Museums Day – May 28, 2017 LiveEvents May 22, 2017 4412 Montreal Museums Day - “Sieur de Maisonneuve, shall we both make this pilgrimage in honour of Ville-Marie?” - “My dear Jeanne Mance, I was just about to suggest that…” Hear ye, hear ye, good people, the tra...
Chagall: Colour and Music Julie Kalan April 21, 2017 6482 The bold bright colours and repeating musical motifs that are hallmarks of Marc Chagall’s work are on exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Paintings, costumes, sculpture, ceramics, and stained glass – i...
The Hornsteins created an enduring legacy in arts philanthropy Tracey Arial March 15, 2017 5235 The donation of European art to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts by Michal and Renata Hornstein ranks among the greatest benefactions of art in the history of Canada. When two Polish Holocaust survivors arrive...
Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Époque Julie Kalan August 27, 2016 4408 Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Époque At the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts During the Belle Époque, Parisian nightlife flourished in the burgeoning cabarets of Montmartre. Toulouse-Lautrec had the rema...
Nathalie Bondil Awarded the Order of Canada LiveEvents May 23, 2016 3712 On May 13th, Nathalie Bondil, Director and Chief Curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), was invested into the Order of Canada by the Governor General, His Excellency the Right Honourable David John...
Montreal Museum Day – May 29, 2016 LiveEvents May 21, 2016 3863 30th Annual Montreal Museum Day Sunday, May 29, 2016 Once again this year, there will be over 100 activities and exhibition at the 36 participating museums. There will be something for everyone, whether the...
The Recovery of Antiquity – until June 26, MMFA LiveEvents May 13, 2016 4323 The Recovery of Antiquity From the Renaissance to Neoclassicism in France and Italy at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Jean Baptiste Lallemand (1716-1803) Classical Ruins Gouache on paper mounted on cardboa...
Pulcinella – April 3, Bourgie Hall LiveEvents March 26, 2016 6605 Pulcinella – Pompeii: a Roman City Sunday, April 3rd 2016 at 3:00 pm Fuoco E Cenere Ensemble (France) Daphné Touchais, soprano Bruno Leone, master puppeteer Patricia Lavail, recorder André Henrich, theo...
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot from here to ear v.19 – until March 27, 2016 LiveEvents March 14, 2016 6798 The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents the Canadian premiere of Céleste Boursier-Mougenot (born in 1961) View of the installation from here to ear (version hors série), dépôt du CNAP au Frac Franche-Comt...
Pompeii – a Roman city frozen in time Julie Kalan March 13, 2016 8159 At the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Pompeii, a Roman port city along the Bay of Naples, met an untimely and catastrophic end in 79 AD, when Mount Vesuvius buried the city under metres of volcanic ash. For the ...
