If you’re looking for the best Montreal art exhibits this week, the city continues to deliver an inspiring mix of major museum presentations, immersive installations, emerging artists, and interdisciplinary collaborations. From the halls of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to intimate venues in Parc-Extension and Mile End, these events showcase why Montreal remains one of North America’s most dynamic cultural capitals.
Whether you’re a longtime collector, a curious visitor, or simply searching for memorable Montreal art exhibits, these five openings deserve a place on your calendar.
1. Extension en ligne(s): Reimagining Parc-Extension 🌿
📅 Thursday, June 25, 2026 | 5:30 PM–7:30 PM
📍 Salle de diffusion Parc-Extension, 421 Rue St-Roch, Montréal
🗺️ Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/oNQ3H5WQmX5F2Y8N8
Among this week’s most innovative Montreal art exhibits is Extension en ligne(s), an immersive experience blending visual arts, literature, sound design, and public space.
Inspired by the graphic novel Extension, published in 2025 by Éditions La Mèche, the project invites visitors to rediscover Parc-Extension through a poetic, post-human perspective. Paintings and drawings by Ianick Raymond are accompanied by a narrative created by Pierre-Marc Asselin, while Daryl Hubert and voice performers Simon Landry-Daisy and Alice Moreault extend the experience beyond the gallery through an outdoor audio journey.
The result is a thoughtful meditation on urban transformation, memory, and humanity’s relationship with the living world. The welcoming atmosphere of this tucked-away cultural venue makes it one of the week’s strongest recommendations.
2. UQAM Master’s Collective Exhibition at 155 Van Horne 🎓
📅 Friday, June 26, 2026 | 5 PM–9 PM
📍 155 Avenue Van Horne, Montréal
🗺️ Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6sY8mK7JXQ1pU4Qv9
Few Montreal art exhibits capture the city’s creative energy like student exhibitions, and this collective presentation by graduate students from UQAM’s Master’s program in Visual and Media Arts promises to be a highlight of the season.
Hosted inside one of Mile End’s most iconic artistic buildings, the exhibition gathers multiple generations of emerging creators in a celebration of experimentation and contemporary practice.
The event represents more than an opening night—it is a reflection of Montreal’s enduring commitment to supporting new voices and fostering artistic communities.
3. Healing Through Art at Galerie d’Art Émergente ❤️
📅 Friday, June 26, 2026 | 7 PM–9 PM
📍 Galerie d’Art Émergente, 2130 Rue Crescent, Montréal
🗺️ Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2fM6QdM7Lr8vB8Px5
Located directly across from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Galerie d’Art Émergente continues its mission of championing emerging talent with a collective exhibition centered on healing and transformation.
The theme, Healing Through Art, explores creativity as a space for reflection, resilience, and personal renewal. The gallery itself has become one of the city’s welcoming platforms for artists at various stages of their careers, making it a meaningful addition to the landscape of contemporary Montreal art exhibits.
Visitors can expect an intimate atmosphere where conversation, connection, and artistic discovery naturally coexist.
4. ADEU & Olivier Rodrigue: When Fine Art Meets Gastronomy 🍷
📅 Saturday, June 27, 2026 | 3 PM–7 PM
📍 5368 Avenue du Parc, Montréal
🗺️ Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9cQv7sYwW6VjR5Qn8
Closing this week’s selection of outstanding Montreal art exhibits isa unique collaboration between visual artist Olivier Rodrigue and the culinary collective ADEU.
Rodrigue presents ten paintings, including six previously unseen works, while ADEU creates edible interpretations inspired by the artworks themselves. The experience encourages visitors to move between visual perception and taste, establishing a dialogue between image, texture, memory, and sensation.
At the center of Rodrigue’s practice lies the concept of risk—the willingness to embrace uncertainty as a creative force. His paintings emerge through experimentation and discovery, offering viewers an authentic encounter with artistic process itself.
It is precisely this kind of interdisciplinary event that continues to distinguish Montreal’s cultural landscape.
5. Richard Avedon: Immortal. Portraits of Aging, 1951–2004 🖼️
📍 Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, 1380 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal
🗺️ Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5nA2Y4X3q9VwL7pY9
Leading this week’s Montreal art exhibits is the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ remarkable presentation of Richard Avedon’s work. The exhibition gathers nearly one hundred photographs spanning more than five decades, exploring themes of aging, identity, memory, and the passage of time.
Avedon’s portraits transformed modern photography, revealing the emotional depth hidden behind public personas. Displayed within one of Canada’s premier cultural institutions, this exhibition offers visitors an extraordinary opportunity to engage with one of the twentieth century’s most influential visual artists.
For anyone interested in world-class Montreal art exhibits, this is an essential stop.
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This weekend’s lineup perfectly captures the diversity of Montreal’s contemporary art scene. Whether you’re interested in digital experimentation, abstraction, immersive installations, artist-run initiatives, or emerging gallery spaces, there is no shortage of inspiring exhibitions to discover.
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