Juan de Pareja’s story sheds light on the role of slavery in creating the great works of Spain’s golden age The portrait, showing a man of African descent gazing frankly towards the artist, set the ...

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Juan de Pareja was immortalized in a portrait by Velázquez, his enslaver for two decades. Now he takes center stage with his art and personal history. In 1650, Diego Velázquez painted this ennobling ...

Tapatíos (Guadalajara natives) like to say that their San Juan de Dios Market – also called Mercado Libertad – is the world's largest indoor market, but whether that's true or not, the Mercado's ...

When a crowd tried to pull down a statue of a conquistador in Albuquerque recently, someone got shot. We look at who this controversial figure from 400 years ago is and why he inspires violence. The ...