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Evergon

Theatres of the Intimate

The MNBAQ is proud to present a retrospective of the seminal Canadian photographer Evergon that assembles for the first time more than 230 works. Enter the comical, carnal universe of the artist who, in a career spanning 50 years, has revisited genres such as portraits, landscapes, or nudes, producing a bold, moving, occasionally irreverent imagery.

Manasie Akpaliapik

Inuit Universe. The Raymond Brousseau Collection

With Manasie Akpaliapik.Inuit Universe exhibition, the Musée proposes to his visitors a selection of 40 sculptures forged between 1997 and 2003 in the fertile imagination of this masterful creator.

How Are You?

The How are you? project highlights the benefits of art and creativity to mental, emotional, and physical health. Each work on display is a portrayal of an invisible state an a catharsis.

Healing: the sanatorium experience

Alcôve-école

An exhibition about the experience in Quebec's sanatoria in the early 20th century, during which tuberculosis has served as a source of inspiration for many artists.

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.

Jordi Bonet

Celebration for the 50th anniversary of the Grand Théâtre de Québec

Vibrating to the rhythm of the cultural community of its city, the MNBAQ is pleased to participate in the festivities of the 50th anniversary of the Grand Théâtre de Québec by paying tribute to Jordi Bonet.

Challenging

350 Years of Art Practice in Québec

In the first half of the 20th century, challenges to an institutional academicism that had come to be seen as backward looking favoured the emergence of new cultural networks that advocated a conception of art foregrounding visual experimentation and artistic independence.

Feeling

350 Years of Art Practice in Québec

The presentation of various technical approaches that showcase the strengths and constraints specific to each discipline in the depiction of landscape offers a complete panorama of the evolution of this major genre in the history of Québec art.