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Must See

2011
1879 1949 ▼ The Erskine and
The AAM collection The AAM is renamed, American Church
moves to its first and becomes the becomes part of the
permanent home Montreal Museum new Claire and Marc
at Phillips Square of Fine Arts Bourgie Pavilion

Timeline 1860 1912 1972
▲ The Art Association
The AAM is moved
The museum is
of Montreal (AAM)
ouest, on the Golden
is founded by Bishop to rue Sherbrooke the site of the
largest art theft in
Francis Fulford Square Mile Canadian history
by Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven.
The works on display date back to the 1960s,
with modern pieces by Jean-Paul Riopelle, Decorative Arts and Design
Claude Tousignant, and Guido Molinari. The Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion is
home to 4,000 objects from around the globe,
International Contemporary Art and illustrates the impact of early design on
Large abstract and figurative paintings, later movements, such as Art Nouveau, Art
multimedia installations, and modern Deco, and Modernism.
sculptures are exhibited in the Jean-Noël
Desmarais Pavilion. Works are by local and Graphic and Photographic Arts
international artists, across a period ranging Stunning prints, drawings, and photographs
from the 1980s to the present day. The grace the walls of this gallery in the museum’s
collection extends out into the Sculpture Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavillion. Its vast
Garden with pieces by David Altmejd, Jim collection showcases the skill of great masters
Dine, Anthony Gormley, and Henry Moore. such as Delacroix, Goya, and Rembrandt.

Works in the Expanding
Fields gallery in the Claire
and Marc Bourgie Pavilion
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