Museé d’Art Contemporain
Local & historic contemporary art
Note: the Museum of Contemporary Art has relocated to Place Ville Marie due to renovation work planned for completion in 2024.
Montreal's Museum of Contemporary Art (Museé d’Art Contemporain) – Canada's first such museum to open in 1939 – can boast of owning some 6000 paintings as well as an impressive stock of sculpture, photography, video and installation art and also attracts the multimedia performance.
Understandably a good portion of the collection is rotated, so it's always worth a look for real contemporary art fans. On the other hand, if you only have a passing interest or time for only one such museum, then pick the better Montreal Museum of Fine Arts instead.
Text © Christian Williams
Images by Phil Roeder, Tri.