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General admission ticket
This ticket gives you access to the major exhibition Riopelle: The Call of Northern Landscapes and Indigenous Cultures, as well as the permanent collections and discovery exhibitions that are open at the time of your visit.
You can visit these three exhibits at any time with the purchase of a ticket at the regular price Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Collections ticket
New! This ticket gives you access to the permanent collections and discovery exhibitions that are open at the time of your visit. The collections of Quebec and Canadian art, located in the Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion, are currently accessible, as well as the two contemporary art galleries located on Level S2 of the Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion.
Entry to these presentations is offered at a reduced fee and does not include admission to the major exhibition Riopelle: The Call of Northern Landscapes and Indigenous Cultures.
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Credit of the Riopelle exhibition artwork Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002), Point de rencontre – Quintette (polyptych), 1963, oil on canvas, 428 x 564 cm (5 panels). Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris. Inv. FNAC 90069. © Estate of Jean Paul Riopelle / SOCAN (2020). Photo CNAP
Header video credits Serge Lemoyne, Dryden, 1975. MMFA, purchase, the MMFA’s Volunteer Association Fund. © Estate of Serge Lemoyne / SOCAN (2020) | Ron Martin, Ultramarine Blue, 1971. MMFA, purchase, the Canada Council for the Arts' Acquisition Assistance Program. © Ron Martin, CARCC (2020) | Guido Molinari, Green-blue Bi-serial, 1967. MMFA, purchase, Horsley and Annie Townsend Bequest. © Estate of Guido Molinari / SOCAN (2020) | Jim Dine, At the Carnival, 1996. MMFA, promised gift in honour of Phyllis Lambert. © Jim Dine / SOCAN (2020) | Yinka Shonibare, C.B.E., Pan, 2018. Loan from a private collection. © Yinka Shonibare, C.B.E. / SOCAN (2020) | Dale Chihuly, Ruby Pineapple Chandelier, from the series “Chandeliers & Towers”, 2013. MMFA, purchase in tribute to Liliane M. Stewart, made possible by the F. Cleveland Morgan Fund and the MMFA's Volunteer Association Fund. © 2020 Chihuly Studio / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOCAN, Montréal. © Stephan Balkenhol / SOCAN (2020). © A. R. Penck / SOCAN (2020)
