Top 5 Montreal Vernissages of the Week – Artsy & Summery Edition! ✨🎨

Summer in Montreal isn’t just about patios and festivals – it’s also a thriving season for contemporary art openings! This week, the city bursts with creativity and emotion, offering powerful group exhibitions, sensory experiences, and iconic locations transformed into havens of expression. Here are the Top 5 Montreal Vernissages not to miss from July 17 to 19, 2025. 🖼️🔥

🥇 1. TWO GROUP EXHIBITIONS – Galerie Pangée

📍1305 avenue des Pins Ouest, Montreal
🗓️ Thursday, July 17, 2025, 4–7 PM

Two shows, one emotional punch. Galerie Pangée opens its doors for a double-feature evening: FOOLS FOR TRUTH, curated by Delphine Hennelly and Grace Kalyta, alongside AUJOURD’HUI JE PLEURE PARCE QUE (“Today I Cry Because”), orchestrated by Jezabel Plamondon.

The second exhibition hits a tender nerve. It explores the act of crying face-on, without filters, through an intergenerational lens featuring artists like Sylvie Cotton, Sophie Jodoin, and John Boyle-Singfield. A touching tribute to human vulnerability inside a stunning historic mountain-side building. 💧🖤

🥈 2. FALL & SPIN – Galerie Bradley Ertaskiran

📍3550 rue St-Antoine Ouest, Montreal
🗓️ Thursday, July 17, 2025, 5–8 PM

Barely enough time to catch your breath before heading to Saint-Henri! Galerie Bradley Ertaskiran delivers with FALL & SPIN, a group show exploring tensions between body and mind, between control and surrender. 💫

The artworks delicately navigate themes of protection, sensitivity, and bodily care. Expect a vibrant opening night, filled with familiar faces and emerging voices. Art here acts like a deeply personal mirror. 💭🤍

🥉 3. FELINE POP-UP – Coco Khan at Galerie Espace

📍4844 St-Laurent Blvd, Montreal
🗓️ Friday, July 18, 2025, from 5 PM

Pop! Boom! Meow! 🎉🐾 The whimsical world of Coco Khan springs to life in a vibe that’s delightfully feline. Her FELINE POP-UP show at Galerie Espace will feature artwork and objects that celebrate mystery, elegance, and playful surprise, running for over three weeks.

Opening night promises a light-hearted, alternative-market energy. For those who love discovering without a map, this is the place to be.

🖼️ 4. FRESH PAINT & NEW CONSTRUCTION – Art Mûr

📍5826 St-Hubert Street, Montreal
🗓️ Saturday, July 19, 2025, 3–5 PM

An annual must-see: Fresh Paint & New Construction celebrates its 21st edition! 🎉 This group exhibition showcases 42 students from 11 Canadian universities, with a wide range of ideas and techniques.

Themes span identity, diaspora, nature, materiality, and impermanence, a powerful glimpse into Canada’s emerging art scene. Once again, Art Mûr delivers an electrifying display of fresh talent. 🚀

🥄 5. NOURISHING NOSTALGIA – At Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain

📍963 rue Rachel Est, Montreal
🗓️ Saturday, July 19, 2025, 3–5:30 PM

We wrap up the week with a poetic, sensory, and culinary experience. 🍲✨ Nourishing Nostalgia, curated by Maria Andreina Escalona De Abreu, presents a participatory food-based installation by Madison Strizic.

It’s art you can taste, feel, and share – a touching meditation on immigration, memory, and food as a vessel of cultural transmission. Visitors are invited to play, grow, evoke, and share. A beautifully immersive moment. 🌍🫶

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The Top 5 Montreal Vernissages of the week is more than a list, it’s an emotional itinerary, a sensory map of the city’s gallery world. Grab your calendar and sketchbook – art is waiting for you!

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