A new exhibition now on view at the American Folk Art Museum looks at Black presence, or the lack thereof, in art history of the early American North between the late 1600s and early 1800s. The show displays 125 works, paintings, photographs, and needlework, with the mission of changing the narrative that slavery and racism was just an issue in the South. Curators Emelie Gevalt and RL Watson join us to discuss.

Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North, is on view through March 24.