Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance Exhibition

Exhibition that examined the Harlem Renaissance cultural phenomenon as a key moment in twentieth-century history, one which transcended regional and racial parameters. It presented selected works of art within the context of six thematic sections: Representing ‘The New Negro’; Another Modernism; blues, Jazz and the Performative Paradigm; the Cult of the Primitive; Africa: Inheritance and Seizure; Jacob Lawrence’s Toussaint L’Ouverture series.

The exhibition incorporated into those sections an array of previously under-represented historical materials and imagery from the Harlem Renaissance, including photography, film, music, books and magazines, alongside original paintings, sculptures and works on paper. Accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.