Calls, Exhibits and Events
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Calls:
Canon Canada Photo Contest. This contest celebrates the creativity of Canadians who capture the world through Canon equipment — especially hobbyists, enthusiasts, and creators who make images simply for the love of it. All skill levels are welcome to participate. Selected images will be honoured with a beautifully printed and framed piece, along with the chance to be featured on Canon Canada’s website, including the home page and product pages, as well as in email communications and social media posts. It’s a celebration of your work and the joy of seeing photography in print.
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Global Art League:
Artists from around the world are invited to take part in the Global Art League 2026 Art Competition, happening in Montreal, Canada, next summer. →Deadline ongoing. Click here for details
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At the McCord - Enjoy 50% off on everything! Drop by the Museum Boutique and let yourself be inspired. Discounts cannot be combined.
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New VR experience whisks visitors to ancient Rome. If you’ve ever wondered about Julius Caesar’s life, history fans and curious explorers alike can enjoy virtual reality time travel in Montreal. ROME, In Caesar’s footsteps blends the past and present in a new immersive experience at the Palais des Congres. Vincent Ladouceur is the director and screenwriter of Rome. He speaks with guest host Dionne Codrington.
More info and tickets: https://romevrexperience.com/montreal/
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For members of the MMFA:
Friday, March 20, 2026, From 5 to 9 p.m. Program: 🎵 Musical performances by Sheenah Ko
Visit of the exhibition The Torlonia Collection: Masterpieces of Roman Sculpture in the presence of our Gallery Guides.
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Films – What We Choose to Remember Homepage
Watch here: What We Choose to Remember (Film)
Interview:
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2026 Oscar nominations:
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The Junos:
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Arts news:
How Yellow Became Van Gogh’s Most Powerful Color. The Van Gogh Museum is celebrating the artist's favorite color in a show dedicated to his sunflowers, wheat fields, and more.
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House (The Street), 1888. Collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
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Susan Sontag's Playground of Ideas. Some notes breathe new life into me. I feel almost giddy with their intelligence, elated by their insights. That is how I felt last week, while reading Susan Sontag’s (1933-2004) notes in UCLA’s archives. It was the closest I’ll ever get to thinking alongside one of our most storied public intellectuals.
Photograph of Susan Sontag by Peter Hujar, 1975
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Art that Heals: Creativity in Modern Healthcare Environments. Hospitals, clinics and other healthcare facilities are places of care, but they can also be spaces of stress and vulnerability. Increasingly, healthcare leaders are recognizing that healing requires more than medicine— it requires environments that nurture the human spirit. When artists are brought into the collaborative creation of healthcare environments, they succeed in creating spaces that calm and restore, fostering dignity and trust. By transforming lobbies, exam rooms, chapels, and gardens, art is becoming a vital part of holistic healthcare, where the creative process itself is embraced as a healing force.
Community collaboration plays a powerful role in art for healthcare at Montreal Children's Hospital. Precious Bonds, a mural collage project by Aesthetics, exemplifies this approach. Developed in partnership with community members, the artwork features over 700 individually painted tiles that together depict a majestic whale and its calf gliding above the Montreal skyline. Its imagery reflects shared experiences of struggle and hope, creating not only a vibrant public artwork but also a participatory healing process.
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New Sculptures at Port Coquitlam Community Center Honor Terry Fox. Gateway of Giants is a stunning new installation of two artworks at the Port Coquitlam Community Center, (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada). Installed in September 2025, the sculptures celebrate the incredible life and lasting impact of athlete, cancer activist, and Canadian national hero, Terry Fox.
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Spotlight: Five Inspiring Female Creators Shaping the Performing Arts.
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Meet Pockets Warhol, a famous painting monkey who saved his sanctuary | Portrait of Pockets. Pockets Warhol, a capuchin monkey, spent the first few years of his life as a pet in British Columbia. When his owner found it too difficult to take care of him, she reached out for help from Story Book Farm, a primate sanctuary in Southwestern Ontario that was already home to nearly 20 other primates. Despite being volunteer run with limited space, the sanctuary had a place for Pockets to start his new life.
World-renowned painting monkey, Pockets Warhol, dies.
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In the '60s, experts dismissed this as a fake Rembrandt. Turns out, it's the real deal. The Rijksmuseum gets a lot of emails from people who think they have Rembrandts. This one stood out.
Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, identified by researchers in Amsterdam as an original work by 17th-century Dutch master Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, is pictured at Rijksmuseum. (Charlotte van Campenhout/Reuters)
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Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library of Congress.
Archive technician Courtney Holschuh examines a strip of the long-lost film “Gugusse and the Automaton." Photo: Shawn Miller.
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Books:
How dreams have the power to heal. Most of us give our dreams little thought. Karen Van Kampen wants to change that. Her new book is called "The Brain Never Sleeps: Why We Dream and What It Means for Our Health." Karen takes us on a journey into the dream world, exploring what our dreams reveal about our mental health and how we can work with them to improve our waking lives.
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