Kent Monkman talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

Also honoured in the visual and media arts category this year are the AI artist Sandra Rodriguez, the furniture-maker Peter Pierobon and the film-maker Bruce LaBruce

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

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

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

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

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