The MAC at the MMFA

1+1=1

When Collections Collide:
The MAC and the MMFA

February 22 - June 15, 2014


The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is presenting a new exhibition in partnership with the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, or in French Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (MAC). This exhibition features a convergence of the permanent contemporary art collections of the two institutions, hence the title 1+1=1.

As the celebration of MAC's 50th anniversary, this exhibition has as a goal to embody a genuine dialogue between these two Montreal's art institutions.

Above is the sculpture by Guiseppe Penone I have been a Tree in the Hand with a detail on the right.. 

Below is the work by Nicolas Baier Planet with a detail of two people on the Planet's beach on the right.

The following is the famous sculpture by Louise Bourgeois entitled The Red Room - Child, together with the detail of its interior. I already wrote about this work in the past in this blog. Click here to read that article.

Below are two additional works featured at this exhibition. On the left is Betty Goodwin's Pieces of Time V and on the right is the work by Pierre Dorion, called Untitled.

The following is Ai Weiwei's work Seven Frames.

The last photo is of Martin Honert's Linden.

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For more information, visit the Museum's website:

http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en

Peter Doig: No Foreign Lands Catalogue

Peter Doig Book 
No Foreign Lands

Along with the Peter Doig art exhibition discussed at here, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is offering to the public the Catalogue of his works. The Catalogue is quite an impressive book comprising of 224 pages. Those pages feature high quality illustrations, photos of his art (both finished paintings and preparatory sketches), as well as text that represents the research on his work. 

This Catalogue can be purchased at the exhibition's book store.

Here are a few pages from the catalogue.

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For more information on Peter Doig exhibition, visit The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts's website.

Peter Doig Exhibition Catalogue can be purchased at the MMFA's boutique and store.

MMFA Peter Doig: No Foreign Lands

Peter Doig
No Foreign Lands

January 25 - May 4, 2014


The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is presenting an exhibition of works by Peter Doig, a contemporary Scottish Artist. Doig, born in Edinburgh, grew up in Montreal and later moved to Trinidad.

Peter Doig: No Foreign Lands is a co-production of the MMFA and the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, where it was view in summer and fall of 2013 and met with great critical success. this is the first major exhibition to be devoted to this painter in North America. The exhibition will make only one stop in North America, at the MMFA. 

Together with many smaller works, posters, and sketches, fourty of Doig’s very large paintings are also on display in the MMFA's Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion.

The exhibition covers Doig’s output since he settled in Trinidad in 2002.

Many of Doig's paintings are landscapes. He often draws inspiration from photographs, clippings of various images and even from the work of earlier artists, like for instance from Gauguin in the following paintings, especially the first one.

Here is the view of the exhibition room that features Doig hand made film posters.

For more information, visit the Museum's website.

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Peter Doig Exhibition Catalogue can be purchased at the MMFA Bookstore.

MMFA Slendore a Venezia: The Young Philanthropists' Circle

The Young Philanthropists' Circle
Slendore a Venezia Exhibition

This event took place at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on January 16, 2014.

The Young Philanthropists' Circle at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is gaining in popularity especially among the young professionals. The events are organized around the museum's temporary exhibitions. The Circle members get a guided tour of the exhibition as well as food and drinks. A lot of networking takes place combinened with the art appreciation.

Food and drinks are also plentiful.

To join the Montreal's Museum of fine Arts Young Philantropists' Circle click on the image below

Or go directly to the MMFA Young Philantropists' website

http://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/cjp

Here is one more image from the Plendore of Venezia exhibition.

MMFA - 150th Anniversary Guide

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts:

150^th Anniversary Guide

Towards the end of 2013, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) has published an expanded annd revised edition of the book that commemorated the museum’s 150^th anniversary in 2010. The museum was founded in 1860 by Francis Fulford, an Anglican Bishop of Montreal, and its first name was the Art Association of Montreal. It was created to encourage the appreciation of fine arts among the people of the city.

At first the Art Association had no permanent location. During the ensuing twenty years it organized shows and expositions which were held in various Montreal venues. Thus it^[was not able to acquire works of art since it had no storage space.

The situation began to change in 1877 when he Art Association received an exceptional gift from Benaiah Gobb, a Montreal businesman. The gift consisted of money to build the Association's Art Gallery on north-east corner of Montreal's Phillips's Square, as well as of works of art from his private collection. This gift by Benaiah Gibb was the founding stone of the present Montreal Museum of Fine Arts's collection.

The second substantial donation by the businessman James Ross took place in 1922 and permitted the Museum to move to its present location.

Since the first gift by Benaiah Gibb in 1877, the MMFA's in-house collection has grown to 40,000 works of art.

The MMFA's 150th Anniversary Guide is a beautifully executed book comprising of 416 pages and 460 high quality illustrations. My photos of the Guide's pages do not render justice to the true scope and beauty of the book. 

The Guide consists of five major sections:

• Archaeology and World Cultures
• European Old Masters
• Modern and Contemporary Art
• Quebec and Canadian Art
• Decorative Arts and Design

Below are several more pages from the book's Quebec and Canadian Art section.

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' 150th Anniversay Guide can be purchased at the MMFA's boutique and store.

Visit the MMFA's website for more information on the present and upcoming exhibitions.

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