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Matt Shane: at Maison de la Culture NDG

November 22, 2023 McBride Contemporain is pleased to promote Matt Shane and Kuh Del Rosario's exhibition Groundworks / Travaux de terrassement / Lupang... Read more

Pictura 2023: Sylvie Bouchard & Susan G. Scott

November 22, 2023 Pictura 2023 - Sylvie Bouchard & Susan G. Scott La Vitrine: Atelier Daigneault - Schofield Circularités, Premier volet : Susan... Read more

Nadine Faraj watercolour paintings in Les écrits

November 15, 2023 McBride Contemporain is pleased to share that the 169th issue of the literary magazine Les ècrits includes a portfolio presentation... Read more

Mathieu Lacroix at Art Mûr, with Af-Flux Biennale 2023

November 11, 2023 Mathieu Lacroix unveils an exceptional new artwork as part of the 2nd edition of the Biennale transnationale noire - Af-Flux,... Read more

Lorraine Simms: Shadowland at the Redpath Museum

October 10, 2023 McBride Contemporain is pleased to share the upcoming exhibition by Lorraine Simms at the Redpath Museum as a part of... Read more

Public sculpture by Stephen Schofield installed at Agora des arts

October 7, 2023 Discover L'envers du monde, a new public art sculpture created by Stephen Schofield. This artwork is composed of two sculptural... Read more

Sylvie Bouchard and Bea Parsons in CDPQ's 20 year collection anniversary exhibition

August 29, 2023 McBride Contemporain is pleased to announce the exhibition of artworks by our represented artists, Sylvie Bouchard and Bea Parsons, within... Read more

Mathieu Lacroix: LEGS Rimouski Performance

August 18, 2023 This Saturday, Mathieu Lacroix will perform at the Centre d'artistes Caravansérail as part of LEGS Rimouski. LEGS is a series... Read more

Nadine Faraj in Queerty: How to paint an orgy

August 18, 2023 McBride Contemporain has the pleasure of sharing Nadine Faraj's watercolour paintings and processes in Jamie Valentino's most recent Queerty article... Read more

Jim Holyoak: FUKT Magazine

August 16, 2023 The latest edition of FUKT Magazine for drawing ventures into the enigmatic realms of the Unknown. Within its pages, a... Read more

Michelle Bui: Artwork Acquired by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

August 9, 2023 McBride Contemporain is proud to announce that the artwork 'Naked Excess no.2' (2022) by Michelle Bui has been acquired by... Read more

Rihab Essayh: Interview in Vie des arts

June 20, 2023 The gallery is pleased to share the conversation between Rihab Essayh and Leah Snyder, published on Vie des Arts' website.... Read more

Jim Holyoak: Exhibition Article in esse

June 14, 2023 McBride Contemporain is delighted to announce that Jim Holyoak's current exhibition has been reviewed by Tracy Valcourt in Esse Magazine.... Read more

Stephen Schofield at the Musée National Adrien Dubouché

Inc(l)assable – 30 years of CRAFT Limoges June 3, 2023 McBride Contemporain is proud to announce that Stephen Schofield's artwork Florès is currently on show at the Musée national Adrien... Read more

Matt Shane and Jim Holyoak Publication: Drawing in the Present Tense

May 6, 2023 McBride Contemporain is delighted to announce that Matt Shane and Jim Holyoak’s collaborative practice is featured in a new publication... Read more

New publication by Lorraine Simms: Eidolons

April 15, 2023 Lorraine Simms publishes Eidolons, following up on her eponymous exhibition presented at OBORO in November and December 2022. This richly... Read more

Performance by Mathieu Lacroix

As part of the Nuit blanche à Montréal 2023 February 25, 2023 As part of the Nuit blanche à Montréal 2023, McBride Contemporain presents a performance by Mathieu Lacroix within its new exhibition "Parties composantes". Responding to the works in the show, this performance will consist of a series of visual and sound actions highlighting the gallery's acoustic and architectural specificities. Read more

Michelle Bui: Artist feature in CBC Arts

February 25, 2023 It is with great pleasure that McBride Contemporain shares a comprehensive article concerning the innerworkings of Michelle Bui's practice written by Didier Morelli from CBC Arts. Read more

Mutable Materialism, from Michelle Bui, reviewed in Ciel Variable

January 23, 2023 McBride Contemporary is proud to announce that Michelle Bui’s installation "Mutable Materialism", has been reviewed by Didier Morelli and published in issue 122 of Ciel Variable (Winter 2022). Read more

Sylvie Bouchard: Exhibition review in Vie des Arts

January 23, 2023 Christian Roy signs an insightful review of Sylvie Bouchard's exhibition, Polarités, presented at the gallery in the fall of 2022. Read more

In C Magazine: Michelle Bui and Shellie Zhang in conversation

December 14, 2022 As contemporary artists creating work in community, Bui and Zhang discuss their overlapping artistic practices and examine the sources of their shared language. Read more

Rihab Essayh: Exhibition Review in Le Devoir

December 10, 2022 In this article published in Le Devoir, Jérôme Delgado takes us to the 4th floor of the Belgo and discusses... Read more

Michelle Bui: Laureate of the Prix Pierre-Ayot 2022

November 10, 2022 McBride Contemporary is delighted to announce that Michelle Bui is the 2022 winner of the prestigious Prix Pierre-Ayot! The Prix... Read more

Sylvie Bouchard, part of the Fall Arts Preview of Elle Canada

November 10, 2022 Sylvie Bouchard's exhibition 'Polarities', is part of the Fall 2022 cultural recommendations promoted by Robb Jamieson and Elle Canada, alongside... Read more

Lorraine Simms: A solo show at OBORO, Montreal

November 5, 2022 McBride Contemporain is delighted to share Lorraine Simms’ exhibition Eidolons, which is currently taking place at OBORO in Montréal until December 10. Read more

Michelle Bui: New Representation

November 3, 2022 McBride Contemporain is proud to announce Michelle Bui's representation. Bui is a Montreal-based artist working in photography and sculpture, whose practice reflect the processes of accumulation, presentation, and eventual decay that mark our relationships to seemingly mundane items. Read more

VIVRE DANS UN ESPACE SPHÉRIQUE: POSSIBLE ?

Conversation between Sylvie Bouchard and Chantal Pontbriand October 15, 2022 As part of the exhibition Polarités, McBride Contemporain is happy to invite you to a conversation between the artist Sylvie Bouchard and Chantal Pontbriand, contemporary art critic and curator, and co-founder of Parachute magazine. Read more

Jim Holyoak and Matt Shane, featured in the 3rd edition of Zoom Art in Laval

September 24, 2022 McBride Contemporary is pleased to announce that the collaborative work of Jim Holyoak and Matt Shane is included in the 2022 Zoom Art program. Read more

Bea Parsons: Three works acquired by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

July 12, 2022 McBride Contemporain is proud to announce the acquisition of three Bea Parsons works by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Jeans Jeans Jeans (2020), Space Jam (2022), and Double Down (2022). Read more

Yves Tessier: Featured on Platform, a David Zwirner Initiative

July 8, 2022 Created by David Zwirner during the pandemic, Platform highlights a curated selection of contemporary artworks every month. After his successful first participation on Platform in 2021, Yves Tessier has recently been invited back, to partake in Platform's first-anniversary presentation, which highlights 13 of the most sought-after artists exhibited over the past year. Read more

Jim Holyoak: A solo exhibition at Kootenay Gallery

June 23, 2022 McBride Contemporain is delighted to share Jim Holyoak's exhibition Vestigial Trail, which is currently taking place at Kootenay Gallery in Castlegar, British Columbia, until August 20. In addition to showing a large body of drawings, Holyoak will create a large-scale, location-specific drawing during a residency at the gallery between June 23rd and July 8th. The works exhibited there, and created during the exhibition, further the artist's investigation into perception and fantasy, the real and the unreal, metamorphosis and hidden worlds. Read more

Border Crossings highlights Lorraine Simms' latest body of work in their Spring 2022 issue

June 19, 2022 McBride Contemporary is pleased to announce that a selection of Lorraine Simms' latest works, drawn from a comprehensive body of graphite drawings currently on view at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, has been published as part of a Portfolio in the latest issue of Border Crossings. Read more

Dak'Art OFF / Habiter le monde

Mathieu Lacroix's works, included in an exhibition in Senegal May 21, 2022 It is with great pleasure that Centre CLARK presents a new iteration of the exhibition Habiter le monde which will be part of the Off programming of the 14th edition of the Dakar Biennale, at the Maison des Cultures Urbaines d'Ouakam. Initiated and curated by Moridja Kitenge Banza, this project brings together once again artists Anna Binta Diallo, Mathieu Lacroix, Michaëlle Sergile, Patrick Henry to which Berirouche Feddal is added. Read more

SHADOWLAND, from Lorraine Simms, reviewed in ESPACE Art actuel

May 4, 2022 McBride Contemporary is proud to announce that Lorraine Simms' solo exhibition Shadowland, presented at the Canadian Museum of Nature (Ottawa),... Read more

Matt Shane: Exhibition review in Esse Magazine

May 1, 2022 Tracy Valcourt signs an insightful review of Matt Shane's exhibition, Solastalgia, presented at the gallery in the winter of 2022. This text is published in issue 105 of Esse Magazine and is also available digitally on their website. Read more

Barry Allikas: Exhibition review in Le Devoir

April 9, 2022 Must read on Le Devoir. Jérôme Delgado reviews Barry Allikas' exhibition, and states: "Much more than a matter of evolution, the history of painting is a history of twists and turns. At 70 years old, Barry Allikas, daring, takes advantage of it" (free translation). Read more

Rebecca Munce: A solo exhibition at DRAC Art Actuel Drummondville

March 19, 2022 McBride Contemporary is delighted to announce Midnight Maps, a solo exhibition by Rebecca Munce presented at the DRAC art center located in Drummondville, Quebec. This show opens a window onto Munce's intense and imaginative, colourful world through two recent series of works: reductive oil drawings on paper, and two-dimensional and sculptural ceramics. She will be debuting the ceramic pieces, which belong to a brand new body of work created at the Rozynski Art Centre in the winter of 2022. Read more

Jim Holyoak: A solo exhibition at View Gallery, Nanaimo

February 17, 2022 McBride Contemporain is thrilled to promote Arborescence, Jim Holyoak's first exhibition in Nanaimo, BC, presented at View Gallery. The artist is exhibiting two ink paintings on this occasion, depicting dense and luxurious forest environments. These in-situ drawings, which the artist has long been well known for, cover nearly one hundred fourteen feet of the gallery walls. This impressive layout is paired with one hundred smaller drawings, and an environmental sound piece. Read more

Kline & Kolakis exhibition in Border Crossings magazine

February 4, 2022 The gallery is delighted that the Kline & Kolakis exhibition, presented last Fall at McBride Contemporain, is the subject of an article written by Stephen Horne and published in Border Crossings. Read more

Lorraine Simms: A solo exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa

February 1, 2022 In a major solo exhibition presented at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Lorraine Simms presents a series of fifteen large-scale drawings. These works are the result of two research residencies at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The subject matter is the remains and bones of endangered or extinct animals. Read more

Podcast: In conversation with Mathieu Lacroix

January 31, 2022 Trajectories is a series of podcasts produced by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and moderated by Mojeanne Sarah Behzadi. The first episode features Mathieu Lacroix. Read more

Rebecca Munce Interviewed in Repsychl Journal

May 12, 2021 It is with great pleasure McBride Contemporain shares this insightful interview between Rebecca Munce and Repsychl Magazine that discusses Munce's... Read more

Rebecca Munce Interviewed in ArtMaze Magazine

February 20, 2021 The gallery is happy to share this interview with Rebecca Munce and Layla Leiman at ArtMaze Magazine. To read the... Read more

Andrea and Gabor Szilasi in ciel variable magazine

September 15, 2020 McBride Contemporain proudly shares that Andrea and Gabor Szilasi have been featured in Ciel Variable Magazine 115: LA MARCHE DU... Read more

Nadine Faraj featured in the daily beast news website

January 13, 2020 The Daily Beasts newest article writes about a group of activists and artists who confront the rollback's of last year's... Read more

Andrea and Gabor Szilasi featured in Border Crossings magazine

December 1, 2019 The gallery is pleased to share James D. Campbell's article 'Szilasi & Szilasi' in CROSSOVERS, featuring works by Gabor and... Read more

Andrea Szilasi Featured in Le Devoir

November 23, 2019 A must read: 'Like father, like daughter, but not quite', featuring artist Andrea Szilasi in Le Devoir. To read the... Read more

Andrea and Gabor Szilasi featured in Le Devoir

November 2, 2019 McBride Contemporain is delighted to share Le Devoir article 'Like father, like daughter, but not quite', featuring artists Andrea and... Read more

Nadine Faraj featured in the Steidz Magazine

October 5, 2019 McBride Contemporain is happy to share that Nadine Faraj has been featured in the 2019 Steidz Magazine. You can find... Read more

Hyperallergic: An essay on Nadine Faraj's Watercolours by Seph Rodney

April 4, 2019 The gallery is happy to share Nadine Faraj's classic erotic watercolour paintings have been included in Seph Rodney's most recent... Read more

Nadine Faraj in SPRING / BREAK ART SHOW, Article in Hyperallergic

March 8, 2019 McBride Contemporain is pleased to share that Nadine Faraj has been featured on the Hyperallgeric Forum. In this article, Seph... Read more

Jim Holyoak and Matt Shane Featured in CBC Arts

November 1, 2018 In this article and news clip, Jorge Camarotti from CBC Arts joins Holyoak and Shane in their Mile End studio... Read more

Star Rider: Rebecca Munce and Madeleine Mayo featured in Akimblog

October 1, 2018 The gallery is pleased to share that Rebecca Munce and her most recent work has been featured in Akimblog, written... Read more

Nadine Faraj featured in elephant art

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nadine faraj featured in the huffington post

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nadine faraj interviewed in huck magazine

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nadine faraj featured in awt magazine

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Nadine Faraj featured in Huffington Post

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Rebecca Munce Residency at Concordia University

July 11, 2016 The gallery is pleased to announce that Rebecca Munce will be participating in a summer residency at FOFA Gallery at... Read more

nadine faraj featured in la presse news

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Jim Holyoak Featured in Tripp.in travel blog

May 17, 2016 https://www.tripp.in/2016/05/an-artists-travelogue-from-the-north-east/ Read more

Nadine Faraj Featured in Vulture

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nadine faraj featured in blogto

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nadine faraj featured in cbc

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