Exhibitions Currently showing

GALLERY 9Québec en design. 75 ans de créations issues de la collection du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec Du 12 novembre 2009 au 18 avril 2010 More than 130 items – from small advertising posters to garden chairs and bicycles – illustrate the history of design in Quebec from the 1930s to the present.

GALLERIES 5 AND 6The Nude in Modern Canadian ArtOctober 8, 2009 to January 3, 2010 The show follows the history of the nude through the 1920s, 30s and 40s, as images of the naked body gradually broke with classical and academic tradition to espouse more liberal, humanist, intimate and socially progressive forms.

GALLERIES 1, 4Emporte-moi / Sweep me off my feetSeptember 24, 2009 to January 11, 2010 Throughout the ages, artists have found inspiration in the desire and turmoil that comes with ardent love. Emporte-moi / Sweep me off my feet addresses the value of emotion in contemporary art through works by artists including Andy Warhol, Pierre and Gilles, Félix Gonzales-Torres and Jana Sterbak.

GALLERY 12 Daudelin Permanent exhibition Like those devoted to the painters Jean-Paul Riopelle, Jean Paul Lemieux and Alfred Pellan, the Daudelin gallery will demonstrate the artist’s immense contribution to the history of visual arts in Quebec.

Hydro-Québec GALLERYBrousseau Inuit Art Collection Permanent exhibition Including remarkable pieces by major contemporary artists, the collection comprises 2635 works spanning the past fifty years. The exhibition consists of a selection of these works chosen to showcase the collection’s highlights.

RIOPELLE–LOTO-QUÉBEC GALLERY Riopelle Permanent exhibition Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002) is a major figure in the history of contemporary painting. This exhibition features reference works representative of the different periods, including Tribute to Rosa Luxemburg.

GALLERY 8Québec City, The Art of a Colonial Capital Permanent exhibition Québec City played an important artistic role during three critical periods: as the capital of a French colony (1608-1763), the capital of a British colony (1763-1867) and the Old Capital of the fledgling Confederation (1867-1900).

GALLERY 10« Je me souviens ». When Art Imagines History Permanent exhibition Who are Québec’s great heroes of yesteryear? Find out in this exhibition, which revives the figures and facts marking our history.

GALLERY 7Tradition and Modernism in Québec Permanent exhibition Travel back in time to the first fine arts salons! Echoing the birth of modern art and the wish to preserve traditional values, the exhibition illustrates two artistic realities confronting one another between 1860 and 1945.

GALLERY 2Figurative and Abstract Art in Québec, 1940-1960 Permanent exhibition View works by Pellan, Borduas, Dallaire and many other artists who marked the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, periods that were very rich artistically in Québec.

EDUCATIONAL GALLERY Espace Pellan Permanent exhibition A space reserved for children to play and learn… a tribute to artist Alfred Pellan. Known for his skill and imagination, Pellan created an imaginary world inhabited by small multicoloured, imaginary creatures.