Concordia Day @ Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Special exhibitions - Free!

Revolution

REVOLUTION is a musical odyssey that explores the ideals and aspirations of the late 1960s as expressed in music, film, fashion and design.

The exhibition looks at the consumer society, Vietnam War protests, the civil rights movement, the sexual revolution, experimentation with LSD, legendary concerts, communal living and environmentalism.

Wearing high-fidelity headphones that synchronize the sounds and images according to their location in the galleries, visitors will embark on an immersive journey to London streets, where fashion never ceases to reinvent itself; to the heart of the May 1968 demonstrations in Paris; to the Summer of Love in San Francisco; to Woodstock; to the L’Osstidcho; and to Montreal’s Expo 67.

About 700 objects and works of art bear witness to the social and cultural climate of the times with, as a soundtrack, musical hits of the era from around the world and Quebec, with excerpts from seminal films and interviews with iconic figures.

Flower Power and rebellion through music kick off the summer at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, with a special focus on the roles of Montreal and Expo 67 in these revolutions.
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Love is Love

Around a monumental wedding cake, Love Is Love features Jean Paul Gaultier’s most beautiful bridal creations. Their daring lines and exquisite artistry bear witness to the eccentricity of this iconoclastic designer who is renowned for his spectacular silhouettes as well as his humanist, inclusive vision. This celebration of marriage and love brings together heterosexual, homosexual, intercultural and interracial couples in diversity and peace.
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Museum tours and discussions

Offered by Concordia fine arts students and faculty.

Performative Pedagogy Tour: Looking at the Curation of Craft

Time: 10-11:30 a.m.

Meeting place: MMFA Main registration desk
Location: Decorative Arts and Design collection

Learn about curatorial issues in relation to craft alongside Art History students, and join in a ‘performative pedagogy’ activity led by Professor Elaine Cheasely Paterson and MMFA Curator Diane Charbonneau.
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Flash Tours of the Pavilion for Peace

Time: 2 sessions offered, at 2 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.

Meeting place: MMFA main registration desk
Location: Pavilion for Peace

Join in peace-oriented discussions of specific artworks in the Pavilion for Peace, and attend ‘flash’ tours led by Professor Kathleen Vaughan’s Art Education graduate students. Enjoy more than one during the 90-minute interval! 

Artworks include:

Goya, Portrait of Carlos López Altamirano
Eugene Isabey, Burial at Sea of a Marine Officer Serving Under Louis XVI
Pouliot, Self-Portrait 
Othoniel, Peony Knot

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Sculpture Garden Tours

Time: Sessions offered at 3 p.m., 3:45 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.

Meeting place: MMFA Main registration desk
Location: Sculpture Gardens

Learn about sculpture from an artist’s perspective, with tours offered by Professor Danica Jojich’s Sculpture students.

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Sharing Diverse Interpretations

Time: 4-5 p.m.
Location: Quebec and Canadian Art Collection

Drop in to discuss your perceptions of the Quebec and Canadian Art collection, with Professor Israel Dupuis’ Design students, along with participants from L’itinéraire and the Y des Femmes.
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The Impact of the Frame When Experiencing a Painting: A discussion of Frame Conservation Issues

Time: 4-5pm

Meeting place: MMFA Main registration desk

Location: Canadian Art Collection

Learn about frame conservation treatments and transformations, in this tour led by conservation technician and Concordia alumni Sacha Marie Levay. The discussion will focus on the impact of framing choices on the experience of looking at paintings, and how past and present solutions to framing challenges have been influenced by an evolving array of factors. 

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