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On Betty Goodwin and the Montreal Art Scene

Information

Length

1h00

Language

English

Audience

Adults

Type of activity

Lecture

Free

 
Wednesday December 2, 2026 at 06:00 pm

To mark the release of the book Betty Goodwin: Life and Work, the MMFA invites you to attend a conversation between the book’s author, Jessica Bradley, and curator Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre. They will discuss key events in the major artist’s life, with a focus on her relationship with the Montreal arts community.

 

WITH

  • Jessica Bradley, author
  • Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre, Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art (1945 to Today)
 

About the speakers
Jessica Bradley has curated two major exhibitions of Betty Goodwin’s art. Previously, she was Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada (1979-1987) and Curator of Contemporary Art at the AGO (1995 -2004), and she curated the Canadian pavilion at the Venice Biennale on three occasions (1982, 1984 and1999). Bradley has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in contemporary Canadian art history and critical theory at the University of Ottawa and Concordia University and has organized several exhibitions as an independent curator. She has published widely on Canadian and international contemporary art, co-editing with Lesley Johnstone the anthology SiteLines: Reading Contemporary Canadian Art (1994, Montreal, Artexte Editions). From 2005 to 2015, Jessica Bradley ran her eponymous commercial gallery in Toronto. Today, she lives in Montreal.

Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre is the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art (1945 to Today). As Curator of Contemporary Art at the Musée d’art de Joliette, where she worked from 2017 to 2023, she oversaw many solo and group exhibitions featuring women artists, Indigenous artists, and artists from diverse backgrounds.

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 

In partnership with the Art Canada Institute

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

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