Acquisitions
With roughly 8,000 works of art including works by artists from Quebec, Canada and abroad, the collection of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal is a living reflection of its time filled with transformative encounters and perspectives on current societal issues.
We would like to keep you informed about the current situation at the MAC, which is unfortunately facing operational constraints related to its temporary sites of operation, while we await the start of construction at the Place des Arts building. We have had to slow down the pace of our acquisitions.
Our team is mobilized towards identifying short-term and long-term, sustainable, and realistic solutions to support our collection activities. At the same time, we are updating our collection management procedures, in light of sustainable development, to meet the requirements of the National Museums Act and reflect our current practices.
To see all of our collection visit the MACrépertoire.
All requests for reproduction must be sent to: [email protected]
All requests for information about a work or an artist must be sent to: [email protected]
To learn more about how to submit works for acquisition visit this page.
Recent acquisitions
Ari Bayuaji
The Rangda, 2022
Plastic threads, mask, textiles, leather, mirror, copper, glass, wood, and steel
205 x 89 x 98 cm (approximate dimensions)
Ari Bayuaji
The Rangda, 2022
Plastic threads, mask, textiles, leather, mirror, copper, glass, wood, and steel
205 x 89 x 98 cm (approximate dimensions)
Purchase made possible through the Symposium des collectionneurs 2023, Banque Nationale Gestion privée 1859
Photo: courtesy of the artist
© Ari Bayuaji
Sandra Brewster
Blur (from the «Blur» series), 2021
Photographic print transfer on archival paper with acrylic medium, E.A. 1
98.6 x 85.5 cm (visible dimensions)
Sandra Brewster
Blur 20 (de la série «Blur»), 2021
Photographic print transfer on archival paper with acrylic medium, E.A. 1
98.6 x 85.5 cm (visible dimensions)
Purchase made possible thanks to Banque Nationale Gestion privée 1859, Stella Vassallo, Vincent Chiara, and the Fonds Paule Poirier
Photo: courtesy of the artist
© Sandra Brewster
Blur 21 (from the «Blur» series), 2017
Photographic print transfer on archival paper with acrylic medium, 3/3
107,2 x 87,1 cm (visible dimensions)
Sandra Brewster
Blur 21 (de la série «Blur»), 2017
Photographic print transfer on archival paper with acrylic medium, 3/3
107,2 x 87,1 cm (visible dimensions)
Purchase made possible thanks to Banque Nationale Gestion privée 1859, Stella Vassallo, Vincent Chiara and the Fonds Paule Poirier
Photo : courtesy of the artist
© Sandra Brewster
Charles Daudelin
Anoudeu, 1988
Terracotta and steel
109.5 x 124.5 x 61 cm (overall)
Bequest of Louise B. Daudelin
Plexico, 1974
Acrylic and aluminum
181.7 x 43.3 x 43.3 cm (overall)
Bequest of Louise B. Daudelin
Envol virtuel, 1988-1989
Bronze, travertine, and steel
117.7 x 182.7 x 61.3 cm
Bequest of Louise B. Daudelin
Allegrocube, 1970
Fiberglass and steel
150 x 183 x 183 cm
Bequest of Louise B. Daudelin
Opposition giratoire, 1970
Stainless steel and painted steel
196,2 x 105,7 x 105,7 cm
Bequest of Louise B. Daudelin
Cinétique boréale (prototype), 1999
Painted steel and stainless steel
357 x 69 x 61 cm
Bequest of Louise B. Daudelin
Forensic Architecture
Enforced Disappearance in Iguala: A forensic reconstruction of the night of 26-27 September 2014 (still frame), 2017
Color video, 16 min 21 s, sound, 1/6
Variable dimensions
Forensic Architecture
Enforced Disappearance in Iguala: A forensic reconstruction of the night of 26-27 September 2014 (still frame), 2017
Color video, 16 min 21 s, sound, 1/6
Variable dimensions
Gift of the artists
Photo: MAC
© Forensic Architecture
Forensic Architecture
Enforced Disappearance in Iguala: A forensic reconstruction of the night of 26-27 September 2014 (still frame), 2017
Color video, 16 min 21 s, sound, 1/6
Variable dimensions
Gift of the artists
Photo: MAC
© Forensic Architecture
Forensic Architecture
Enforced Disappearance in Iguala: A forensic reconstruction of the night of 26-27 September 2014 (still frame), 2017
Color video, 16 min 21 s, sound, 1/6
Variable dimensions
Gift of the artists
Photo: MAC
© Forensic Architecture
Forensic Architecture
Enforced Disappearance in Iguala: A forensic reconstruction of the night of 26-27 September 2014 (still frame), 2017
Color video, 16 min 21 s, sound, 1/6
Variable dimensions
Gift of the artists
Photo: MAC
© Forensic Architecture
André Fournelle
Violence / Fragilité, 2014
Neon tubes, plumb lines, and transformers
Variable dimensions
André Fournelle
Violence / Fragilité, 2014
Neon tubes, plumb lines, and transformers
Variable dimensions
Gift of Michel Constantin
Photo: Michel Dubreuil
© André Fournelle
Marlon Kroll
Dust Pan #2, 2020
MDF, wood, muslin, adhesive tape, acrylic, oil, colored pencil, and ceramic
Marlon Kroll
Dust Pan #2, 2020
MDF, wood, muslin, adhesive tape, acrylic, oil, colored pencil, and ceramic
42.5 x 39 x 16.5 cm
Gift of the artist
Photo: Guy L’Heureux
© Marlon Kroll
A Room is a Thing, 2019
Colored pencils, graphite, and acrylic on muslin mounted on wood panel; ceramic and nylon rope
122 x 91.7 cm (painting); 593 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm (suspended element); variable dimensions
Marlon Kroll
A Room is a Thing, 2019
Colored pencils, graphite, and acrylic on muslin mounted on wood panel; ceramic and nylon rope
122 x 91.7 cm (painting); 593 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm (suspended element); variable dimensions depending on installation
Gift of the artist
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
© Marlon Kroll
Bowlahoola et Gabriel’s horn, 2023
Colored pencils, graphite, and acrylic on muslin mounted on wood, 2 elements
43.5 x 35.7 cm (each); 43.5 x 71.4 cm (overall)
Marlon Kroll
Bowlahoola et Gabriel’s horn, 2023
Colored pencils, graphite, and acrylic on muslin mounted on wood, 2 elements
43.5 x 35.7 cm (each); 43.5 x 71.4 cm (overall)
Photo: Courtesy of the artist
© Marlon Kroll
A very personal dilemma, 2022
Colored pencils, graphite, and acrylic on muslin mounted on wood
43.4 x 35.9 cm
Marlon Kroll
A very personal dilemma, 2023
Colored pencils, graphite, and acrylic on muslin mounted on wood
43.4 x 35.9 cm
Photo: courtesy of the artist
© Marlon Kroll
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Thermal Drift Density Map, 2022
Computer with custom generative software and thermal camera, version processing, 1/1
Variable dimensions
Anonymous gift
33 Questions per Minute, 2000
Computer with custom software, processing version, unique
Variable dimensions
Anonymous gift
Collection of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Ibrahim Mahama
Gemtun Boxe, 2016
Jute and leather
450 x 1119 cm
Ibrahim Mahama
Gemtun Boxe, 2016
Jute and leather
450 x 1119 cm
Gift of Pierre Bourgie
Photo: © White Cube (George Darrell)
© Ibrahim Mahama
R. Holland Murray
Parallax(e) n, 1993-1999
Wood
224.3 x 7.5 x 46.5 cm
R. Holland Murray
Parallax(e) n, 1993-1999
Wood
224.3 x 7.5 x 46.5 cm
Gift of the Estate of R. Holland Murray
Photo: Guy L’Heureux
© Estate of R. Holland Murray
Untitled 6 (from the «Vancouver Drawings» series), 1996-1999
Oil stick on paper mounted on panel
76.2 x 55.2 x 4 cm
R. Holland Murray
Untitled 6 (de la série «Vancouver Drawings»), 1996-1999
Oil stick on paper mounted on panel
76.2 x 55.2 x 4 cm
Gift of the Estate of R. Holland Murray
Photo: Guy L’Heureux
© Estate of R. Holland Murray
Lili Reynaud-Dewar
I Want All of the Above to Be the Sun (MAC Montreal) (still frame), 2023
High-definition color videogram, single-channel, 32 min 11 s, silent, 1/1
Lili Reynaud-Dewar
I Want All of the Above to Be the Sun (MAC Montreal) (still frame), 2023
High-definition color videogram, single-channel, 32 min 11 s, silent, 1/1
Photo: MAC
© Lili Reynaud-Dewar
Erin Shirreff
Medardo Rosso, Madame X, 1896, 2013
Color videogram, looped projection, 24 min, silent, E.A. 2/2
Erin Shirreff
Medardo Rosso, Madame X, 1896, 2013
Color videogram, looped projection, 24 min, silent, E.A. 2/2
Gift of the artist
Photo: John Berens, courtesy of the artist
© Erin Shirreff
Medardo Rosso, Madame X, 1896 (still frame), 2013
Color videogram, looped projection, 24 min, silent, E.A. 2/2
Erin Shirreff
Medardo Rosso, Madame X, 1896 (still frame), 2013
Color videogram, looped projection, 24 min, silent, E.A. 2/2
Gift of the artist
Photo: John Berens, courtesy of the artist
© Erin Shirreff
Erin Shirreff
Medardo Rosso, Madame X, 1896 (still frame), 2013
Color videogram, looped projection, 24 min, silent, E.A. 2/2
Gift of the artist
Photo: John Berens, courtesy of the artist
© Erin Shirreff
Erin Shirreff
Medardo Rosso, Madame X, 1896 (still frame), 2013
Color videogram, looped projection, 24 min, silent, E.A. 2/2
Gift of the artist
Photo: John Berens, courtesy of the artist
© Erin Shirreff
Fig. 8, 2019, tirage de 2023
Inkjet print, E.A. 2/2
105.5 x 140 cm (dimensions visible)
Erin Shirreff
Fig. 8, 2019, tirage de 2023
Inkjet print, E.A. 2/2
105.5 x 140 cm (dimensions visible)
Gift of the artist
Photo: Jason Wyche, courtesy of the artist
© Erin Shirreff
Fig. 9, 2019, tirage de 2023
Inkjet print, E.A. 1/2
105.4 x 137.9 cm (visible dimensions)
Erin Shirreff
Fig. 9, 2019, tirage de 2023
Inkjet print, E.A. 1/2
105.4 x 137.9 cm (visible dimensions)
Gift of the artist
Photo: Jason Wyche, courtesy of the artist
© Erin Shirreff
Fig. 10, 2019, tirage de 2023
Inkjet print, E.A. 2/2
105,3 x 137,9 cm (visible dimensions)
Erin Shirreff
Fig. 10, 2019, tirage de 2023
Inkjet print, E.A. 2/2
105,3 x 137,9 cm (visible dimensions)
Gift of the artist
Photo: Jason Wyche, courtesy of the artiste
© Erin Shirreff
Beth Stuart
Problem Five (of the «Bongard problems» series), 2022
Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 2 elements
168 x 111.8 cm (each); 168 x 228 cm (overall)
Beth Stuart
Problem Five (de la série «Bongard problems»), 2022
Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 2 elements
168 x 111.8 cm (each); 168 x 228 cm (overall)
Purchase, made possible by Banque Nationale Gestion privée 1859, Stella Vassallo, Vincent Chiara, and the Fonds Paule Poirier
Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid, courtesy of Susan Hobbs Gallery
© Beth Stuart
Problem Three (of the «Bongard problems» series), 2022
Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 2 elements
168 x 111.8 cm (each); 168 x 228 cm (overall)
Beth Stuart
Problem Three (de la série «Bongard problems»), 2022
Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 2 elements
168 x 111.8 cm (each); 168 x 228 cm (overall)
Purchase, made possible by Banque Nationale Gestion privée 1859, Stella Vassallo, Vincent Chiara, and the Fonds Paule Poirier
Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid, courtesy of Susan Hobbs Gallery
© Beth Stuart
Yves Tessier
Girls on Campus, 2012
Casein on aluminum
91.2 x 111.6 cm
Yves Tessier
Girls on Campus, 2012
Casein on aluminum
91.2 x 111.6 cm
Photo: Guy L’Heureux, courtesy of McBride Contemporain
© Yves Tessier
Ian Wallace
At the Crosswalk V, 2008
Inkjet print laminated and acrylic on canvas, 4 elements
120.8 x 968.9 cm (overall)
Ian Wallace
At the Crosswalk V, 2008
Inkjet print laminated and acrylic on canvas, 4 elements
120.8 x 968.9 cm (overall)
Anonymous gift
Photo: Achim Kukulies, courtesy of Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver
© Ian Wallace