While Ashley became an out-and-proud activist, Lear has publicly denied any assertions about her past for decades.

Three summer exhibitions—at the Morgan Library, the Met and the Park Avenue Armory—shine a light on the work of pioneering ...

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

John Singer Sargent was born in the mid-1850s in Florence, Italy, to American parents. His elevated position in society ...

Wearing traditional cosmetic face masks from their homeland of Madagascar, they agreed to be photographed to take a stand.