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  • Hyperallergic: David Driskell’s Wheel of Action

    August 30, 2021

    A retrospective pays homage to the pioneering artist and curator, who passed away last year. This...

  • Fine Art Shippers: David Driskell’s “Icons of Nature and History” at the PMA

    July 30, 2021

    This article appears in Fine Art Shippers The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) is now hosting...

  • The Washington Post: Sebastian Smee on “Sharpshooter,” 1863 by Winslow Homer

    July 15, 2021

    Death from above: Winslow Homer’s early masterpiece captured a new moral anxiety in the modern...

  • Maine Home + Design: David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History

    July 7, 2021

    The Portland Museum of Art co-organizes the first major exhibition of the influential African American...

  • Down East: Remembering the Remarkable Life of David Driskell

    June 30, 2021

    This article appears in Down East Magazine By Will Grunewald When 88-year-old artist David Driskell passed away...

  • Art review: Though influenced by many, David Driskell was one of a kind

    June 30, 2021

    This article appears in the Portland Press Herald. By Jorge S. Arango His posthumous retrospective, ‘Icons of...

  • Boston Globe: Another side of David Driskell, a towering figure in American art

    June 18, 2021

    This article appears in the Boston Globe. By Murray Whyte Should it surprise that David Driskell, esteemed...

  • Art in America: A Central Axis: David Driskell at the High Museum of Art

    June 10, 2021

    This article appears in Art in America. By Logan Lockner When David C. Driskell died of COVID-19...

  • Portland Press Herald: Portland Museum of Art celebrates David Driskell, as a painter and a person

    May 27, 2021

    The part-time Falmouth resident was helping to plan the exhibition of his paintings before he...

  • Portland Press Herald: Portland Museum of Art examines Homer’s portrayal of African Americans in Harper’s illustrations

    April 4, 2021

    ‘Freedom, A Fable,’ on view through May 2, juxtaposes the magazine drawings with work by...