Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
The Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal ( The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ) is Canada's oldest art museum. It was founded in Montreal in 1860 . The museum currently has around 500,000 visitors a year.
The museum is divided into five pavilions:
- Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion , built in 1912 by William Sutherland Maxwell and Edward Maxwell (archeology and ancient art)
- Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion , designed by Moshe Safdie , built in 1991 (modern and contemporary art)
- Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion (Crafts and Design)
- Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion , built 2011 (Canadian Art)
- Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion for Peace
The museum covers an area of 53,095 square meters, 13,000 square meters of which is exhibition space.
collection
In addition to classical art, contemporary works by American artists (such as Hans Hofmann , Sam Francis , Robert Rauschenberg , Alexander Calder , Louise Nevelson and Leon Golub ) and European artists (including Gerhard Richter , Jörg Immendorff , Rebecca Horn , Barry Flanagan and Stephan Balkenhol ) are shown .
Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion , 1991, architect: Moshe Safdie
Artist Maryse Casol silk scarves at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montreal boutique
exhibition
- 2010–2011: Otto Dix
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Coordinates: 45 ° 29 ′ 55.3 " N , 73 ° 34 ′ 48.4" W.