François-Marc Gagnon, a distinguished research fellow and the founding director of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, has been named an Officer of the Ordre national du Québec.
The honour was presented at a special ceremony in Quebec City on Tuesday, June 16.
Gagnon is recognized as a leading expert on Les Automatistes, a group of Québécois artistic dissidants that included Paul-Émile Borduas and Jean-Paul Riopelle.