art. Khalif Tahir Thompson combines vibrant colours and family photos in portraits painted for his new exhibition, "Beautiful Land" at Paris' Zidoun-Bossuyt gallery. He talks to us about the two movements which inspired his work, Fauvism and the Harlem Renaissance and why…

France 24

Gun-toting drunks, boy-eating sharks and bloodsucking babies: the violent, brilliant stories of Eric Walrond

Tropic Death – 10 blistering, astonishing stories about racist, exploitative outrages in Caribbean ‘paradises’ – won him a Guggenheim award. Why did this star of the Harlem Renaissance die such a sad and lonely death?

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‘African people are surreal’: songwriter and blues poet Aja Monet on Black resistance and love as spiritual warfare

Radicalised by the inventiveness of groups such as the Harlem Renaissance, the LA-based artist is determined to reclaim the radical possibilities of culture in an age of institutional and algorithmic exploitation

The Guardian - UK

Once Upon a Time in Harlem review – remarkable Harlem Renaissance documentary

A once-in-a-lifetime dinner party from 1972 is transformed into a thrilling and inspiring hang-out movie

The Guardian - US

The Must-Watch 2025 Met Gala Live Red Carpet Fashion Updates

Follow along for every can’t-miss detail from fashion’s biggest night.

Marie Claire

A look at dandyism, the Black fashion style powering the Met Gala

Black style will have its moment as the biggest night in fashion gets underway

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From tuxedos to tattoos, Eleanor Medhurst’s Unsuitable traces a hidden history of lesbian fashion

Blues singer Gladys Bentley was a dazzling star of the Harlem Renaissance, a period in the 1920s and ’30s when African American culture flourished in New York City. Bentley’s risqué performances intrigued audiences. So did the entertainer’s relationships with women.

The Conversation

The Harlem Renaissance: expansive exhibition celebrates a vital cultural era

The Met is hosting the first major look at the work of Black artists during the era since 1987, making the link between their work and European modernism

The Guardian - US

Jean Toomer’s Cane at 100: the 'everlasting song' that defined the Harlem Renaissance

Renowned for its experimental style and provocative depictions of 20th century US race relations, Jean Toomer’s Cane (1923) remains the great enigma of African American literary modernism.

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