American Modern: Hopper to O'Keeffe Gifts Archibald Motley (1891—1981) was one

Archibald Motley (1891—1981) was one of the most important figures associated with the Harlem Renaissance and is best known as both a master colorist and a radical interpreter of urban culture

and broke the rules in order to do something they wanted—or needed—to do

The so-called Black Atlantic

He finds that to be a New Yorker is to struggle to understand the place and to make a life that is as highly local as it is dynamically cosmopolitan

through the emergence of the modern gay liberation movement in 1969

American Modern: Hopper to O'Keeffe Gifts Archibald Motley (1891—1981) was oneAmerican Modern presents a fresh look at The Museum of Modern Arts holdings of American art made between 1915 and 1950, and considers the cultural preoccupations of a rapidly changing American society in the first half of the twentieth century. Organized thematically and featuring paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and sculpture, the publication brings together some of the Museums most celebrated masterworks, contextualizing them across mediums