The Met’s new exhibition on the Harlem Renaissance shows how black artists used fashion and art to control their own narratives
A young couple poses on West 127th Street in Harlem with their shiny new Cadillac. She is wearing a cloche hat and smiling slightly. He looks coolly from beneath the ample brim of a fedora. They both wear extravagant ankle-length raccoon coats. James Van Der Zee’s 1932 photograph entitled “Couple” is one of 160 works … Read more