Free of charge
Kent Monkman (born in 1965) is an interdisciplinary visual artist. A member of ocêkwi sîpiy (Fisher River Cree Nation) in Treaty 5 Territory (Manitoba), he lives and works in New York City and Toronto. Monkman’s painting and installation works have been exhibited at institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Royal Ontario Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hayward Gallery, Kunstinstituut Melly, Musée d’art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne – Château de Rochechouart, Philbrook Museum of Art, Palais de Tokyo, and the Hood Museum at Dartmouth College. Monkman is an Officer of the Order of Canada (2023) and the recipient of the Ontario Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts (2017), an honorary doctorate degree from OCAD University (2017), the Indspire Award (2014), and the Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Award (2014).
Stéphane Aquin has been Director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) since November 2020. He holds a Master’s in Art History from Université de Montréal. During the 1990s, Aquin made his mark as an art critic in Quebec and Canada, following his collaboration on the opening of the Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion in his first stint at the Museum. He rejoined the MMFA’s ranks in 1998 as Curator of Contemporary Art, a position he held for 16 years. In 2015, he was appointed Chief Curator of the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, D.C. As Director of the MMFA, he aims to further the great Montreal institution with a focus on an inclusive and innovative approach to art, upholding and respecting the artist’s vision, and fulfilling the Museum’s educational mission.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Reservation terms: The live broadcast of the talk in English will be available free of charge upon reservation.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Major Patrons of learning and community engagement
Fondation de la Chenelière and Fondation Ariane Riou et Réal Plourde
Major Patron
D. R. Sobey Foundation
Patrons
Terra Foundation for American Art and Henry Luce Foundation
Collaborating Partners
Mirabaud and Tourisme Montréal
With support from
MUBI, Warwick Le Crystal – Montréal and Polysleep Signature
Public partners
Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts de Montréal, and Gouvernement du Québec.
Official Sponsors
Air Canada, Air Canada Cargo and Denalt Paints
Media Partners
Bell and La Presse
