Fisher River Member Art Exhibition Launched at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
A Canadian Cree artist will have his exhibition launched Thursday at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Toronto-based artist Kent Monkman, whose work looks to paint a bold re-evaluation of history from an Indigenous perspective, now has his art front and centre at The Met’s main entrance. The installation, titled “mistikôsiwak” (“Wooden Boat People”), is part of a commissioned series by The Met that invites modern-day artists to create new pieces of work to […]