Kent Monkman Live: The Making of a Masterpiece

The Art Canada Institute Presents
The Making of a Masterpiece, featuring Kent Monkman on his Metropolitan Museum Installation mistikôwsiwak (Wooden Boat People) at Koerner Hall

Koerner Hall, The Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor St W, Toronto
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
7:00 PM

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Kent Monkman’s epic two-painting commission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Great Hall, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People), was a historic moment, both for his career and for spotlighting Indigenous and Canadian art on the international stage. Monkman’s achievement was heralded as “stupendous” (New York Times), “sure to alarm and educate” (The Observer), “a masterpiece” (Maclean’s), and “works that turn conventional Western art history on its head” (artnet News). For the first time in a live interview the artist will reveal how he used the techniques of a modern atelier to create monumental paintings that boldly address North America’s legacy of colonialism while referencing, subverting, and critiquing Western art history.

REVISION AND RESISTANCE
Copies of the ACI book Revision and Resistance: mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be available for sale at Koerner Hall on June 7, before and after the event. Learn more about the publication here.

FREE TICKETS
A limited number of complimentary tickets have been reserved for students as well as First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people. To reserve a complimentary ticket please contact events@aci-iac.ca.

The Art Canada Institute gratefully acknowledges the following benefactors whose generous support has made this event possible.