Embarquez dans cette escapade artistique dédiée à l’arrondissement de L’achine. La nature, les balades à vélo le long du fleuve Saint-Laurent, les parcs et bien sûr les œuvres d’art public! Laissez-vous inspirer par ces œuvres emblématiques et partez à la découverte de l’art public de votre quartier grâce à nos parcours.

Start exploring more than 100 artworks that grace the urban landscape! Since 2013, to the great pleasure of art and architecture lovers, Art public Montréal has published a map of tours to discover public art in Montréal’s central districts. New art recently added to the Montréal landscape enriches this year’s edition. The map offers five […]

Starting from the exhibition Victor Bourgeau. Un évêque et son architecte, discover the historical and artistic richness of the Plateau-Mont-Royal around Le square Saint-Louis. Go back to the 19th century with the construction of the Hospitallers convent complex and experience the historical, architectural and heritage development of this iconic district of Montreal. With this guided […]

🎧 As a complement to our tour In the streets of Verdun/ Dans les rues de Verdun here’s our second podcast that will allow you to discover the numerous, fabulous art public located between the LaSalle and de l’Église métro stations. Let yourself be guided by the voice of Philippe Robert. Take this tour to […]

🎧 As a complement to our Sur les murs du plateau/ On the walls of the plateau tour, here’s our first podcast that will allow you to discover the numerous, fabulous art murals located between the Laurier and Mont-Royal métro stations. Let yourself be guided by the voice of Philippe Robert. Discover the fascinating murals of the […]

We have partnered with the Maison de la culture Maisonneuve to create a new mini-tour: discovering Ontario Street, on this occasion we are presenting the public art work in front of the Maison de la Culture and the two photographic exhibitions. Discuter avec Platon, de l’artiste Guillaume La brie Created in 2019, this sculpture is […]

Get the new edition of the public art map and start exploring more than 100 artworks that grace the urban landscape! Since 2013, to the great pleasure of art and architecture lovers, Art public Montréal has published a map of tours to discover public art in Montréal’s central districts. New art recently added to the […]

Geneviève Cadieux, is a swift-flying comet in the visual arts sphere.   She has helped photography emerge as one of the prime disciplines in contemporary art. “I studied painting at the University of Ottawa, but my practice crystallized in photography, an artistic discipline that allows me to express myself in a more precise way. Without […]

The artwork SOL/GROND, by Quebec artist Patrick Bernatchez, is installed at the Trône métro station in the heart of the European capital, Brussels. The integration of this work completes a bold artistic exchange between Brussels Mobility and the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), and symbolizes the strengthened ties that unite Brussels and Montreal, within […]

It is not a mirage: What you are seeing is Moving Dunes, the Montreal Museum of Fine Art’s (MMFA) seventh annual transformation of Du Musée Avenue into a pedestrian street. This latest temporary installation is inspired by the MMFA’s exhibition From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-face Picasso, Past and Present. In place until October 29, […]

The Town of Mount Royal and Art Public Montréal are proud to announce their partnership to further showcase various collections of public art of the Greater Montreal area. Four works and three new artists have been added to our collection! Three of these works are located near Connaught Park. Anne Kahane’s Mother and Child was […]

On the first anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s passing, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal invites Montreal and Leonard Cohen enthusiasts to come together at the foot of Silo No. 5 to commemorate the remarkable wordsmith. The MAC will be inaugurating a silent, majestic installation by artist Jenny Holzer as part of its Leonard Cohen: Une brèche […]

The facade of the Grande Bibliothèque comes alive with a monumental interactive video projection depicting The Fall of the Rebel Angels, a work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Until November 12th, visitors can admire an adapted version of the canvas of the Flemish school painter, made in 1562. The original is kept at the Royal Museums […]

Art public Montréal pursues its objective of making accessible the artistic heritage of Montréal schools. This commitment is realized once again by a major partnership with the Pointe-de-l’Île school board. The Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l’Île (CSPI) provides educational services to more than 44 000 students. It owns more than 66 schools and administrative buildings […]

Di-Octo II, created by renowned American artist Anthony Howe, was unveiled on Mackay St. and De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. by Concordia University. Chancellor, business leader and philanthropist Jonathan Wener and wife Susan donate next-generation, eight-metre-high kinetic sculpture to city and Concordia for Montreal’s 375th and Canada’s 150th anniversaries. The towering new Di-Octo sculpture on Sir-George-Williams campus outside the […]

As part of the Journées de la culture, join free walking tours to see public art of the McCord Museum and the McGill campus, in collaboration with Art Public Montréal. The McCord Museum and McGill Visual Arts Collection will hold a one-and-a-half-hour outdoor tour that presents a selection of the public art of the two collections. The […]

MOMENTA | Biennale de l’image (originally Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal) presents its 15th edition from September 7th to October 12th. For the 2017 biennale, MOMENTA has joined forces with the renowned curator and art critic Ami Barak. Around the statement What Does the Image Stand For?, the theme he has selected provides […]

Art integrated into schools forms almost one-fifth of Montréal’s entire public art collection. The artwork located on Commission scolaire de Montréal properties are a significant part of this registry. The Commission scolaire de Montréal is the largest school board in Québec, with more than 210 schools and administration buildings. While this art is found at […]

The Quartier des Spectacles Partnership invites Montrealers and visitors to enjoy an unprecedented artistic experience from August 30 to October 15 this year: KM3(pronounced kilomètre cube). The event, part of the official programming for the 375th anniversary of Montreal, is a large-scale public art walk created as part of the celebrations. More than 20 original works will be installed throughout […]

In 2006, Cégep Marie-Victorin inaugurated its Parc de sculptures, displaying the work of Jean Brillant for an entire year. Beginning with this first initiative, the cégep continues to develop its sculpture garden today, and it has become a reference point for artistic representation. Of the six artworks on display on campus, six were the result […]

In the Botanical Garden Arboretum, land artist Patrick Dougherty creates in situ monumental pieces from willow branches. Internationally renowned artist Patrick Dougherty invites audiences to discover trees from an artistic and creative angle. Inspired by the incomparable beauties of the Arboretum, the artist will be fashioning two signature pieces “live”. A first composition, entitled Celtic […]

Wanderer: (re)Marking | Le flâneur : (re)marquer, a project by Douglas Scholes, is presented on the Lachine Canal National Historic Site, June 15–25th. The project approaches the Lachine Canal as an entity, seen through the eyes and actions of the Wanderer, a character created by the artist. As this character, he performs a series of walks […]

Art public Montréal is proud to announce its partnership with the City of Circus Arts to showcase public works acquired by Cirque du Soleil, the National Circus School and TOHU. Cirque du Soleil – Montréal, June 7th 2017 – Today, to mark the 20th anniversary of its involvement in the St-Michel district, Cirque du Soleil inaugurated an […]

The major international public art exhibition La Balade pour la Paix: An Open-Air Museum is open on Sherbrooke Street West. Designed and organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), with the support of McGill University, the exhibition runs from June 5th to October 29th along one kilometre. MBAM –Montreal, June 5, 2017 – Since the theme […]

From June 8 to 18, MURAL Festival activities and events take place on Saint-Laurent Boulevard between Sherbrooke Street and Mont-Royal Avenue. Some twenty new murals created this year enhance an already impressive and well-rounded route of artworks from the Quartier des spectacles up to Mile End, adding to the 80 major works created by the Festival […]

Four new tableaux, creation of Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon, in collaboration with Michel Marc Bouchard, were unveiled tuesday evening in the Old Montréal. Loosely inspired by people and events that marked the history of Montréal, Cité Mémoire offers a vision of the city that ranges from poetic to playful, through a series of approximately 20 tableaux that […]

The Montréal half of the cultural exchange between Bruxelles Mobilité and the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) was fulfilled with the unveiling of Soleil de minuit, a work by Franco-Belgian artist Adrien Lucca, at the Place-d’Armes métro station. On June 21, 2015, the first day of summer and longest day of the year, the […]

In 2017, for the 350th anniversary of Lachine and the 375th of Montréal, the Musée de Lachine and Art public Montréal present a new public art tour. Lachine, 350 years of history highlights a selection of works of art that are fragments of Lachine’s history: including the presence of First Nations, colonization of the area […]

In May 2013, a brand new tool to explore public art was made available to tourists and Montréalers. Titled Plus de 100 œuvres d’art public à Montréal – 5 circuits découverte, the art map was widely distributed throughout the city, and enthusiastically welcomed by art and architecture lovers. To mark Montréal’s 375th anniversary, the map […]

Press release, HEC Montréal Montréal, May 1st 2017 – HEC Montréal is displaying three public works of art, acquired under the Quebec government program to integrate art into architecture (1% policy), in partnership with Art Public Montréal. HEC Montréal is joining the 45 partners in this group and the School’s public works of art are added to the collection […]

Press release, Aéroports de Montréal Montréal, March 15, 2017 – Aéroports de Montréal is pleased to be a featured partner of Art Public Montréal’s web site and to draw attention to several original works of art incorporated into the architecture of Montréal-Trudeau airport. “Public art is a way of recreating a vibrant and friendly atmosphere […]

What to do at the Nuit Blanche on Saturday, March 4th? Temporary artistic interventions, guided tours, multimedia circuit… Here are the free activities not to be missed! Art After Dark on the McGill Campus McGill University – Roddick Gates of McGill’s Downtown Campus Flashlight in hand, discover renowned artworks and architectural treasures hidden in plain […]

From March 4 through 26, 2017, the 9th edition of the contemporary art festival enhance Montréal’s Underground City. Festival-goers will discover works by 67 Québec, Canadian and international artists and collectives, on display in nine buildings of Montreal’s Underground City and at seven satellite venues. 58 projects – installations, sculptures, performances, photographs, interactive videos with […]

The new CHUM, which will welcome its first patients by the end of 2017, will be unveiling 10 new artworks during the next months, adding to the CHUM art collection. They include Air de réflexion. by Karilee Fuglem. Air de réflexion is a sparkling work of art that will be suspended from the high ceiling […]

Following other major metropolis, Montréal presents his own Light Festival. Illuminart is a new free outdoor circuit fusing art, lighting and technology, unfolding through downtown Montreal. Aimed at an inquisitive audience eager to discover and explore, Illuminart assembles projects by artists, creators, engineers, set designers, graphic designers and videographers from home and abroad. Our illuminated […]

The institution, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, presents three public artworks from its collection. Rising above the site where Montréal was founded, Pointe-à-Callière is the city’s largest history museum. It is a complex comprising a series of historic and archaeological sites of national significance that showcase major periods in the history of […]

The artist Marc Séguin signs a luminous work for the 375th anniversary of Montréal. From December 11 until January 1, 2017, Montréal Lights Up to celebrate its 375th anniversary with the projection of Aurores montréales on Mount Royal. The mountain becomes the backdrop for extraordinary projections covering an area of more than 15,000 square meters. These […]

This art installation will line a six-kilometre stretch of one of Montreal’s main highways. National Bank – Montreal, 25 November 2016 – BLEU DE BLEU was designed by artist Alain Paiement, under the production management of Sid Lee, to celebrate Montreal’s 375th anniversary. It will be inaugurated during the festivities in summer 2017. Investments totalling $3.2 million, […]

Getting off the train at the McGill station provides commuters with a view of five magnificent stained glass pieces about the history of Montréal. Created by Nicolas Sollogoub, La vie à Montréal au XIXe siècle seems to have always been a presence in the station. In reality, it only appeared in 1974, eight years after […]

From Ahuntsic to Pointe-aux-Trembles, the Agence métropolitaine de transport is bringing beauty to the urban commute by adding art work to stations. The Mascouche Train de l’Est line has been serving eastern Montréal and the northeastern ring of the metropolitan region since December 2014. Space has been set aside for public art in each of […]

Sometimes, construction requires a work of art to be moved temporarily or permanently. This was the case for one of the sculptural gates created by architect Jean-Louis Beaulieu, at the Snowdon métro station. But the move allowed the public to better appreciate this little-known Montréal métro artwork. The Snowdon station opened in September 1981, designed […]

In honour of the 50th anniversary of the Montréal métro next October 14, Art public Montréal has made Société de transport de Montréal (STM) its featured partner for the month. With nearly 90 artworks gracing some fifty stations, the Montréal métro is considered one of the world’s most beautiful transit systems, and rightly so. After […]

As part of the Journées de la Culture, from September 30 to October 2, 2016, join free walking tours to see public art of the McCord Museum and the McGill campus, an initiative of Art Public Montréal. The McCord Museum and McGill University will offer a one-hour outdoor tour that presents a selection of the […]

Press Release – Université de Montréal exhibition centre Montréal, September 1, 2016 – Le Centre d’exposition de l’Université de Montréal is pleased to announce its selection as the Art Public Montréal highlighted partner for the month of September. Université de Montréal will use the showcase provided by this honour to promote its rich collection of public […]

The Sculpture Garden features 22 sculptures from the modern period to today! Throughout the month of August, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will partner with Art Public Montréal to help more of you discover one of the most important public art collections in the city. The collection features internationally renowned artists, including: David Altmejd, Valérie Blass, […]

The latest art installed in the métro network, Correspondances, a photomontage by Yann Pocreau, is the 56th piece of the STM public art collection to be included in the Art public Montréal database. This piece, which you can see in the new Jean-Talon station entrance building (south), is printed on four aluminum panels. It presents […]

Press release – McCord Museum Montréal, July 7th, 2016 – As the featured partner for July, the McCord Museum of canadian history is pleased to annonce is participation in Art public Montréal, a project that assembled over 600 accessible public artworks in a web portal. You are invited to discover the museum’s two public artworks  : Totem urbain / histoire en […]

The Quartier de l’innovation, in collaboration with MASSIVart, launches the QI Signature artistic walk, from June 28 to October 31. The letter Q is the logo of the Quartier de l’innovation, which extends along the Lachine Canal and René-Lévesque Boulevard, then from Atwater Avenue to McGill Street. This summer, you’ll find this letter in several […]

The Art public Montréal team offers eight Montréal destinations sure to please public art lovers. Visit them any time during the warm months of the year. MURAL Festival Don’t miss it! The MURAL international public art festival 4th edition will be held until June 19,  in and around the St-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal. The 2016 […]

The MURAL international public art festival 4th edition will be held from June 9 to 19,  in and around the St-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal. The 2016 edition of the MURAL Festival is bringing together exciting world-renowned artists from 8 countries, including: D*Face (UK), Buff Monster (USA), Meggs (Australia), Natalia Rak (Poland), Pantone (Spain), Evoca1 (USA), […]

Measuring approximately 10 metres in height, the sculpture Source, by artist Jaume Plensa, will enhance the Bonaventure gateway to downtown Montréal, acting as a landmark in the metropolis. The work of art refers to the roots of a city’s energy and vitality: the people and their origins. It is a reminder of the contribution of […]

The University is enriched by both its constantly evolving artistic production, and its collection of many artistic creations and artifacts. Its artistic production and collections are displayed in five art galleries and as public art, installed throughout the Sir George Williams and Loyal campuses‑almost 40 pieces in all. On the grounds, you can discover such […]

On May 25, Jeanne-Mance Street was reinvigorated by the installation of public art, Où boivent les loups, by Stephen Schofield. The artist’s proposal was selected in a competition organized by the Bureau d’art public de la Ville de Montréal in 2012. The commission was related to the Place-des-Arts node renewal project, financed by the Montréal municipal […]

The Journée nationale des patriotes (also known as Victoria Day) is more than just a day off. It is also a time to commemorate key elements in Québec history. You are invited to discover two public artworks that are associated with the people commemorated today: Les Patriotes de 1837–1838, three murals located in Papineau metro […]

Maëstro is a masterly interactive multimedia installation. It lets you become an orchestra conductor and control all the Place des Festival fountains. You can make the jets waltz to Bizet’s Toreador Song, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker, and Offenbach’s Can-Can. The extent of the conductor’s hand movements determines the height […]

As of May 12th, Place Émilie-Gamelin will be transformed for the summer into the Jardins Gamelin, and the suspended art, 1.26, by internationally acclaimed artist Janet Echelman, will once again animate the sky above this meeting place. 1.26 is the metaphor for an interconnection between living beings and natural forces: the memory of terrestrial geological […]

Words, letters signs, as well as messages written, drawn, photographed, sculpted, proclaimed and whispered constitute the multiple silent forms of speech and language presented in the new contemporary art exhibition at the Lachine Museum. On view from May 4 to November 27, 2016, the Qui ne dit mot is divided into three simultaneous parts. The […]

The McCord Museum is now part of Art public Montréal, adding two artworks on the platform. One of the most important historical museums in Canada, the Museum celebrates Montréal life past and present—its people, its artisans, its communities, its metropolitan area. Through a contemporary approach, it presents exciting exhibitions that appeal to people from here and elsewhere. […]

It must be spring, since Chihuly’s The Sun, is back in front of the Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion of the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts! Prior to the start of Montréal’s rigorous winter, The Sun’s 1200 glass rays were placed in storage to protect them from the cold and the elements. The Sun has […]

Art Public Montréal was among the most popular cultural efforts of 2015. Many representatives of the Montréal cultural community gathered this morning at Montréal city hall to celebrate all the accomplishments of 2015. An annual publication, Coup d’oeil Montréal métropole culturelle provides a highly illustrated presentation of a hundred productions which help attain the objective […]

As of Monday, 21 Balançoires, created by Daily tous les jours, have been returned to their setting on the promenade des Artistes, at the Quartier des spectacles! A highlight of the Quartier des spectacles, these see-saws have become one of the city’s icons, highly anticipated by Montrealers every spring. From the first time they were […]

Jo-Ann Kane, curator of the National Bank Art Collection, tells us about one of the most impressive corporate art collections in the country. National Bank Art Collection Since 1971, National Bank has acquired an impressive collection of artwork that is displayed in its offices, branches and subsidiaries across the country. With over 7,000 original works […]

Montréal possess an authentic replica from an original Moaï giant found on Easter Island, this island off Chili isolated in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, discovered by a Dutch explorer on Easter Sunday in 1722. Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is famous for its volcanic rock giants, some of which rise ten metres. The original head from the parc […]

A new artwork from the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) is added to Art public Montréal’s inventory! Located in the tunnel linking the two main ÉTS pavilions, Circuit de Bachelard  is an interactive light- and sound-activated installation. Comprised of common electrotechnical materials, it transforms a concrete tunnel into a work of art. Shifting from a color […]

The Quartier des Spectacles Partnership is proud to announce a competition for the commissioning of a public artwork to be suspended over Place Émilie-Gamelin. In the summer of 2015, Place Émilie-Gamelin was unveiled to locals and Quartier des Spectacles visitors in an entirely new way: Les Jardins Gamelin. A large, green, citizen-oriented space in the […]

Press Release (Palais des congrès) Montréal, March 9, 2016 — As the Featured Partner for March, the Palais des congrès de Montréal is pleased to take part in the city’s initiative to make public art a component of Montréal’s brand, for both leisure and business tourists. Launched in October 2015, the portal features over 600 works of […]

Must art be appealing? This is the title of this new edition of ART SOUTERRAIN festival, seven kilometres of art exhibitions in Montreal’s underground city. Opening February 27 during Montreal’s Nuit Blanche, the 2016 edition of the festival will run until March 20, showcasing, over its three weeks, 63 works by 86 Canadian and international […]

The Ville de Montréal announces the holding of a competition for the design and production of a work of public art for Le Parterre, in the Quartier des spectacles. The commission consists of designing a sculpture or installation that will occupy the raised granite platforms, preferably in the form of a triptych. As point of […]

The 17th edition of Montréal’s festival of lights has been launched! The Place des Festivals and the Esplanade de la Place des Arts have been transformed into a magnificent, dynamic playground with installations and activities for everyone in a zany winter atmosphere.  In addition to family activities, the free program on the outdoor site takes […]

The winners of two competitions organized as part of the Promenade Urbaine Fleuve – Montagne design project have been announced! Artist Alexandre David and the Projet EVA collective will contribute to the municipal public art collection for this major legacy of Montréal’s 375th anniversary. The work by Alexandre David, Les éléments (provisional title), will be […]

Members of Les Appendices, an absurdist comedy troupe which can be seen on Télé-Québec, share their pet public art work. See link below. The Appendices

The series is devoted to public art in Québec. It immerses viewers in the work of sixteen artists. Each of eight episodes (in french) allows us to meet two creators and highlights the wealth of Québec public artwork. Creator and Director Suzanne Guy’s ambition was to entice and move viewers, piquing their interest in public […]

In 2011, ICI ARTV launched Art Public, a series of two-minute documentary clips available online, which invite viewers to discover major art work in Québec. Designed for the general public, with the goal of broadening knowledge of public art, Madeleine Arcand hosted no fewer than 34 episodes, in which she introduced a work, the artist […]

The artist Yannick Pouliot will highlight the old Bibliothèque centrale de Montréal with his artwork Dialogue. The Bibliothèque centrale de Montréal Building, which ceased operations in 2005 when its collections were integrated into the Grande Bibliothèque (BAnQ), underwent major renovations in 2009. Now renamed the Gaston-Miron Building, it is home to the Conseil des arts […]

At once national library, national archives and public library of a major metropolitan city, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) brings together, preserves and promotes heritage materials from or related to Québec. As a key player of the knowledge society and a genuine cultural hub, BAnQ strives to democratize access to knowledge. It carries […]

Since 2013, three works of art from the collection of the Musée d’art contemporain (MAC) have sat proudly outside Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital (HMR), near Rosemont and De l’Assomption boulevards. Through loans such as these, the MAC seeks to increase exposure to the work of artists across the Island of Montréal. This initiative goes hand in hand with […]

La Voie lactée, an illuminated art installation by Geneviève Cadieux, reflects modern life from Montréal to Paris. This emblematic work, located on the roof of the Musée d’art contemporain (MAC), has been reprised in France. In 2011, a mosaic copy was installed in the underground passage linking the Saint-Augustin station of the Paris metro with […]

Press release (MAC) Montréal, November 11, 2015 – The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) is pleased to announce that it is Art Public Montréal’s featured partner for the month in November. This endorsement falls squarely within the Musée’s mission to promote contemporary art in the heart of Montréal life, an endeavour that extends well […]

On display on the Place des Arts esplanade, Shelter (2012) is a bronze reproduction of the entrance to an underground shelter in Tel Aviv. In order to faithfully replicate the space and preserve its integrity, the artist used rubber moulds to imbue her sculpture with all the details of the original site. “Securing shelter is […]

What is the importance of public art in a city? What do we refer to when we talk about public art? How Montreal is different from other cities? Tourisme Montréal, in collaboration with the Ville de Montréal, produced a short video to answer these questions.  

Yesterday, October 8th, marked the official vernissage of the Glen site public art collection of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). The Glen site is home to an impressive collection of eleven works of public art for patients, visitors, healthcare professionals, and the public to enjoy. While contributing to the healing environment at the new […]

As a proud partner with major public and private institutions across Montréal, each month Art public Montréal will showcase one of our partner’s collections by featuring them both on our website and promoting them on social networks. The “monthly featured partner” is an excellent opportunity to highlight the scale and variety that several of these […]

NEW MONTRÉAL PUBLIC ART PARTNERSHIP GIVES UNPREDECENTED ACCESS TO THE CITY’S EXTENSIVE COLLECTION Montréal, October 8, 2015 – A new partnership is now making Montréal’s public art collection accessible to Montrealers and visitors alike. Art public Montréal has become a reality thanks to the collective will of its partners to help showcase public art in Montréal. […]

Montréal improves the city in a number of ways: with plants, design and… public art. At the intersection of Henri-Bourassa and Pie-IX boulevards in Montréal-Nord, La Vélocité des lieux, a work by contemporary art trio BGL, now stands as an emblem of this gateway to the city. Recalling a giant Ferris wheel, this major art […]