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GALLERIES: Romare Bearden Feels the Vibrations of the Harlem Renaissance
DC Moore Gallery
12.04.2018“When his studio was on top of the Apollo, you know he felt the vibrations of that music. So there was no way that was not seeping into his understanding and his cultural being.” —Diedra Harris-Kelley
Today is the first of the preview openings of Art Basel Miami Beach. A highlight of this year’s Kabinett selection will be a grouping of lesser-known abstract paintings by the great Romare Bearden, featured in the booth of DC Moore Gallery. In this video, Diedra Harris-Kelley, Director of the Romare Bearden Foundation talks about the influence of the Harlem Renaissance on Bearden, and his approach to abstract painting.