Miss Chief, in the film “Group of Seven Inches,’’ is part of Kent Monkman’s “Théâtre de Cristal’’ at the Peabody Essex Museum.
(DON HALL)
Art Reviews
Haunted by authenticity
Two museums show Native American art, then and now
Miss Chief, in the film “Group of Seven Inches,’’ is part of Kent Monkman’s “Théâtre de Cristal’’ at the Peabody Essex Museum.
(DON HALL)
Two of the most thrilling shows you are likely to see this year - both devoted to Native American art - are showing in New England. Both are filled with astounding and beautiful things. The first, at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, is “Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art,’’ and will run until April 29. The second, “Native American Art at Dartmouth.’’ at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, opened last year and runs until March 11.
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