Canadian Art To 1967

Kristen Nord | Antiques and the Arts Weekly | 18th July 2017

Canada’s National Gallery has traditionally focused its collection on Western paintings, relegating indigenous ‘craft’ to the margins. No longer. Its new exhibition approach aims to be more inclusive of indigenous art in Canada’ art history, “telling two separate stories … but converging without assimilating”. As a curator notes “We can’t change history, but we can draw upon recent scholarship to tell the story more fully.”