Kent Monkman (Cree, b. 1965), The Great Mystery, 2023. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, purchased through the Miriam H. and S. Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund.
AKRON, OH.- The Akron Art Museum is presenting Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors, a sweeping exhibition of monumental paintings by internationally renowned Cree artist Kent Monkman. Through his bold and subversive lens, Monkman reimagines the genre of history painting to confront colonial narratives and offer urgent new perspectives on the past and present.
Organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Denver Art Museum, the exhibition has previously been presented to wide acclaim. Akron is the only Midwest venue to host the show during its tour, offering audiences in Ohio the rare opportunity to experience Monkman’s epic body of work…