Woman with Black Stockings © Estate of Kees van Dongen / SODRAC (2008)

Lectures (Free admission)

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• Wednesday, January 21- at 11.30 a.m., in English
  From Demimonde to Beau Monde: The Arc of Van Dongen’s Portraiture
  by John Klein, associate professor, Washington University, St. Louis

• Wednesday, January 21 - at 1.30 p.m., in French
  Van Dongen: posséder le corps
  by Jean-Michel Bouhours, head curator, Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou, former director, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco

• Wednesday, February 4 - at 6 p.m.,in English (in French on January 28, at 6 p.m.)
  Kees van Dongen and the Elegance of Flamboyance
  by Véronique Borboen, costume designer and professor, Université du Québec à Montréal

• Wednesday, February 11 - at 6 p.m., in French 
  Van Dongen, un fauve oublié en Amérique du Nord
  by Nathalie Bondil, director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and curator of the exhibition Van Dongen

• Wednesday, February 25 - at 6 p.m., in French
  Fauvisme: repères
  by Armelle Wolff, art historian

• Sunday, March 15 - at 1.30 p.m., in English
  Van Dongen's Ceramics: A Look at the Fauves' Collaboration with André Mettey
  by Anne Grace, curator of modern art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and assistant curator of the exhibition Van Dongen

 

Films Kees van Dongen (Free admission)

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• January 21, at 3.30 p.m. and February 1, at 1,30 p.m.
  Art of the Western World: Into the 20th Century    

• January 21, at 5 p.m. and February 8, at 1 .30 p.m.
  Le Fauvisme: hurler la couleur

• January 21, at 6.30 p.m., and February 1 (after Art of the Western World)
  Light, Darkness and Colour

• January 25, at 1.30 p.m.
  Dieu a choisi Paris

 

Concert

Musical Canvase: A duet of visual and performing art

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Since 2006, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal have been presenting the Musical Canvases series.

• February 27
  Kees Van Dongen - featuring works by Ravel and Roussel
  
  5 p.m.: Guided tour of the exhibition
  Meeting place: Lobby of the Michal and Renata Pavilion                                      
  
  6.30 p.m.: Concert
  The Glass Court – Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion

 

Guided Tours

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• January 22 to April 12, 2009

  Thursdays
  1.30 p.m. and 6 p.m., in French
  2.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m., in English

  Saturdays
  10.30 a.m., in French
  11 a.m., in English

  Meeting place: Lobby of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion
  Cost: Free with admission to the exhibition

 

Details of educational and cultural activities in the brochure published by The Education and Community Programmes Department of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts available here.

 

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Kees van Dongen (1877-1968); Success; 1901; Blue and black chalk, brush in black ink, grey wash, watercolour; 63.4 x 48.5 cm; Private collection; © Estate of Kees van Dongen / SODRAC (2008)