MONTREAL.- This exhibition unveils a selection of artworks that have been acquired by the MMFA over the last five years, displayed in groupings that create a dialogue between the works, through their subject, medium, form, function and time period. Through these juxtapositions, we hope to provoke new and enlightening interpretations of the Museum’s collection.

Two by Two, Together features important paintings by William Brymner, Peter Doig, Pierre Dorion, Wanda Koop, Stéphane La Rue, Robert Clow Todd, Claude Tousignant, Robin F. Williams, and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun; sculptures by Louise Bourgeois, Stanley Février, Giuseppe Penone and Kishio Suga; graphic works by Tony Lewis, Nicolas Party and Rembrandt; photographs by Herbert List and Robert Mapplethorpe; and an early Chinese cosmic board (Liuren Shipan) from the Sui Dynasty.

The majority of the selected works are being shown to the Museum’s audiences for the first time!

wo by Two, Together highlights new additions in each of the Museum’s collecting areas. Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about our collecting practices and discover the variety and richness of our new acquisitions, which span thousands of years and every corner of the globe.

This exhibition also offers a window into the Museum’s strategies and efforts to deepen relationships with different cultures and geographies. As we continue to develop the collection, we are asking important questions about why some artists have been less visible in our collection than others. Part of our aim in prioritizing acquisitions of works by artists from historically marginalized and underrepresented groups is to rectify such errors of the past and ensure that visitors of all backgrounds find resonance in the collections and feel welcome, included and represented.

As a privately run non-profit institution, many of our acquisitions come from donations. We owe a debt of gratitude to our generous benefactors for the many major works we have in our collection.