Free of charge
About the speakers
Stéphane Aquin has been Director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) since November 2020. He holds a Master’s in Art History from Université de Montréal. During the 1990s, Aquin made his mark as an art critic in Quebec and Canada, following his collaboration on the opening of the Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion in his first stint at the Museum. He rejoined the MMFA’s ranks in 1998 as Curator of Contemporary Art, a position he held for 16 years. In 2015, he was appointed Chief Curator of the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, D.C. As Director of the MMFA, he aims to contribute to the development of this great Montreal institution with a focus on an inclusive and innovative approach to art, upholding and respecting the artist’s vision, and fulfilling the Museum’s educational mission.
Anne Grace is Curator of Modern Art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, a position she has held since 2007. She holds a BA from the University of Toronto (1989) and an MA from Université de Montréal in Art History (1996). From 2001 to 2007, she worked as a Curatorial Assistant at the National Gallery of Canada, where she contributed to the conservation, documentation and development of the museum’s international modern art collection. Grace has co-organized several major exhibitions at the MMFA, including Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor (2018-2019), From Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Impressionism to Expressionism, 1900-1914 (2014-2015), and is currently preparing Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde for May 2025.
Georgiana Uhlyarik is Fredrik S. Eaton Curator, Canadian Art, and co-lead of the department of Indigenous and Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto. Prior to joining the AGO in 2002, she held various roles at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, The Power Plant, Mercer Union, and the Gershon Iskowitz Foundation. An award-winning curator and author, Uhlyarik works collaboratively with artists, scholars and curators from across the Americas and Europe, with a focus on women artists. Originally from Romania, she lives in Toronto with her twin sons.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Location: Maxwell Cummings Auditorium, 1379-A, Sherbrooke Street West
Reservation terms: Please note that seat reservations are held until the beginning of the event. Once the activity has started, any unoccupied seats will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
