Resources

“Beauty is a fateful gift of the essence of truth, and here truth means the disclosure of what keeps itself concealed.” – Martin Heidegger (1889-1976)

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 514-285-2000 – http://www.mmfa.qc.ca
1380 Sherbrooke Street West (walking distance from Dawson College)

  • The Museum’s Collections
    • Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    • Admission to the Museum’s collections is FREE at all times.
  • Temporary Exhibitions
    • Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    • Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
    • Adults: $12.00- $15.00 / Students with ID: $6.00-$8.00
    • HALF PRICE from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal – 514-847-6226 – http://www.macm.org
185 St. Catherine Street West

  • Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  • FREE from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday

McCord Museum of Canadian History – 514-398-7100 – http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca
690 Sherbrooke Street West (across from McGill University)

  • Tuesday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

CCA (Canadian Centre for Architecture) – 514-939-7026 – http://www.cca.qc.ca
1920 Baile Street (walking distance from Dawson College – between du Fort and St. Marc)

  • An international research center and museum devoted to architecture
  • Lectures, films, etc. often on Thursday evenings
  • Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  • Adults: $8.00-$10.00 / Students with ID: $5.00-$8.00
  • FREE from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday (FREE all day for students)

Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery of Concordia University – 514-848-4750 – http://ellengallery.concordia.ca/?lang=en (non-profit public museum)
1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West

  • Guy-Concordia metro station (walking distance from Dawson College)
  • Admission is free.
  • Gallery hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Galerie de l’UQAM – 514-987-8421 – http://www.galerie.uqam.ca (non-profit public museum)
Pavillon Judith-Jasmin – 1400 Berri Street, Room J-R120 (Berri-UQAM metro station)

  • Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 12:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Segal Centre for the Arts – 514-739-2301 – http://www.segalcentre.org/ (non-profit public theatre)
5170 Cote St. Catherine

Virtual Museum of Canada – http://www.virtualmuseum.ca

Virtual Museums (International) – http://icom.museum/

MAISONS DE LA CULTURE

  • Maison de la Culture Cote-des-Neiges – 5290 de la Cote-des-Neiges Road – 514-872-6889
  • Maison de la Culture Marie Uguay – 6052 Monk – 514-872-2044
  • Maison de la Culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce – 3755 Botrel Street – 514-872-2157
  • Maison de la culture Frontenac – Facing Frontenac Metro

ARTIST-RUN SPACES & EXHIBITION GALLERIES

  • Articule – 262 Fairmont Ouest, 514-842-9686 – http://www.articule.org
  • B-312 – 372 St. Catherine Street West, #403 – 514-874-9423 – http://www.galerieb312.ca/
  • Circa – 372 St. Catherine Street West, #444 – 514-393-8248 – http://www.circa-art.com
  • Dazibao – 4001 Berri Street, #202 – 514-845-0063 – http://www.dazibao-photo.org (contemporary photography)
  • Galerie Clark – 1591 Clark Street, 2nd Floor – 514-288-4972 – http://www.clarkplaza.org
  • GRAFF – 963 Rachel Street East – 514-526-2616 – http://www.graff.ca (research and/or creation of prints, artist books, multi-disciplinary projects)
  • La Centrale (Galerie Powerhouse) – 4296 Blvd.St.Laurent – 514-871-0268 – http://www.lacentrale.org (women’s contemporary art)
  • Oboro – 4001 Berri Street, #301 – 514-844-3250 – http://www.oboro.net
  • Occurence – 460 St. Catherine Street West, #524 – 514-397-0236
  • Optica – 372 St. Catherine Street West, #508 – 514-874-1666 – http://www.optica.ca
  • Vox, centre d’image contemporaine – 1211 Blvd.St Laurent Montreal – 514-390-0382

COMMERCIAL GALLERIES

  • DHC/Art – 451 St. Jean, Montreal – 514-849-3742 –
  • Espace 502 (Galerie Roger Bellemare) – 372 St. Catherine Street West, #502
  • Galerie Christiane Chassay – 358 Sherbrooke Street East – 514-284-0003 – http://www.chassay.ca
  • Galerie Circulaire – 5445 ave. de Gaspé  – 514-272-8874
  • Galerie de Bellefeuille – 1367 Greene – 514-933-4406 – http://www.debellefeuille.com
  • Galerie Division – 2020 William, Montreal – 514-938-3863 –
  • Galerie Eric Devlin – 1407 St. Alexandre – 514-866-6272 – http://www.galeriericdevlin.com
  • Galerie Normand St.Denis – 372 Ste.Catherine St.O.#530 – 514-931-7502
  • Galerie René Blouin – 372 St. Catherine Street West, #501 – 393-9969 – http://www.galeriereneblouin.com/
  • Galerie Verticale – 2084 des Laurentides #200, Laval – 450-975-1188
  • Gora Gallery – 279 Sherbrooke St.West – 514-879-9694
  • Mistral Gallery – 372 St. Catherine Street West, #424 – 514-868-1627
  • Simon Blais Gallery – 5420 St.Laurent Blvd. #100 – 514-849-1165

OTHER

  • Artexte Information Centre – 514-874-0049 – http://www.artexte.ca
    (Contemporary visual arts – research, documentation, publishing)
  • Artnet – www.artnet.com
    (International contemporary artists and their work; galleries; events; research; Artnet magazine – news, features, reviews, books, etc.)
  • Arts News – http://www.artsnews.ca
  • Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art – http://www.ccca.ca (Canadian Art Database – Canadian artists, designers, writers, projects, resources)
  • CIAC (Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal) – 514-288-0811 – http://www.ciac.ca (Non-profit organization presenting visual arts exhibitions and events)
    314 Sherbrooke Street East – Sherbrooke metro station
  • Interfaces Montreal (animation and technology) –
  • RCAAQ – Regroupement des centres d’artistes autogérés du Québec – http://www.rcaaq.org (Alternative galleries in Montreal as well as addresses and sites for documentation centres in Montreal such as Artexte)
  • S.A.T. (Society for arts and technology),1195 Blvd. St.Laurent,Montreal – 514-844-2033
  • Canadian Conservation Institute – http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/ (A “How to” for preserving works of art, books, photographs, heirlooms, family treasures, etc.)


Last Modified: July 27, 2016