From Manhattan to the Bauhaus: First Lyonel Feininger retrospective in North America is exclusive to Montreal

MONTREAL.- Through May 13, 2012, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is presenting the first posthumous retrospective in North America on Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956). Lyonel Feininger: from Manhattan to the Bauhaus offers the first comprehensive panorama of the oeuvre of this American artist, who has been strangely forgotten since he spent most of his life in Germany. A celebrated cartoonist, a leading figure of Expressionism alongside Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, a professor at the avant-garde Bauhaus School, from its founding in Weimar [...]

The fashion world of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk at Dallas Museum of Art

DALLAS, TX.- From November 13, 2011 to February 12, 2012, the Dallas Museum of Art will host The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, the first exhibition devoted to the celebrated French couturier. The DMA is the first of two U.S. venues to host this critically acclaimed international exhibition after its premier at the organizing institution, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition also marks the first time that the DMA will present an exhibition dedicated [...]

The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army Set to Conquer Montreal in February 2011

Montreal, Canada.– From February 11 to June 26, 2011, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will present The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army, a major exhibition of archaeological works that will take visitors on a faraway journey covering 1,000 years of Chinese history. The fortuitous discovery, in 1974, of artifacts from the Emperor Ying Zheng’s tomb complex, the most important in China and one of the largest in the world, revealed priceless treasures. It was the last great archaeological [...]

The Terrifying and Beautiful World of Otto Dix Arrives in Montreal

MONTREAL.- The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is presenting ROUGE CABARET: The Terrifying and Beautiful World of Otto Dix, the first North American exhibition devoted to Otto Dix (1891-1969), one of the twentieth century’s most important German painters. A keen observer of the world, which he viewed as “terrifying and beautiful,” Otto Dix leaves no one indifferent. Some 220 works, including about forty rare and fragile paintings, many of them painted in tempera on wood panels, large watercolours and powerful [...]

Love, Death, the Terrifying and Beautiful World of Otto Dix in Montreal

MONTREAL.- From September 24, 2010, to January 2, 2011, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will be presenting ROUGE CABARET: The Terrifying and Beautiful World of Otto Dix, the first North American exhibition devoted to Otto Dix (1891-1969), one of the twentieth century’s most important German painters. A keen observer of the world, which he viewed as “terrifying and beautiful,” Otto Dix leaves no one indifferent. Some 220 works, including about forty rare and fragile paintings, many of them painted [...]

Drive End: Martin Beauregard’s First Exhibition in a Museum

MONTREAL.- Through September 19, 2010, in the Contemporary Art Square on Level S2 of the Jean‐Noël Desmarais Pavilion, the The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents Drive End, a remarkable photographic project by Martin Beauregard. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in a museum. Admission to the exhibition is free at all times. A drive‐in has been converted into an automobile graveyard. An old man with a dramatically lined face, wearing a cowboy hat, watches time go by. An [...]

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Opens Multimedia Retrospective of Jazz Musician Miles Davis

MONTREAL.- Initiated and organized by the Musée de la musique with the support of the artist’s family represented through Miles Davis Properties, LLC, in association with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), “We Want Miles: Miles Davis vs. Jazz” is a multimedia retrospective exhibition devoted to one the greatest jazz artists of the twentieth century: Miles Davis (1926-1991). Bearing the same title as Davis’s 1982 live album, “We Want Miles” explores many of the greatest highlights of Davis’ exceptional [...]

First One-Man Museum Otto Dix Exhibition in North America at Neue Galerie

NEW YORK, NY.- From March 11 to August 30, 2010, Neue Galerie New York presents “Otto Dix,” the first one-man museum exhibition of works by this major German artist ever held in North America. Organized by Olaf Peters, Professor of Modern Art History and Art Theory at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, the show contains more than 100 masterpieces from the United States, Canada, and Europe. After its run at the Neue Galerie, the exhibition will travel to the Montreal Museum of [...]

Rare Tiffany Stained Glass Windows on View for the First Time in Montreal

MONTREAL.- After Paris, where it garnered both public and critical acclaim, the exhibition “Tiffany Glass: A Passion for Colour” will be shown in Montreal from February 12 to May 2, 2010. It is the first exhibition of this magnitude on one of the most famous American designers, Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933), to be presented in Canada. Developed and produced by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, it will highlight Tiffany’s remarkable contribution to the design and technology of glass, which [...]

Terracotta Army to Conquer Canada from 2010 – 2012

TORONTO.- The launch of the 2010-2012 Canadian national tour of The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army was announced this morning at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). At the event, attended by media and special guests including The Honourable Michael Chan, Ontario Minister of Tourism and Culture, it was confirmed that the Government of China has named the ROM as the Canadian tour’s organizing museum, as well as its premiere venue. The national tour, marking the first time that the [...]