Major Gift to MacKenzie Art Gallery

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Allen (Ahmoo) Angeconeb (Canadian [Anishinaabe/Ojibway], born 1955), Wolves Looking Out of Den, 1984

silkscreen on paper, edition 57/93. (Collection of the MacKenzie Art Gallery, gift of Thomas Druyan and Alice Ladner, the Kampelmacher Memorial Collection of Indigenous Art)

Edmonton collectors Thomas Druyan and Alice Ladner have pledged a gift of more than 1,000 works by contemporary Indigenous and Inuit artists to the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina.

The Kampelmacher Memorial Collection of Indigenous Art, named in honour of Druyan’s grandparents Wolf and Sala Kampelmacher who immigrated to Canada in 1969, includes work by artists from across North America.

Some pieces are already on the road as part of the MacKenzie’s touring program, while others will be on view at the gallery starting Jan. 25.

Druyan said the MacKenzie has been a leader in showing works by Indigenous artists and promoting Indigenous curatorship since the the 1970s. 

"I want to give back to the country that welcomed us at our time of need," he said. "We can think of no better way to do so than with a gift that reflects the cultural diversity of these lands."

The MacKenzie’s relationship with the couple began with the 2016 exhibition Across the Turtle’s Back: The Kampelmacher Memorial Collection of Indigenous Art.

The first part of their gift, to be made in three instalments over a three-year period, includes 221 of the 234 works in that show.

Source: MacKenzie Art Gallery