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Generations. The Sobey Family and Canadian Art

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

The Sobey Family and Canadian Art exhibition affords a unique perspective of Canadian creativity past and present.

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  • The Sobey Family and Canadian Art exhibition affords a unique perspective of Canadian creativity past and present.
  • He maintained the tradition and established the Sobey Art Award, which for over 20 years has highlighted emerging Canadian artists.
  • The Sobey Family and Canadian Art, which admirably rounds out a visit to this remarkable exhibition.
  • The Sobey Family and Canadian was organized and circulated by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinburg, Ontario).

Wonder is front and centre in the MNBAQ's 2024 programming

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) is proud to announce that wonder will be front and centre in all the adventures that it is proposing in 2024.

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  • The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) is proud to announce that wonder will be front and centre in all the adventures that it is proposing in 2024.
  • Born in Toronto in the late 19th century, Helen McNicoll grew up in Montréal in a well-to-do environment conducive to artistic practice.
  • The breadth of the exhibitions proposed to our visitors will certainly make 2024 a better, indeed, an outstanding year.
  • In the spring of 2024, a colourful new edition of the Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA) will return from March 16 to 24, 2024.

Anahita Norouzi receives the 2023 MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Visitors have until January 7, 2024, to visit or revisit the 2023 MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award exhibition, which features Half of the Red Sun, a remarkable installation by Anahita Norouzi, but also striking works by Maria Ezcurra, Celia Perrin Sidarous, Eve Tagny, and Sara A.Tremblay.

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  • Visitors have until January 7, 2024, to visit or revisit the 2023 MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award exhibition, which features Half of the Red Sun, a remarkable installation by Anahita Norouzi, but also striking works by Maria Ezcurra, Celia Perrin Sidarous, Eve Tagny, and Sara A.Tremblay.
  • The MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award, at a glance
    Every two years since 2015, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, in collaboration with the RBC Royal Bank, has presented the MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award, a major event on the current art scene.
  • The MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award, which is the only contemporary art prize in Canada that combines exhibition, acquisition and publication, confirms the museum's commitment to playing a leadership role in the realm of Québec art by encouraging promising artists and helping to further their career.
  • The MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award is produced with financial support from the RBC Royal Bank.

View the Night - When Art Becomes a Sensorial, Poetic Experience

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

I love to explore the city on foot at night to enjoy a unique experience," notes Philippe*.

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  • I love to explore the city on foot at night to enjoy a unique experience," notes Philippe*.
  • View the Night is also an encounter with nocturnal light, whether it is natural, like moonlight and starlight, or artificial, like candles and electric lights.
  • Led by Maude Lévesque, exhibition curator, the MNBAQ's teams sought to offer a museum experience that allows art to express itself, unaccompanied by texts.
  • View the Night comprises more than 60 works from the MNBAQ's collections, from ancient art to present-day art, and 15 objects from the collection of the Musée de la civilisation (MCQ).

Jean Paul Riopelle's Tribute to Rosa Luxemburg to shine at the G20 Summit in India

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Friday, September 8, 2023

QUÉBEC, Sept. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - Tribute to Rosa Luxemburg (L'Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg), an iconic work by artist Jean Paul Riopelle (1923–2002) showcased at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ), will represent Canada in an exhibition taking place alongside the G20 Summit, which starts today in India.

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  • QUÉBEC, Sept. 8, 2023 /CNW/ - Tribute to Rosa Luxemburg (L'Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg), an iconic work by artist Jean Paul Riopelle (1923–2002) showcased at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ), will represent Canada in an exhibition taking place alongside the G20 Summit, which starts today in India.
  • Tribute to Rosa Luxemburg was chosen to feature in the G20 Digital Museum exhibition, organized by the Indian government's Department of Culture, which asked all G20 member countries—as well as the nine guest countries—to select a significant work of art.
  • Created in 1992 and acquired by the MNBAQ in 1996, Tribute to Rosa Luxemburg is the largest work ever created by Jean Paul Riopelle.
  • The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is a state corporation funded by the Gouvernement du Québec.

New exhibition From April 25, to September 2, 2024 - Rembrandt. The Art of Etching at the MNBAQ in 2024

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Rembrandt's art is celebrated for its vivid imagination and emotional richness and has been universally admired since the 17th century.

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  • Rembrandt's art is celebrated for its vivid imagination and emotional richness and has been universally admired since the 17th century.
  • The exhibition, produced through a generous loan from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, will put the spotlight on the MNBAQ in the summer of 2024.
  • The $500 000 contribution comes from the Mesure d'aide financière à l'intention des musées d'État pour des expositions internationales majeures.
  • The Art of Etching exhibition and, above all, to celebrate in Québec City the work of an innovative artist who transcends generations.

Alexander McQueen: Art Meets Fashion - A novel voyage in the imaginative universe of British fashion's "enfant terrible"

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Simons is the main presenting partner of the exhibition, which proposes a reflection on the creative process of "the enfant terrible" of British fashion.

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  • Simons is the main presenting partner of the exhibition, which proposes a reflection on the creative process of "the enfant terrible" of British fashion.
  • The bold staging of Alexander McQueen: Art Meets Fashion takes visitors through six emblematic sections with distinctive atmospheres.
  • An incredible prodigy, McQueen created many collections that marked both fashion lovers and the history of fashion.
  • This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in collaboration with Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ).

Us - A philosophical voyage through works from the collections of the MNBAQ

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

The new exhibition at the MNBAQ is meant to be a unique philosophical voyage devoted to the notion of "us" and focusing on the themes of identities, migrations, and territories.

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  • The new exhibition at the MNBAQ is meant to be a unique philosophical voyage devoted to the notion of "us" and focusing on the themes of identities, migrations, and territories.
  • Visitors who discover the 69 works presented can enjoy answering the philosophical questions that the works raise.
  • Works from the MNBAQ's collection by Jinyoung Kim, Pitseolak Ashoona, Davidialuk Alasua Amittu, Couturier–Lafargue, and Ari Bayuaji examine this sensitive topic.
  • Several hundred groups visit the MNBAQ each year, thus enabling thousands of young people to encounter art.

Riopelle's Centenary Spreads its Wings in France

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

TV5MONDE , a French-language television network present in 198 countries and 421 million households across the globe, will be the official world broadcaster of the artist's centenary celebrations.

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  • TV5MONDE , a French-language television network present in 198 countries and 421 million households across the globe, will be the official world broadcaster of the artist's centenary celebrations.
  • It was therefore important for the Riopelle Foundation to include an important and ambitious French component to the official programming of the artist's centenary celebrations.
  • We are happy and proud to be the privileged medium of this great artistic adventure, which establishes a remarkable bridge between Canada and France."
  • and educational institutions ( Concordia University , Riopelle Studio educational program), the centenary celebrations' official program is giving rise to a multitude of cultural projects in Canada and around the world.

An unprecedented partnership between François Chartier and the MNBAQ

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Monday, January 30, 2023

This special MNBAQ project has been carried out through the Incubateur d'innovations muséales, funded by the Secrétariat à la Capitale-Nationale.

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  • This special MNBAQ project has been carried out through the Incubateur d'innovations muséales, funded by the Secrétariat à la Capitale-Nationale.
  • When he was a young wine steward at the mythical Bistro à Champlain, François Chartier knew Riopelle well.
  • To grasp the quintessence of Riopelle's work, François Chartier did not hesitate to visit the artist's studio in the Laurentians to collect paint, oil, and aerosol samples.
  • François Chartier, founder of Chartier World LAB, Annie Bérubé, Head of Special Projects, MNBAQ, and Eve- Lyne Beaudry, Curator of Contemporary Art (1950-2000), MNBAQ, are available for interviews.