The conference will study the influence of Negro art on painting, sculpture and music with the advent of jazz. It will evoke the appearance of collectors (Apollinaire, Stein, Matisse, Vlaminck, Derain, Picasso) and specialized merchants (Paul Guillaume, Charles Ratton or Joseph Brummer), and show the evolution of the perception of blacks by society, In particular, in the first third of the 20th century, by highlighting the divergences between France and the United States. She will finally be interested in the representation of the black in art. As part of the exhibition Paris Noir at the Centre Pompidou. (8 January 2025 - 30 June 2025) Price: 5€ for members of the association les Amis du LaM - 8€ for non-members, places to be collected on site the same day