Anyone who has been to Montreal quickly realizes that this city is an art lover’s paradise! We have endless museums and art galleries! In addition, we have a lot of performing arts. Montreal is known for their great theater production houses as well as L’Opera de Montréal and Les Grand Ballet Canadiens. The city of Montreal is so invested in promoting its local artists that they have even imposed a municipal law stating that any new construction in the downtown area must invest 1% of their budget on art. Not just any art, it must be a local artist’s work. So, if you are strolling down Sherbrooke Street, for example, and you notice a sculpture outside a building, you can think of that 1% law! Isn’t Montreal the coolest?
Every year, Montreal looks forward to seeing what exhibition is coming to the Museum of Fine Arts! In recent years, we have been blessed with exhibits from Chagall, Renoir, Yves Saint-Laurent and Warhol.
We just learned today that the Arsenal Contemporary Art museum located at 2020 William street, will be hosting a very special and unique exhibit! It is called Imagine Van Gogh! It was first presented in Europe where it was very well received. Now, this spectacular show is coming to Montreal this winter! The exhibition is designed to give you the impression of travelling within the famous artist’s paintings.
Van Gogh’s paintings will be displayed in a multidimensional fashion through projections on towering walls as well as on the floors and ceilings.
The show will begin on December 3, 2019 and the ticket pre-sale is expected to commence very soon. People will be ale to stroll through the rooms that will be animated with giant images from Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings. The show will include more than two hundred works, including the classic Starry Night, Sunflowers, Iris and Cranberry Wheat Field along with a soundtrack that is expected to really enhance the overall experience.
EC Montreal will definitely be adding a visit to the Van Gogh exhibition to our December calendar of events! By looking at the photos of the European show, the experience looks absolutely delightful!
At EC English School Montreal we love to introduce students to Montreal events!