Media Coverage

The New Yorker reviewed the Colby College Museum of Art's previous exhibition Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948–1960. The exhibition, which originated at Colby, "reminds us of something we tend to lose sight of when we get caught up in the critical business of trying to situate Pop in an art-history genealogy, or to unpack it as social critique, which is that Pop art is funny," Louis Menand writes.

WABI-TV covered a series of current construction projects occurring across campus. "What’s happening now this summer is a fundamental transformation of this campus," said Brian Clark, vice president of planning told WABI-TV.

A series of construction projects are underway around campus, including a rotary intersection and continued work on athletic fields and the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, reports the Morning Sentinel. "The projects are all about supporting the academic experience and improving accessibility and availability to students, faculty, staff, and the community," according to Brian Clark, vice president of planning at Colby.

The Art Newspaper wrote an extensive review of the Colby Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition, Bob Thompson: This House is Mine. The piece noted that the show provides a “sweeping exploration of his career,” and that “visitors can puzzle over Thompson’s provocative artistic responses."

Sandy Maisel, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government, Emeritus, and a congressional expert, weighed in on a Globe & Mail article that analyzed the challenges facing Democratic presidents and the current state of political affairs in the U.S. “Being in the majority is not always great, but it is always better than being in the minority,” Maisel commented.

Sports outlet Sportico featured Colby's new Harold Alfond Athletics and Recreation Center in a story that was also picked up by Yahoo! Sports. “This building is the best in its class, the best in the country of its kind. And it gives us an extraordinary advantage,” President Greene told Sportico. Vice President and Harold Alfond Director of Athletics Mike Wisecup also noted that Colby is “serious about athletics and the importance it has in our education.”

"Everything Now: Lessons From the City-State of Los Angeles," a new book by Rosecrans Baldwin '99, was recently reviewed in the New York Times. "To write the definitive book about Los Angeles would be impossible," stated the story. "In 'Everything Now,' the novelist ... doesn’t try. And in not trying, he may have written the perfect book about Los Angeles."

Dr. Anna O'Keefe and her husband, Brandon O'Keefe, 2007 graduates, were featured in the Morning Sentinel article "Dental practice powered by Colby alums moving to Oakland’s FirstPark." The office will include the latest technology, state-of-the-art air filters, and room to expand. Building from the ground up was the only way to go, said Anna O'Keefe. “Our goal is to do it all really well.”

CultureType reported that Brooklyn-based artist Dread Scott was recently named senior fellow at the Lunder Institute for American Art. Scott, who says he “makes revolutionary art to propel history forward,” will be at Colby for the 2021-22 academic year. CultureType is an online resource focused on visual art from a Black perspective, exploring the intersection of art, history, and culture.

Steven Simon, professor of international relations, weighed in on U.S. and Israeli relations for the New York Times. "There are fundamental differences that have emerged in the relationship that will be difficult to reverse, especially as American politics becomes increasingly polarized," and "it will be hard under foreseeable circumstances for Israel to recapture the wall-to-wall loyalty of the Democratic Party,” Simon told the Times.