Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Contemporary art collection of over seven thousand works, currently housed in a temporary downtown gallery during renovation.
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This guide to the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal begins in March 1965 in Place Ville Marie, where Canada's first museum devoted solely to contemporary art opened an exhibition without owning a single wall. It follows the young institution through its early wanderings, from a mansion in the east end to a leftover Expo 67 gallery, and a French painter's retrospective that launched it. Best heard standing at the entrance, with the passing crowds of the complex around you.
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