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Miss Chief Meets Vermeer: Kent Monkman Opens “Officer and Laughing Girl” at the Frick

12. November 2026 by sl1 - Assistant de galerie

Bright comic of a smiling cartoon Cree painter and a glamorous character in a pink and turquoise dress with clear faces facing the viewer in a wood-panelled gallery with Dutch-style paintings and maps

Cree artist Kent Monkman answers Vermeer’s “Officer and Laughing Girl” with new paintings at the Frick in New York – with his alter ego Miss Chief travelling through five centuries of encounters. 12 November to 22 February.

Categories Artists Tags Cree, Indigenous art, Kent Monkman, Miss Chief, New York, The Frick Collection, Vermeer

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