How David C. Driskell Shaped the Story of Black Art in America: From the Archives
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How David C. Driskell Shaped the Story of Black Art in America – ARTnews.com Skip to main content By Pamela Newkirk Plus Icon Pamela Newkirk View All April 6, 2020 2:04pm David C. Driskell at the 50th Anniversary Gala of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington, D. C. in 2014. Kevin Wolf/AP/Shutterstock In 1976, the year of the United States bicentennial, David C. Driskell mounted the exhibition “ Two Centuries of Black American Art ” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The exhibition staked a claim for the profound and indelible contributions of black and African American art makers since the earliest days of the country and Driskell, who died last week at the age 88, forever changed art history.