Indigenous art
How Kent Monkman’s alter ego is challenging colonial history
Through the lens of his glamorous alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, artist Kent Monkman amends the historical record.
Canada’s museums are slowly starting to return Indigenous artifacts
The western world is under growing pressure to confront issues around the rightful ownership of art and artifacts. In Canada, that reckoning has just begun.
Dana Claxton’s ‘Lasso’ layers Lakota aesthetics, hip hop culture and the Wild West
The Hunkpapa Lakota artist’s subversive and playful work confronts stereotypes of Indigenous people in popular culture
A cultural renaissance is blooming in Canada, led by Black and Indigenous artists
Laila El Mugammar: At its centre is public art, literature and more. The Canada emerging is one where I am visible.
Kevin Loring in conversation with Paul Wells: Maclean’s Live
The award-winning playwright, actor and inaugural artistic director of Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre sat down with senior writer Paul Wells
Poet Jordan Abel pieces together his past in his latest book ‘Nishga’
Abel mines his family’s painful story, exploring the impacts of residential schools and intergenerational trauma, in a new literary work of poetry, art and archival documents
‘That’s my auntie’: A new book reframes photos from Indigenous communities
When Paul Seesequasis started posting archival images on social media to shine a light on the resilience of Indigenous communities, thousands of people responded
The ecstasy of Norval Morrisseau
In 2004, the Ojibway artist’s vibrant work was getting the loftiest curatorial attention
When Norval Morrisseau talks, others listen; where he goes, disciples follow
From 1979: The Ojibway artist was visited by the Thunderbird deity, who told him he had been chosen for a special mission