Early Days: Indigenous Art
\nat the McMichael<\/span><\/h1>\nNovember 28, 2020\u00a0–\u00a0August 15, 2021<\/span><\/h2>\nAbout the Exhibition<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\nFrom its beginnings, the McMichael has had a long and proud history of collecting Indigenous art, now with more than 1,500 works ranging from eighteenth-century ceremonial regalia, through to items made for trade with settlers, to works by the vanguard of artists coming of age in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s \u2014 among them Robert Houle, Carl Beam, Norval Morrisseau, Alex Janvier, Greg Staats, Faye HeavyShield and Shelly Niro \u2014 and onward to leading contemporary artists like Kent Monkman, Meryl McMaster and Rebecca Belmore. The McMichael also holds the West Baffin Eskimo Co-op’s landmark collection of original drawings from Cape Dorset (Kinngait) dating back to the 1950s, to be displayed alongside our deep holdings in Inuit drawings, prints, textiles, and sculpture. Early Days: Indigenous Art at the McMichael<\/em>\u00a0will gather the remarkable artworks together, and the stories that go with them, in an six-month celebration of these powerful legacies. The show will also include recent acquisitions reflecting the diversity and vitality of Indigenous art in Canada today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nFor media inquiries and more information, please visit the Press Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>
About the Exhibition<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n From its beginnings, the McMichael has had a long and proud history of collecting Indigenous art, now with more than 1,500 works ranging from eighteenth-century ceremonial regalia, through to items made for trade with settlers, to works by the vanguard of artists coming of age in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s \u2014 among them Robert Houle, Carl Beam, Norval Morrisseau, Alex Janvier, Greg Staats, Faye HeavyShield and Shelly Niro \u2014 and onward to leading contemporary artists like Kent Monkman, Meryl McMaster and Rebecca Belmore. The McMichael also holds the West Baffin Eskimo Co-op’s landmark collection of original drawings from Cape Dorset (Kinngait) dating back to the 1950s, to be displayed alongside our deep holdings in Inuit drawings, prints, textiles, and sculpture. Early Days: Indigenous Art at the McMichael<\/em>\u00a0will gather the remarkable artworks together, and the stories that go with them, in an six-month celebration of these powerful legacies. The show will also include recent acquisitions reflecting the diversity and vitality of Indigenous art in Canada today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n For media inquiries and more information, please visit the Press Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>
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