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Where you will find all the press releases and images on our recent exhibitions and events.
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Patricia Lachance
Media Relations Officer
Maude N. Béland
Media Relations Officer
Exhibitions on view
Avant-garde Montrealers: Jewellery, Glass and Ceramics as Envisioned by Gallerists Jocelyne Gobeil, Elena Lee and Barbara Silverberg
Until March 2020
A Model in the Studio, Montreal 1880-1950
New Acquisitions
January 29 – May 26, 2019
LIMINALS: A PARA-FICTION OF TRANSCENDENCE BY JEREMY SHAW
North American premiere of the cathartic dystopia
September 6, 2018 – June 2, 2019
CONNECTIONS
Our Artistic Diversity Dialogues with our Collections
September 18, 2018 – June 9, 2019
Upcoming exhibitions
CELEBRATING OUR DIVERSITY! 2019 AT THE MMFA
Awaiting the new Wing for World Cultures and Togetherness, Premieres of Thierry Mugler, Omar Ba, Alanis Obomsawin and the mummies of the British Museum
Alanis Obomsawin, Printmaker
An Artist and her Nation: The Waban-Aki Basketmakers of Odanak
June 7 to August 25, 2019
About Face
Photographs by Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons and Rachel Harrison from the Collection of Carol and David Appel
December 10, 2019 to April, 2020
Exhibitions archive
Of Individuals and Places: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE LAZARE COLLECTION
November 28, 2018 – April 28, 2019
Resplendent Illuminations
Books of Hours from the 13th to the 16th Century in Quebec Collections
September 4, 2018 – January 6, 2019
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-face Picasso, Past and Present
May 12 – September 16, 2018
FROM THE HANDS OF THE MASTERS II
From Parmigianino to Matisse
April 10 – August 12, 2018
KUSHAPETSHEKAN / KOSAPITCIKAN
A Glimpse Into the Other World
October 3, 2017 – March 4, 2018
MNEMOSYNE
When Contemporary Art and the Art of the Past Meet
April 12, 2017 - August 12, 2018
New takes on an old craft
Contemporary Quebec Leatherwork
April 11, 2017 – March 18, 2018
COMMEMORATING Dr. SEAN B. MURPHY (1924-2017)
Drawings and Prints from Five Centuries
December 12, 2017 – April 1, 2018
The Michel de la Chenelière International Atelier for Education and Art Therapy
THE MICHEL DE LA CHENELIÈRE INTERNATIONAL ATELIER FOR EDUCATION AND ART THERAPY
THE MMFA’S BOÎTE À COUTURE
An educational area that takes visitors behind the scenes of haute couture.
Until September 8, 2019
THE MMFA ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF A PROMISING STUDY ON PERCEPTION OF WORKS OF ART BY PEOPLE WITH AUTISM
April 29, 2019
School at the Museum, a pilot project that reinvents school
A collaborative project of the CSMB and the MMFA
April 18, 2019
FREE TOURS OF THE COLLECTIONS, FAMILY WORKSHOPS AND YOUTH CINEMA DURING SPRING BREAK, AT THE MMFA
THE MUSEUM’S DAY CAMP
The Most Creative Holiday Camp for Children and Teenagers
June 25 and August 23, 2019
ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS OF A CLINICAL STUDY UNIQUE IN CANADA ON THE EFFECTS OF ART ON SENIORS
A study initiated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the RUIS McGill Centre of Excellence on Longevity and the Jewish General Hospital shows positive impact of cultural mediation on seniors’ health
November 13, 2018
MUSEUM VISITS PRESCRIBED BY DOCTORS
An international first: a pilot project targeting health and wellness through art launched by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Médecins francophones du Canada
September 11, 2018
WHAT IF…?
Strengthening Intercommunity and Intergenerational Bonds through Artistic Expression
October 29, 2018 – January 13, 2019
SEPTEMBER 21: WORLD ALZHEIMER’S DAY
Art Links: Periods of Respite at the MMFA for over 800 persons with Alzheimer's and their Caregiver
September 18, 2018
News
JENNIFER LAURENT APPOINTED CURATOR OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY DECORATIVE ARTS AT THE MMFA
May 24, 2019
THE MMFA’S BOUTIQUE AND BOOKSTORE SIDEWALK SALE
Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26
CHIHULY’S SUN SHINES ANEW AT THE MMFA
The Museum invites the public to celebrate its return on Tuesday, May 21 at noon
CARTE BLANCHE TO THIERRY MUGLER AT THE MMFA
The creator’s most influential films on view at the Cinéma du Musée on Wednesdays
May 15 - August 21, 2019
A win for Canadian museums
The MMFA pleased with the Federal Court of Appeal decision
April 24, 2019
LA MAISON DE L’EMPEREUR AT FONTAINEBLEAU
Fourth stop for the MMFA’s exhibition Napoleon: Art and Court Life in the Imperial Palace
April 22, 2019
MICHEL DE LA CHENELIÈRE APPOINTED CHAIR OF THE MMFA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
April 18, 2019
Chiaroscuro Evenings are back at the MMFA
April 26, 2019, starting at 6 p.m.
April 10, 2019
Creation of a province-wide digital mediation committee at the MMFA
March 20, 2019
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion (1991)
Temporary Exhibitions | Contemporary Art | Photography | Graphic Arts
Michal & Renata Hornstein Pavilion (1912)
Temporary Exhibitions | Archaeology and World Cultures