Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Riopelle

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts reopens Feb. 11 with Riopelle, GRAFIK! and more

Museums are back next week!

After being closed since Oct. 1, museums are finally allowed to reopen on Monday. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has announced that their official reopening day will be Thursday, Feb. 11. The museum is reopening with four exhibitions, including the new major exhibition Riopelle: The Call of Northern Landscapes and Indigenous Cultures.

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is dedicating a major exhibition to Jean Paul Riopelle (1923–2002), a towering figure in Canadian, Quebec and international modern art. Based on original research, the exhibition explores the artist’s interest in the North and Indigenous cultures, with nearly 175 works and more than 200 artifacts and archival documents. It sheds new light on the artist’s work during the 1950s and 1970s by retracing the travels and influences that fed his fascination with northern regions and North American Indigenous communities.

—MMFA

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will be reopening with three additional exhibitions:

  • Manuel Mathieu: Survivance
  • Yehouda Chaki: “Mi Makir;” A Search for the Missing
  • GRAFIK! Five Centuries of German and Austrian Graphics

Tickets for the museum will be going on sale on Tuesday, Feb. 9, and the museum recommends signing up for their newsletter to be notified when it’s possible to reserve.

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts reopens Feb. 11 with four exhibitions: Riopelle: The Call of Northern Landscapes and Indigenous Cultures; Manuel Mathieu: Survivance; Yehouda Chaki: “Mi Makir” A Search for the Missing; and GRAFIK! Five Centuries of German and Austrian Graphics

For more on the museum’s reopening, please visit the MMFA website.


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