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Meet the Artist—Kent Monkman on mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People)

Monkman inaugurates The Met’s annual Great Hall Commission with mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People).

Go behind the scenes with contemporary artist Kent Monkman, who discusses the inspiration and making of mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People), an exhibition of two paintings that inaugurates The Met's annual Great Hall commission, on view December 19, 2019, through April 9, 2020.

Works of art courtesy Kent Monkman
Additional footage courtesy Kent Monkman

© 2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art


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