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Alfred Engerer (born in 1952), Garden of Idylls, 1988, cast glass, plate glass, slate, terracotta. Thank you for your patience.
An exhibition organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Please log in to listen to this story. For more coverage of the Montreal art and design scene, see our Arts section. It may remind you of a commercial art gallery, but DHC/ART is run as a private museum. The next exhibition, Paris in the Days of Post-impressionism — previously scheduled to open in late March — has been postponed. Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' public and acrimonious dispute with its former leader over workplace issues took a sharp turn on Friday, as the chair of … Click here to subscribe. Full Disclaimer. This website uses cookies in order to optimize your browsing experience and for promotional purposes. We hope to have this fixed soon. These gallery owners fostered the dissemination and promotion of such creations by way of their sound solo and group exhibition programming, presence at fairs, publications and pursuit of other avenues. Visitors, who are encouraged to wear masks, will enter at set times and follow a one-way path.

Read our. “If we want to attract visitors, we have to convince them we are a safe COVID space,” MMFA director Nathalie Bondil said in a recent interview. Begin or end your visit by browsing our exciting gift assortment highlighting the masterpieces of the MFA collections, as well as merchandise related to fall 2020 exhibitions “Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation” and “Monet and Boston: Lasting Impression.” It has now been extended to June 28 for visitors who purchase timed tickets online. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff. The Guild, historical gallery and museum institution of Canadian art, has been preserving, promoting and encouraging fine crafts for more than one hundred years. Galerie Barbara Silverberg Contemporary Ceramics (1985-1998) started out showcasing the conceptual approaches of Quebec artists and then expanded into works from the United States as well as other parts of Canada, including representatives of the Regina Clay movement. © Copyright 2020 The Globe and Mail Inc. All rights reserved. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, a bold, innovative and caring museum that is welcoming to all disciplines such as the visual arts, history and science. Mindful of its educational mission, the Museum’s Boutique and Bookstore has a well-stocked section devoted to educational toys and children’s books. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts announced Friday that it will stage a limited reopening June 6. The MMFA is one of Canada’s most visited museums and the eighth-most visited museum in North America, boasting more than 1.3 million visitors. The mummies show, which uses scientific and historical research to uncover the lives of the six ancient Egyptians inside the coffins, is the only part of the museum’s exhibits and collections that will be open.
Visit Maison Le Ber-Le Moyne, the oldest complete building on Montréal Island. Galerie Elena Lee (1976-2017) specialized in Canadian contemporary glass art.

Going digital not easy for cultural institutions, Canada’s museums scramble to promote online experiences as coronavirus shuts their doors, Museums forced to close doors at busiest time of year, Due to technical reasons, we have temporarily removed commenting from our articles. To learn more, please see our policy on the protection of personal Iinformation. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is dedicating its Design Lab to three Quebec gallery owners who used their expertise to ensure glass, ceramics and jewellery become recognized as fully fledged artistic disciplines. Its rich encyclopedic collection, distributed among five pavilions, includes international art, world cultures, decorative arts and design, and Quebec and Canadian art.

To read the latest issue of Cult MTL, click here. The MMFA is one of Canada’s most visited museums and the eighth-most visited museum in North America, boasting more than 1.3 million visitors. Our events in the form of indoor or web exhibitions highlight the different artifacts in our collection as well as the anecdotes related to them.

You’ll be captivated by the wide selection of art and design objects showcasing the work of artisans from Quebec and elsewhere: The MMFA’s Boutique and Bookstore is the ideal place to find unique gift ideas and souvenirs designed by local artists that are priced to fit every budget. Located at 1379 Sherbrooke Street West, in the heart of Montreal's Golden Square Mile, The Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts is a veritable institution among art lovers in the Metropolitan area.

Located in the heart of the Cité des arts du cirque, TOHU is the North American centre for performance, creativity, experimentation, and convergence of culture, the environment and community involvement. DHC/ART is a non-profit organization that presents contemporary art in two heritage buildings in Old Montreal. We aim to create a safe and valuable space for discussion and debate. The ROM, which was supposed to welcome the mummies in May, is now in discussions with the British Museum to bring the exhibit to Toronto in the fall. The MMFA’s Boutique and Bookstore is the ideal place to find unique gift ideas and souvenirs designed by local artists that are priced to fit every budget. Jocelyne Gobeil primarily represented Quebec artists but also featured American and European creations to raise the profile of international jewellery. Guided tours and workshops are also offered. The McCord Museum is the museum of all Montrealers, a social history museum that celebrates life in Montreal, both past and present—its history, its people, and its communities.

David Gilhooly (1943–2013), Late Afternoon Snack, 1983, painted and glazed earthenware, wood. To learn more, please see our policy on the protection of personal Iinformation. The exhibition is curated by Diane Charbonneau, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts, MMFA.

Jocelyne Gobeil, Elena Lee and Barbara Silverberg opened their galleries in a period when these changing fields were shifting focus from utilitarian and decorative objects to sculptural and conceptual works of art, the fruit of comprehensive artistic practices.

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) website. The Museum’s original temporary exhibitions combine various artistic disciplines – fine arts, music, film, fashion and design – and are exported around the world.