Other than a few anecdotes focusing on Turner’s eccentric ways and his reclusive habits, relatively little personal information is known about one of Britain’s most acclaimed painters—recognized by leading English art critic John Ruskin (1819–1900), as the artist who could “most stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of nature.”

Exhibiting the work of a deceased artist, in a way that remains true to the spirit of the artist, is no easy feat for a curator—especially if that artist is Donald Judd.

An interview with Brett Graham, one of the artists in Sakàhan: International Indigenous Art, on view at the National Gallery of Canada until 2 September 2013.

An interview with Vernon Ah Kee, one of the artists in Sakàhan: International Indigenous Art, on view at the National Gallery of Canada until 2 September 2013.