#  Art of Jazz: Form/ Performance/ Notes 

 



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Spring 2016:  
Art of Jazz: Form/ Performance/ Notes  
The three-part exhibition “Art of Jazz: Form/Performance/Notes" held in conjunction with the Harvard Art Museums, private collectors, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and two Manhattan galleries—DC Moore Gallery and Luhring Augustine Gallery—explored the intersection of jazz music and the visual arts. Through more than 70 pieces ranging from early Jazz Age objects and mid-century jazz ephemera to contemporary works by established African American artists, “Art of Jazz” traced the beginnings of jazz in visual culture and how it was embraced internationally as an art form, a social movement, and a musical iconography for Black expression.



 



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##  Press 

 



  [### Art New England: 'Blue Notes and Whole-Tones: Reviewing Jazz at the Cooper Gallery'

 ](http://artnewengland.com/blogs/blue-notes-and-whole-tones-reviewing-jazz-at-the-cooper-gallery/) March 01, 2016 

 

   ![Image Art of Jazz](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/pub_artofjazz.jpg?itok=ARih9SyH) 

 



 

 

   [### Artslant: 'Race, Art, and all that Jazz at Harvard'

 ](https://www.artslant.com/ew/articles/show/45522) March 23, 2016 

 

   ![Artslant](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/cover_image_2.jpg?itok=JyCplwUN) 

 



 

 

   [### Boston Globe: 'Harvard Show Looks at Art in the Key of Jazz'

 ](https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2016/02/21/harvard-show-looks-art-key-jazz/tbt5a48OAxgvgB5iELePNK/story.html) February 22, 2016 

 

   ![Art of Jazz](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/p7in4tgz4ei6lflveidkuuju5a.jpg?itok=_cyQZAcd) 

 



 

 

   [### Gartenberg Media: RECAP: Opening of "Art of Jazz: Form/Performance/Notes" – Featuring the Photographs of Hugh Bell.

 ](https://www.gartenbergmedia.com/news/2016/2/3/recap-opening-of-art-of-jazz-formperformancenotes-featuring-the-photographs-of-hugh-bell) February 03, 2016 

 

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   [### Harvard Art Museums, INDEX: 'Variations on a Theme'

 ](https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/variations-on-a-theme) March 25, 2016 

 

   ![Art of Jazz](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/index-art-of-jazz-01_2.jpg?itok=35_u-6-V) 

 



 

 

   [### Harvard Gazette: 'Jazz Made Visible'

 ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/03/jazz-made-visible/) March 15, 2016 

 

   ![Art of Jazz](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/artofjazz.jpg?itok=7obnnLAT) 

 



 

 

   [### Harvard Magazine: 'In Art of Jazz, A Multivocal Exhibit'

 ](http://harvardmagazine.com/2016/02/art-of-jazz-opens) February 08, 2016 

 

   ![Art of Jazz](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/milesdavis.jpeg?itok=1H2diF1a) 

 



 

 

   [### Jazziz.com: '“Art of Jazz” exhibition at The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art'

 ](https://www.jazziz.com/art-of-jazz-exhibition-at-the-ethelbert-cooper-gallery-of-african-african-american-art/) February 01, 2016 

 

   ![Art of Jazz](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/artofjazz.jpg?itok=7obnnLAT) 

 



 

 

   [### Luhring Augustine: Jason Moran in " Art of Jazz: Form / Performance / Notes

 ](https://www.luhringaugustine.com/news/jason-moran-in-art-of-jazz-form-performance-notes) February 13, 2016 

 

   ![Art of Jazz](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/c5a822939b3d59788c568dec2383c5ec.jpeg?itok=CYNNCAwe) 

 



 

 

   [### The Root: '10 Female Artists of Color on the Rise'

 ](https://www.theroot.com/10-female-artists-of-color-on-the-rise-1790854732) March 22, 2016 

 

   ![Lina](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/uj5kkzzd9uh97fft50kb.jpg?itok=Q5keB1Je) 

 



 

 

   [### Wicked Local Cambridge: 'Five Upcoming Exhibits to Visit in Cambridge'

 ](https://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20160205/five-upcoming-exhibits-to-visit-in-cambridge) February 05, 2016 

 

   ![Art of Jazz](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/coopergallery/files/artofjazz.jpg?itok=7obnnLAT)