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Heffel's double header sales are comprised of work by some of the 20th- and 21st-century's most important artists.

"Imagine, 80 years of creation, it&#39s amazing," says museum director Stéphane Aquin.

Françoise Sullivan is known for her avant-garde approach to dance, performance, photograph, sculpture, painting and installation work. She was part of the revolutionary group of Quebec artists who signed the Refus Global, a 1948 manifesto seen as one of the precursors to the province's Quiet Revolution. Months after turning 100 this year, she launched a whole new body of work at Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts.

A 100-year-old Montreal artist is being celebrated with an exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Marcelle Ferron was a non-conformist from a young age. The creative woman expressed her frustrations by painting large, dramatic works.

Sullivan is busy preparing for an October exhibition of new work at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Later this year, she will join the cast of immortals whose likenesses dot the Montreal cityscape when a mural is created in her honour.

Featuring a multitude of artistic disciplines, the celebrations of Jean Paul Riopelle's centenary will extend across the French-speaking world, including to France, where the renowned Canadian artist spent nearly half his life, starting in the summer...

If you've walked near McGill University or hiked up Mount Royal lately, you've probably noticed the massive new mural taking shape on the side of a Plateau residential building. The 160-foot tribute to famed painter Jean-Paul Riopelle was unveiled this week, commemorating 100 years since the Quebec artist's birth in the neighbourhood.