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Top 5 Montreal Vernissages | Oct 23-25 | Edition XL

Montreal’s art scene gets raw, bold, and beautifully human. this week’s Top 5 Vernissages are where stories hang on walls.

🎨 Top 5 Montreal Vernissages this Week – October 23–25, 2025

By Best Kept MTL – Your insider guide to the city’s artistic pulse!

As fall deepens, Montreal’s art scene glows with emotion, movement, and purpose. From expressive solos to collective exhibitions, this week’s Top 5 Vernissages take us from Ville-Émard to the Plateau and beyond, proving once again that the city’s creative energy never sleeps.

🖌️ 1️⃣ Vernissage Expo Art Tonique by La Marquise de Ville-Émard

📍 Galerie-Atelier Lucie Michel, 5975 boul. Monk, Ville-Émard, Montréal
🗓️ Thursday, October 23, 2025 | 4 PM – 9 PM

Get ready for a vibrant evening hosted by La Marquise de Ville-Émard, a multidisciplinary artist who paints, performs, and even dances her art into life. Her new series bursts with color, movement, and emotional resonance.

The event takes place at Galerie-Atelier Lucie Michel, a creative space dedicated to the late artist Lucie Michel, who passed away from ovarian cancer in 2022. In a beautiful gesture, proceeds from this exhibition will support ovarian cancer foundations. Expect a heartfelt, dynamic vernissage, part art show, part tribute, and all heart. 💗

🎭 2️⃣ What Cradles and What Drowns – Solo Show by Catherine Morin

📍 Maison de la Culture Plateau-Mont-Royal, 465 Mont-Royal Est (across from Mont-Royal metro)
🗓️ Thursday, October 23, 2025 | 5 PM – 7:30 PM

Painter Catherine Morin presents What Cradles and What Drowns, a new collection of “paintings of imbalance” curated by Gabrielle Poliquin. Her work captures the modern age teetering between mysticism and exhaustion, yet never without humor.

Represented by Galerie Wishbone, Morin has been painting full-time since 2010 and is part of a lively, underground community of Montreal artists. Expect a packed crowd of creators and collectors at this Thursday vernissage. 🎨✨

🏛️ 3️⃣ Dual Exhibition – Michel Pierre Lachance (Painter) & Michel Dufresne (Sculptor)

📍 Galerie L’Espace, 4844 boul. St-Laurent, Montréal
🗓️ Thursday, October 23, 2025 | 5 PM – 8 PM

A meeting of two Michels, both masters in their fields. Michel Pierre Lachance, architect-turned-painter and longtime design professor, brings hard-edge compositions that bridge Op Art and Abstract Expressionism.

He’s joined by Michel Dufresne, a sculptor and urban designer with a deep passion for public art. His stone sculptures evoke the dialogue between structure and emotion. Together, their works create a visual symphony that’s both cerebral and tactile, one of this week’s most anticipated pairings. 🪨🖼️

📸 4️⃣ Radioscopy of the Sleeper – Caroline Hayeur

📍 Centre d’exposition Lethbridge, 2727 boul. Thimens, Montréal (St-Laurent borough)
🗓️ Saturday, October 25, 2025 | 2 PM – 4:30 PM

A must-see for photography lovers. Veteran artist Caroline Hayeur, known for her documentary and humanist approach, explores the frontier between consciousness and the unknown.

In Radioscopy of the Sleeper, she uses infrared and motion-sensing cameras to capture subjects in deep sleep — revealing the vulnerable beauty of our unguarded selves. Hayeur, the longtime photographer for Festival Phénoména, transforms technology into poetry. Expect a warm, thoughtful crowd of photographers and dreamers alike. 🌙📷

🕊️ 5️⃣ Hope + Espoir – Bashir Makhoul in Support of Palestinian Children

📍 Art Mûr, 5826 rue St-Hubert, Montréal
🗓️ Saturday, October 25, 2025 | from 2 PM

An exhibition that transcends art to embrace humanity. Conceptual artist Dr. Bashir Makhoul, internationally recognized for his multidisciplinary works on home, displacement, and identity, presents Hope + Espoir, a benefit exhibition supporting Palestinian children affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

The vernissage will open with a cocktail at 2 PM, attended by honorary president Louise Harel, the artist, and guests. All proceeds will go to the Medical Aid for Palestine Association. A follow-up talk takes place Sunday at 2 PM. This moving event, equal parts artistic and humanitarian, is not to be missed. 🕊️💙

📻 Bonus: In Situ Radio Magazine – Where Montreal’s Visual Art Voices Unite

To dive deeper into Montreal’s visual arts, follow In Situ Radio Magazine, one of the city’s rare broadcasts devoted entirely to visual arts and related disciplines since 2010. Hosted on Radio Centre-Ville 102.3 FM, every Saturday from 12 PM to 1 PM, the show brings together a passionate team of art critics, curators, and creators.

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✨ Whether you’re drawn to the poetic, the political, or the purely aesthetic, Montreal’s Top 5 Vernissages this week are proof that art is not just to be seen, it’s to be felt.

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