Part One: In Search of Juan de Pareja || Madeleine Haddon talks to David Pullins and Vanessa Valdés

In first half of our newest Athena Asks podcast, Dr Madeleine Haddon discusses the Met's exhibition on the Afro-Hispanic painter Juan de Pareja (c.1608–1670) with its curators, Dr David Pullins and Dr Vanessa K. Valdés. The exhibition features a number of works by Pareja, who has until now been known largely as Diego Velázquez's enslaved assistant. In Part Two, the speakers go on to discuss a parallel display, co-curated by Dr Haddon and Dr Guillaume Kientz, at New Yorks' Hispanic Society Museum. The exhibition highlights the role that Harlem Renaissance collector and scholar Arturo Schomburg played in recovering Pareja's biography. #arthistory #artpodcast #culturepodcast #hispanic #oldmasters #art #artlovers #museum #metmuseum #curator #curators #art