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Where you will find all the press releases and images on our recent exhibitions and events.
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The work of art is to be reproduced in its entirety without cropping, bleeding, guttering, overprinting or other alteration of any kind, and the caption and photo credit must accompany the illustration of the work.
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Patricia Lachance
Media Relations Officer
Maude N. Béland
Media Relations Officer
Exhibitions on view
Alanis Obomsawin, Printmaker
An Artist and her Nation: The Waban-Aki Basketmakers of Odanak
June 7 - August 25, 2019
Contemporary Artists at Play
Flirting with Codes, Tricks and Subterfuge
July 2, 2019 – June 2020
Avant-garde Montrealers
Jewellery, Glass and Ceramics as Envisioned by Gallerists Jocelyne Gobeil, Elena Lee and Barbara Silverberg
April 2, 2019 - March 22, 2020
Upcoming exhibitions
About Face
Photographs by Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons and Rachel Harrison from the Collection of Carol and David Appel
December 11, 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
The Michel de la Chenelière International Atelier for Education and Art Therapy
THE MICHEL DE LA CHENELIÈRE INTERNATIONAL ATELIER FOR EDUCATION AND ART THERAPY
Youth Fusion: This is Our World
Tomorrow’s Curators Embracing World Cultures
June 11, 2019
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
News
MAJOR WORK BY BRITISH SCULPTOR TONY CRAGG ADDED TO THE MMFA’S COLLECTION
July 16, 2019
The first Elaine de Kooning painting to enter the MMFA's collection
An acquisition made, thanks to Roslyn Margles
July 9, 2019
A NEW ACQUISITION AT THE MMFA: 1,000 PLATITUDES BY RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER
June 25, 2019
Michel de la Chenelière, patron of education and Chair of the MMFA, receives an honorary doctorate from McGill University
June 10
UNPLUGGED EVENT OF THIERRY MUGLER: COUTURISSIME AND MONTREAL COUTURE AT THE MMFA – THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2019
A spectacular evening presented by the Brivia Group
June 10, 2019
NEW CREATIVE WORKSHOPS FOR ARTISTS AGED 15 TO 20 AT THE MMFA THIS SUMMER
June 5, 2019
JENNIFER LAURENT APPOINTED CURATOR OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY DECORATIVE ARTS AT THE MMFA
May 24, 2019
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
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