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Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

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Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

Napoleon

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

Today, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is inaugurating new permanent galleries devoted to Napoleon and the arts under the First Empire, thanks to a major gift – the collection of works assembled by the late Ben Weider, for whom “Napoleon was a giant of history, one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth century, who helped to define the modern age.” According to Nathalie Bondil, the Museum’s Director, “This outstanding gift and Mr. Weider’s philanthropic desire to raise the profile of Napoleon have enabled us to acquire a group of works on long-term loan and have sparked offers of further gifts, so that the Museum can, at last, open an Empire gallery. Not only Montreal’s heritage but also that of Canada will be enriched, for this magnificent period in the arts was hitherto poorly represented for obvious historical reasons. We will always be extremely grateful to Mr. Weider.”

Sacred Africa II

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

Since November 19, 2008, Sacred Africa II will present a new selection of major works primarily from Laliberté’s collection, illustrating the artistic approaches of other peoples of West Africa and Equatorial and Central Africa. Sacred Africa II: Works from the Collections of Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Redpath Museum, McGill University brings together forty-eight works, sculptures, masks and objects, in the new, more spacious galleries that will now be devoted to African art.

Pre-Columbian art

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

The collection of pre-Columbian art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, one of the largest in Canada, has grown again, with important donations that are now on display in the new galleries devoted to the art of ancient America. Some 100 objects, including thirty-two recent donations and nineteen loans, have been selected for this presentation of rare works. It presents a chronological and cultural approach to each major cultural area in Ancient America: Mesoamerica, the Intermediate Area (Central America) and the Andes in South America. “With the arrival of a new curator, Victor Pimentel, the Museum has reinstated its policy of research and enrichment for the collection of pre-Columbian art, as part of the dynamic of revitalizing the Museum on the eve of its 150th anniversary,” said Nathalie Bondil, the Museum’s director. As is the case with the entire Museum collection, admission to the galleries of pre-Columbian art is free at all times.

Global Warning: Scenes from a Planet under Pressure

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

On November 10, 2009, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts unveiled new galleries of contemporary art. By transforming and reallocating the galleries that run under Sherbrooke Street between the Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion and the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion, it has doubled the previous gallery space, to display its extensive and diversified permanent collection. From now on, the collection will be presented thematically, with a new installation each year. Global Warning: Scenes from a Planet under Pressure is the inaugural exhibition for these galleries and this new approach.

INSPIRIA

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is presenting, in a premiere, a spectacular private collection of twenty exceptional pieces of jewellery, the fruit of a collaboration between the Cirque du Soleil and Boucheron, one of the most distinguished firms in the Place Vendôme, Paris.

Studio Glass

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

A hundred works of contemporary art glass offered as a gift to theMontreal Museum of Fine Arts by Montreal collectors Anna and Joe Mendel will bepresented from April 8, 2010, to January 30, 2011. Studio Glass: Anna and Joe MendelCollection follows the first selection, The Body in Glass, which visitors to the Museum wereinvited to discover in the fall of 2008. With this major gift of works, the Museum becomesthe only Canadian institution to offer a comprehensive survey of international art glass.Admission to the exhibition is free, as it is for the Museum’s entire permanent collection.

�WE WANT MILES�

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

With this exhibition, the Museum pays tribute to Miles Davis (1926-1991), one of the twentieth century’s greatest musicians. The multimedia retrospective (musical excerpts, film and documentary clips, drawings by Miles Davis; paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Mati Klarwein; photographs by Annie Leibovitz and Irving Penn; costumes, musical instruments and scores lent by the Davis family, etc.) recalls the highlights of his life and career, including his memorable concerts in Montreal.

Drive End

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

From June 17 to September 19, 2010, in the Contemporary Art Square of the Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will present Drive End by Martin Beauregard, a remarkable photographic project illustrating the themes of obsolescence and migration. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in a museum. Admission to the exhibition is free at all times.

The Symbolist Muse

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

Until October 21, 2010, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is presenting The Symbolist Muse: A Selection of Prints from the National Gallery of Canada in its Graphic Art Centre. The exhibition includes over fifty masterpieces, spectacular prints by such renowned and influential figures as Paul Gauguin, Odilon Redon, Édouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Edvard Munch, Maximilian Kurzweil, Max Klinger, Félicien Rops, Franz von Stuck and James Ensor, as well as, in certain works, Auguste Rodin, Henri Fantin-Latour, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Félix Vallotton, Pierre Bonnard and the early Pablo Picasso, among others. This exhibition has been organized and circulated by the National Gallery of Canada. Admission to the exhibition is free at all times.

ROUGE CABARET

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

The early twentieth century was marked by the rise of several artistic movementsknown as "expressionist" that sought to convey personal experiences and registerpolitical protests in an innovative formal manner. The German painter Otto Dix(1891-1969), who fought in both World Wars, was a key figure in the New Objectivity(Neue Sachlichkeit) movement which espoused a realistic, often acerbic, view ofsociety during the Weimar Republic, prey to deep unease and pessimism.

The Warrior Emperor and China's Terracotta Army

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

A unique selection of some 300 artefacts, including the famouslife-size terracotta soldiers of the first Qin Emperor's army, willtake visitors back through 1,000 years of Chinese art and history.

The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier:

Thu,29 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

Known as the enfant terrible of fashion, Jean Paul Gaultier is undoubtedly one of the most important designers of recent decades. His avant-garde style soon reflected the concerns of today’s society. The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Street to the Stars is the first ever retrospective of the couturier who launched his first prêt-à-porter collection in 1976 and established his own haute couture house in 1997.

ROUGE CABARET

Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:13:57 EDT

From September 24, 2010, to January 2, 2011, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will be presenting ROUGE CABARET: The Terrifying and Beautiful World of Otto Dix, the first North American exhibition devoted to Otto Dix (1891-1969), one of the twentieth century’s most important German painters. A keen observer of the world, which he viewed as “terrifying and beautiful,” Otto Dix leaves no one indifferent. Some 220 works, including about forty rare and fragile paintings, many of them painted in tempera on wood panels, large watercolours and powerful prints, illustrate his acerbic yet moving vision of the eventful era in which he lived, from World War I to World War II, from the Germany of the Weimar Republic to the rise of the Third Reich. Several complete series of prints will also be on display, including the outstanding “War” series (1924).

Drive End

Wed,16 Jun 2010 16:13:57 EDT

From June 17 to September 19, 2010, in the Contemporary Art Square on Level S2 of the Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will present Drive End, a remarkable photographic project by Martin Beauregard. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in a museum. Admission to the exhibition is free at all times.

Studio Glass

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:13:57 EDT

An exceptional gift of one hundred glass sculptures recently enriched the Museum’s Department of Decorative Arts, thanks to the generosity of Anna and Joe Mendel, long-standing friends of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Drawn to glass by its intrinsic properties and expressive potential, these collectors wished to share their enthusiasm for the Studio Glass Movement with Museum visitors. The Mendel Collection is the only one of its kind in Canada, ranking with those of the leading American connoisseurs who have made glass their passion. A first selection of nineteen artworks from the Mendel Collection, The Body in Glass, will be presented in a new gallery within the Museum’s permanent collection.

The Inspiria collection of necklaces

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:13:57 EDT

Pierre Dorion

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:13:57 EDT

From March 4 to May 30, 2010, The Museum will present, in the new galleries of contemporary art, Pierre Dorion, Painting and Photography. For his very first exhibition in a Montreal museum, the Montreal painter has opted to present 15 canvases (2009-2010) alongside with some 40 archival photographs on which they are based. Visitors will discover that photograpy, although a little-known aspect of Dorion's oeuvre, actually plays a crucial role in the devlopement of his work.

�WE WANT MILE�

Tue,16 Feb 2010 16:13:57 EDT

Tiffany glass : a passion for colour

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:13:57 EDT

Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933) is famous for the original and spectacular effectsof colour and light that he achieved in his blown vases, stained glass windows and lamps. A Canadian first, this exhibition focusses on Tiffany's outstanding contribution to design and the technology of glass.

J. W. Waterhouse. Garden of Enchantmnent

Mon,27 Jul 2009 16:13:57 EDT

From October 1, 2009, to February 7, 2010, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will host the largest-ever retrospective of works by the celebrated British artist John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). J. W. Waterhouse: Garden of Enchantment is the first large-scale monographic exhibition on Waterhouse’s work since 1978 and the first to feature his entire artistic career. This retrospective features some eighty paintings that are among the finest and most spectacular of the artist’s production, on loan from public and private collections in Australia, England, Ireland, Taiwan, the United States and Canada.

Expanding Horizons: Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918

Mon,13 Jul 2009 16:13:57 EDT

Who cares what the weather is like? Take a trip across North America in the company of some of the greatest Canadian and American artists. And why not bring the whole family? Kids aged 12 and under are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. The exhibition Expanding Horizons: Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918 features grandiose landscapes, including views of Niagara Falls, Montmorency River, the Rockies, Yosemite National Park, Arctic glaciers and great stretches of virgin territory as far as the eye can see.

Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko

Mon,22 Jun 2009 16:13:57 EDT

The exhibition Imagine: The Peace Ballad of John & Yoko, produced by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in close collaboration with Yoko Ono, drew over 150,000 visitors of all ages between April 2 and June 21, 2009. “This exhibition, which was presented exclusively in Montreal, passed on the message of peace expressed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono forty years ago at their famous Montreal Bed-in to a new generation and brought together visitors of all ages and from all walks of life.