10/14/2026
À l’occasion du 60e anniversaire du métro de Montréal, nous nous sommes amusé.e.s à rebaptiser les stations près du Musée. 🚇🎨
Vous avez d'autres idées de noms créatifs? Partagez-les en commentaire!
Petit rappel pour vos sorties culturelles: le MBAM est commodément situé sur la ligne verte, entre les stations Guy-Concordia et Peel. 💚
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To mark the 60th anniversary of the Montreal metro, we had some fun renaming the stations closest to the Museum. 🚇🎨
Do you have other ideas to suggest? Share them in the comments.
A little reminder for your cultural outings: the MMFA is located directly on the green line, between the Guy-Concordia and Peel stations.💚
▪️British and Italian painter John William Waterhouse is known for his paintings inspired by mythology and literature, including “The Lady of Shalott,” a work drawn from a Tennyson poem. The Museum devoted an exhibition to him in 2009.
▪️Famous French painter and sculptor Gustave Courbet, a leader of the Realist movement, needs no further introduction. He is known for his striking self-portrait, "The Desperate Man," and for his female n**e “The Origin of the World.”
▪️Canadian painter known for his domestic scenes, such as “The Spinner,” Paul Peel is acclaimed for his great technical virtuosity in his representation of the human body.
▪️Canadian painter Helen Galloway McNicoll emerged as a vital figure in the 20th century. Often associated with Impressionist painting, her works garnered several awards over her career. Many of her paintings are featured in the Museum’s collection.
▪️Iconic multidisciplinary creator Niki de Saint Phalle was a world-renowned visual artist, painter, lithographer, sculptor and director. The MMFA’s decorative arts collection features her “Clarice” armchair.
▪️The first woman to champion emerging “young painters,” Berthe Weill was a Parisian gallerist in the early 20th century. The MMFA devoted an exhibition to this modern avant-garde trailblazer in 2025.
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