Free
About the series
Deepen your understanding of art, its history, and wider social contexts by attending the informal and captivating talks in our Art in Focus series.
About the Speakers
Joyce Millar is an art historian, art consultant, curator, writer and lecturer, who has been active in the Montreal arts community for over 40 years. From 2000 to 2015, she was Director and Curator at the Stewart Hall Art Gallery, where she curated over 100 exhibitions of Canadian contemporary artists and produced 25 catalogues. From 2000 to 2009, she served on the board of the Conseil des Arts de Montréal. She has previously served on numerous selection juries and been an advisor to the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board. In 2023, she published the book, Anne Kahane: Dualités/Dualities. Millar holds a master’s degree from Concordia University and is currently pursuing her Ph.D while working on a book on the history of sculpture in Canada.
Anne Grace is Curator of Modern Art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, a position she has held since 2007. Grace has co-organized several major exhibitions at the MMFA, including From Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Impressionism to Expressionism, 1900-1914 (2014-2015), Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor (2018-2019) and, more recently, Joyce Wieland: Heart On (2025).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Location: Maxwell Cummings Auditorium, 1379-A Sherbrooke Street West
Please note that seat reservations are held until the beginning of the event. Once the activity has started, any unoccupied seats will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Major Patrons
Fondation de la Chenelière and Fondation Ariane Riou et Réal Plourde
Patron
The Molson Foundation
Public Partners
Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts de Montréal, Gouvernement du Québec
Presenting Sponsor of the exhibition
Raymond James
