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Sophie Jodoin in Blanc @ Atelier Punkt
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See new work by Sophie Jodoin in the group exhibition Blanc at Atelier Punkt. January 15 – March 7, 2010. http://atelierpunkt.com
John Ancheta @ Galerie d'art d'Outremont
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Battat Contemporary exhibiting artist John Ancheta will open a solo exhibition entitled Land at the Galerie d’art d’Outemont on February 4th at 5:30-7:30pm. The exhibition runs until February 28.
Check out Ancheta’s exhibition Aquacades at Battat Contemporary when it opens February 25th, 6pm.
Une conférence de Dr. Hilliard T. Goldfarb, le 23 janvier, 14:00
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Goya, Les désastres de la guerre :Désolation, dépravation et la mort. Y a-t-il de l’espoir au beau milieu de l’horreur?
Samedi le 23 janvier, 14h00 @ Battat Contemporary (en anglais)
Dr. Hilliard T. Goldfarb est conservateur au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (MBAM) depuis 1998.
Il a été le concepteur et l’organisateur de la très importante exposition internationale Richelieu : l’art et le pouvoir, (MBAM et Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, septembre 2002-avril 2003) et De Fontainebleau au Louvre : dessins français du XVIIe siècle (1989-1990) pour le Cleveland Museum of Art, l’Université Harvard et le Musée des beaux-arts du Canada. Dr. Hilliard T. Goldfarb a également réalisé, parmi d’autres projets au sein du MBAM, Grands maîtres italiens de Raphaël à Tiepolo. La collection du Musée des beaux-arts de Budapest, et de nombreuses expositions d’estampes et de dessins. Récemment, il fut commissaire de Grandeur nature : peinture et photographie des paysages américains et canadiens de 1860 à 1918, (MBAM et Vancouver Art Gallery, 2009-2010).
Avant d’entrer au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Dr. Hilliard T. Goldfarb a été conservateur en chef des collections au Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, à Boston, de 1991 à 1998, après avoir été conservateur de l’art européen au Hood Museum of Art du Dartmouth College, Hanover (New Hampshire), de 1985 à 1990, et conservateur adjoint au Département des estampes et dessins du Cleveland Museum of Art, de 1980 à 1985. Durant ces mêmes années, il a également occupé un poste de professeur adjoint à la Case Western Reserve University, à Cleveland.
En 2009, Dr. Hilliard T. Goldfarb a reçu les insignes d’Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République française. Entre autres distinctions et prix, il a obtenu des bourses de la Florence Gould Foundation, du National Endowment for the Arts et du National Endowment for the Humanities des États-Unis, de la Andrew W. Mellon Foundation et de la Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
A lecture by collector Irwin Browns
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- A Collector – of Prints
- Saturday, January 16, 2010, 2pm @ Battat Contemporary (In English)
Battat Contemporary is pleased to present a lecture by Irwin Browns, a Montreal art collector specializing in prints. Mr. Browns will be providing a rare glimpse into his experience collecting art over the last 37 years. Mr. and Mrs. Browns’s impressive collection has been showcased in various exhibitions, and in 2007 the MMFA presented exhibition of their collection of prints entitled, Images of Humanity. The Browns also supported the founding of the Graphic Arts Centre at the MMFA, including the attached Freda and Irwin Browns Gallery.
Marion Wagschal at the Fofa Gallery
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Future exhibiting artist Marion Wagschal (showing at Battat from April 15-May 29) is currently exhibiting at the Fofa Gallery at Concordia University. The Fofa exhibition, entitled Private Views runs from January 5th -February 5th 2010.
For more information see: http://fofagallery.concordia.ca
Last week to see "The Work Ahead of Us"
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This is the last week to see Grier Edmundson’s solo exhibition The Work Ahead of Us. The exhibition closes Saturday, December 19.
Be sure to check out our next exhibition, Goya & Callot: Looking at War, which opens Thurday, January 14.
John Grande’s book signing at Battat Contemporary
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For over 20 years Montreal-based writer and curator John Grande has contributed his views on art to a variety of arts publications including Artforum, Sculpture (USA), Art on Paper, Vie des Arts, Espace Sculpture, Vice Versa and Canadian Forum.
Recently a broad spectrum of John Grande’s interviews and writings on art, sculpture, photography, public art, and ecology have been brought together in two volumes titled Art Allsorts; Writings on Art & Artists. To celebrate the publication of John Grande’s latest, Battat Contemporary has invited John Grande to be present for a signing on Saturday December 12th at 2pm.
The Landscape Changes, a recent collection of John Grande’s poetry , with original illustrations by West Coast artist Arnold Shives will likewise have its Montreal launch for this occasion at Battat Contemporary. Produced by Gaspereau Press in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and published by Prospect Press, The Landscape Changes is limited to an edition of 200, and will be signed by the artist Arnold Shives and the writer John Grande.
Other books and productions produced in recent years will likewise be on view, and available for purchase, including Stonehenge & Avebury, an earlier collaboration between Shives and Grande that won an Alcuin Society Award last year.
Battat welcomes a new team member
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The gallery welcomes a new staff member, Julie Dessureault, to the Battat Contemporary team. Dessureault will be heading the area of marketing and sales at the Gallery. We are happy to have her on board and look forward to Dessureault’s future contribution towards the success of Battat Contemporary.
Check out Grier's interview in the Gazette
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Check out Christine Redfern’s interview with Grier Edmundson in the Saturday Gazette: http://tinyurl.com/y8l8pef You can also find more details and an excerpt from the article in the press section of our website.
Check out Grier Edmundson in the Hour
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Check out Ali Rahman’s interview with Grier Edmundson in this week’s Hour. http://www.hour.ca/visualarts/visualarts.aspx?iIDArticle=18645