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Group portrait of members of the Second Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Congregation poses in front of church building located at 441 Monroe Street; commercial buildings in background. Inset portrait of the Reverend Robert L. Bradby. Handwritten on front: "Second Baptist Church, Aug. 5, 1923. Jackson photo." Stamped on back: "Harvey C. Jackson, photographer. Clifford 6054 M. 2614 Beaubien St., Detroit, Mich. Suitable frames for this photograph in stock or made to order."
Discovering My Roots
Unearthing my family history through James Van Der Zee and Harvey Cook Jackson's photography.
Lela Jenkins
June 14, 2024
Black-and-white poster with a bold statistic about AIDS, an image of a baby doll, and accompanying text about HIV/AIDS in babies.
Queer Activist Art
Gran Fury’s weapons of mass production.
Jasmine Kuylenstierna
June 7, 2024
Detail of Augusta Savage's sculpture "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
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Harlem Is Everywhere: Episode 5, Art as Activism
What was the political legacy of the Harlem Renaissance?
Jessica Lynne, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Jordan Casteel, and Bridget R. Cooks
March 19, 2024
A female figure in a black burqa is set in a white space. Text in red reads "Masaawi Haqooq" in Urdu script.
Representing the Female Body

Take a closer look at two feminist artworks from the 1980s
by Lala Rukh and the Guerrilla Girls.

Kristin Plys
March 8, 2024
Curator Denise Murrell stands in a purple shirt before a painting by Aaron Douglas featuring geometric abstracted figures rendered in a wide range of purples and greens.
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Exhibition Tour—The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
Join Dr. Denise M. Murrell, Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large in The Met’s Director's Office, for a virtual tour of the groundbreaking exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.
Denise Murrell
March 7, 2024
Black and white image of the actor Charlie Chaplin dressed as the tramp, a white man in overalls in this scenario and a mustache where he is trapped between massive factory cogs that he is riding while also trying to tighten the bolts with both of his hands at the same time.
A More Perfect Union: American Political Art of the 1930s
The scholar Max Fraser considers how the Great Depression spurred a decade of art influenced by leftist politics.
Molly Morrow
September 22, 2023
Colorful print of two workers drilling at the ground in front of an industrial construction setting.
The Art of the Great Depression
How did a decade of unprecedented financial strife, radical social upheaval, and technological innovation shape art and cultural identity in the United States?
Allison Rudnick
September 18, 2023
A Self-Portrait painting by the African American Painter Horace Pippin. A Black man sits against a blue background from his shoulders up looking directly towards us with deep brown eyes. He is wearing a black suit, off-white yellowish suit, and a striped tie with brown and a golden-mustard yellow.
Considering Horace Pippin
How has art history overlooked the crucial role disability played in Pippin's painting?
Bryan Martin
July 26, 2023
A crowd of people to the left hold up a sign while a shirtless man holds his left hand up as in an oratory gesture
Lo Tatou Seiana: Our Flowering, Our Time
Dan Taulapapa McMullin muses on colonialism, queer mythologies, and activism in the Pacific Islands.
Dan Taulapapa McMullin
June 21, 2023
The screen depicts four people on a video call with each other.
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Art and Activism: Environmental Protection and Contemporary Indigenous Art
Join featured artists and the curator of the exhibitions “Water Memories” and “Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection” for a conversation exploring the significance of water to diverse Indigenous peoples and Nations in the United States, as expressed through historical, modern, and contemporary art. Delve into the artists’ artistic processes while examining the ongoing work to protect water and land, aesthetic activism, and the unique challenges contemporary Indigenous artist-activists face.
June 12, 2023