Outrage over a Toronto artist borrowing from the style of an acclaimed Indigenous painter has prompted a gallery to cancel its plans for an upcoming exhibit. But within hours of the gallery's email announcement promoting the exhibit, there was a backlash, with people alleging that PL had appropriated Indigenous culture and art. "What she's doing is essentially cultural genocide, because she's taking his stories and retelling them, which bastardizes it down the road. "That's like saying any other culture can't touch something like abstract art unless you're white, or you can't touch cubism art." This is how I choose to express myself and this is how I choose to continue to paint," PL said.

Source: CBC News April 28, 2017 23:38 UTC