Kent Monkman

Kent Monkman

Cree artist Kent Monkman commissioned to create large outdoor work for new Toronto art trail

The Lassonde Art Trail will launch along the city’s waterfront in 2026

Kent Monkman: the trickster poking fun at the art historical canon

Ahead of his Royal Ontario Museum exhibition, the Cree artist tells us about the humour in his work, why he uses the history painting format, and how he hopes his work brings to light atrocities suffered by Indigenous peoples

The Met acquires Kent Monkman's grand diptych Mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People)

The Cree artist says the work, on view in the museum's Great Hall, reflects on the “colonial version of history” in museum collections

Kent Monkman issues apology for painting that depicts the 'sexual assault' of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

After outcries against the work on social media, the Cree artist says that the image "failed" in its message to address the victimisation of Indigenous women

The Big Review: Kent Monkman at the Met

The latest commission for the Met's Great Hall continues the New York institution's upending of the colonial-settler narrative of American history

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The story of a fake Gauguin at the Getty

Plus, Canadian First Nations artist Kent Monkman on his Met paintings and the art of food at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge

Hosted by Ben Luke and Margaret Carrigan. with guest speaker Martin Bailey. Produced by Julia Michalska, David Clack and Aimee Dawson

Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend

From Kent Monkman’s Met commission to radiant 1960s paintings at the Guggenheim