Canadian Centre for Architecture
Into the Island
Into the Island follows architect Xu Tiantian’s discovery of essential elements, pressure points, and environmental issues on Meizhou Island, where religious pilgrimages and mass tourism, archaic farming techniques, and strict conservation policies coexist in a fragile balance. The island is famous as the site which gave birth to the cult of the sea goddess Mazu (until Sept. 8). www.cca.qc.ca
Château Dufresne
Du profane au sacré
Marking last year’s 50th anniversary of the death of Guido Nincheri—master glassmaker, painter-decorator, and fresco painter—the exhibition celebrates this Florentine artist of national significance and includes a new digital tour of the work he did for the Château Dufresne. It reveals his contributions to religious art and his distinctive artistic approach by presenting some 40 selected original works, archival documents, artefacts, and a video titled The Nincheri Studio Adventure (until June 30). www.chateaudufresne.com
Galerie de l’Université de Montréal
Inspirations d’ici – Recent acquisitions from the Université de Montréal Art Collection
This exhibition presents works by 12 modern and contemporary artists in two locations and provides an overview of the development of the Collection in recent years (until June 15). www.galerie.umontreal.ca
La Guilde
BACA 2024/ CREATION STORIES: TURTLE ISLAND
The seventh edition of BACA (La Biennale d’art contemporain autochtone/The Contemporary Native Art Biennial) consists of a series of seven exhibitions in which more than 60 artists tell Creation Stories. At La Guilde, the theme is Turtle Island, known in many Indigenous cultures as a synonym for North America. The artists featured in Turtle Island use beadwork, painting, video and sculpture to expand on the Anishinaabe creation story and the beginnings of life on Earth (until July 14). www.baca.ca
McCord Stewart Museum
Norman Parkinson: Always in Style
This North American première highlights the work of Norman Parkinson, known as one of the pillars of 20th-century British fashion photography, who dazzled the world from the 1930s to the 1980s with his sparkling inventiveness. He photographed the most prominent artists and celebrities, including Audrey Hepburn, Jerry Hall, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones and Jane Birkin. With his unique style, he helped change the static, posed approach to fashion photography. His long association with Vogue and extensive work for Harper’s Bazaar, Queen, Town & Country and other international magazines earn him worldwide recognition (Until Sept. 2). www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Saints, Sinners, Lovers and Fools:
Three Hundred Years of Flemish Masterworks
This exhibition of The Phoebus Foundation’s world-class collection of early modern Flemish art presents the Southern Netherlands during a dynamic period of social, scientific, economic and artistic development (1400-1700).
Organized by the Denver Art Museum and The Phoebus Foundation of Antwerp, Belgium, the exhibition includes masterworks by celebrated artists of the day—Hans Memling, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens and Michaelina Wautier, among many others—and highlights how their timeless, captivating themes continue to connect with audiences today (June 8-Oct. 20). http://www.mbam.qc.ca
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal at Place Ville Marie
femmes volcans forêts torrents
This exhibition features the work of nine female artists, currently living in Quebec, whose works show their attention to the natural elements they see and to the living communities with which they interact. The artists root their reflections in various ecosystems, from the waters of the St. Lawrence River to the soils of the tundra (until Aug. 18).
Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything (Virtual Exhibition – only online)
Inspired by the museum’s 2017-18 exhibition Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything, this is a new, virtual exhibition, whose works explore contemporary art through the vibrant lens of Leonard Cohen’s creative universe. It examines Cohen’s universal themes and their connection to contemporary art by assembling 50 or so works from the MAC’s permanent collection, as well as the works and songs from the original exhibition, which remains one of the museum’s most highly attended and popular show ever (until Feb. 12, 2025).
PHI Centre
Chromatic Myriad
The PHI Centre showcases a light installation with evolving content, which adapts to the seasons and exhibitions. This public art installation presents unfolding reflections, shimmering colours, and reconfigurations of the surrounding architecture from constantly changing viewpoints (until July 31). www.phi.ca
