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Doyon-Rivest

Pavlova: ephemeral artwork

Doyon-Rivest’s work explores the principle of the reward pathway: activities that trigger the release of dopamine in our body induce a state of euphoria and generate seeking of immediate pleasure.

Lemoyne. Offside

The Lemoyne. Offside exhibition presents an exceptional digest of the production of the multidisciplinary Quebec artist, as playful as it is striking. With close to two hundreds works, it will highlight his thirst for total creative freedom and his quest for a unifying art.

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

The exhibition is named after a major work by Jean McEwen, which will be presented in the introduction. These existential questions focus on our identity and invite us to examine it differently.

Picasso. Figures

Canadian exclusive in Québec City

*TEMPORARY EXHIBIT* The «Picasso. Figures» exhibition, designed as a thematic retrospective, focuses on the representation of the body in Picasso’s work. The body was truly one of the artist’s favourite subjects, a fertile prism through which to grasp the numerous metamorphoses inherent in his work.

Opening a Dialogue

About Body Liberation

*TEMPORARY EXHIBIT* This group exhibition brings together works from the MNBAQ's collection and those of guest artists who are interested in the representation of bodily diversity. These works break down gender stereotypes, speak of grossophobia and address the representation of non-normed bodies.

Turner and the Sublime

Canadian exclusive in Québec City

Discover one of the foremost artists of the 19th century, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), English painter, watercolourist and engraver.

Numa Amun

Recipient of the third MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award

The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, in collaboration with RBC, its financial partner, is proud to present the exhibition of artist Numa Amun, recipient of the third MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award.

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism

The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection

The exhibition comprises not only works by the artistic duo but also paintings by other modern Mexican artists and numerous photographs that situate the latter in the period during which they lived.