2023: The Centenary
Celebrating a Centenary
of Artistic Genius
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Discover the centenary celebrations’ major projects in this section!
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
Official video of Riopelle’s Centenary Celebrations
RIOPELLE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS CALENDAR
City, region and country | Discipline | Project | Partner organisations | Dates | Website |
Canada (all provinces and territories) | Cultural | Riopelle Dialogues Canada-Wide Cultural Mediation Program (9 projects across Canada) | Government of Canada (Department of Canadian Heritage) Culture pour tous | September 2022 – October 2023 | |
Canada (all provinces and territories) | Education | Riopelle Studio Educational Canada-Wide Program | Government of Canada (Department of Canadian Heritage) Canada Art Institute | Starting September 2022 | |
Québec, Canada (multiple cities) | Cultural | 2022 Culture Days (22 cultural activities across Quebec) | Culture pour tous | September 30 – October 2nd, 2022 | |
Montréal, Québec, Canada | Public Art | Monumental mural in tribute to Riopelle in Downtown Montreal | MU City of Montreal Tourisme Montréal McGill University, Marc Séguin | October 4, 2022 | |
Canada (all provinces and territories) | TV, radio and | Radio-Canada special programming for the centenary year | CBC/Radio-Canada | October 7, 2022 – Fall | |
Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts | Jean Paul Riopelle/Bonnie Baxter. Apprivoiser la bête Exhibition | Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke | February 2-April 23, 2023 | |
Joliette, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts | Un lieu de mémoire : Contextes d’existence Exhibition | Musée d’art de Joliette Irene Campolmi, curator | February 5 – May 7, 2023 | |
Montréal, Québec, Canada | Music | Riopelle Symphonic at Montreal’s Place des Arts | GSI Musique Serge Fiori & Blair Thomson, composers Montreal Symphony Orchestra (OSM) Montréal en Lumière Festival Place des Arts | February 16-18, 2023 (concerts) Other dates to be announced | |
Montréal, Québec, Canada | Gastronomy | À table avec Riopelle fine dining experience | Restaurant Toqué! Montréal en Lumière Festival | February 22, 2023 | |
Montréal, Québec, Canada | Cinema | Riopelle Short Films series and Les oies de Jean Paul Riopelle film | International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) L’institut national de l’image et du son (L’inis) | March 19, 2023 (World premiere) | |
Montréal, Québec, Canada | Theatre | The Riopelle Project | Robert Lepage, director Ex Machina Théâtre Duceppe | April 25 to June 3rd, 2023 Other dates to be announced | |
World (198 countries) | TV and Web | TV5MONDE and TV5MONDEplus special programming | TV5MONDE | Spring 2023-Fall 2024 | |
Gatineau, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts | EMPREINTES Exhibition | City of Gatineau (Galerie Montcalm) | May 18-August 20, 2023 | |
Gatineau, Québec, Canada | Pyrotechnics | Pleins feux sur Riopelle music and fireworks show and fine dining experience | Loto-Québec City of Gatineau | May 20, 2023 | |
Montréal, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts & Music | Riopelle. A Bird Wild and Free and MIGRATIONS exhibitions at the Biosphere | Espace pour la vie City of Montreal GSI Musique LOJIQ Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques | June 2, 2023-August 2024 | |
Montmagny, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts | Special programming and Mon cher Jean Paul Exhibition | Montmagny Library City of Montmagny Huguette Vachon | June 16-September 17, 2023 | |
La Malbaie, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts & Folk Art | Riopelle et l’art populaire : Objets trouvés, détournés, volés exhibition | Musée de Charlevoix Yseult Riopelle, guest curator | Starting June 16, 2023 | |
Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts | Un lieu de mémoire : Contextes d’existence Exhibition | Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul Musée d’art de Joliette Irene Campolmi, curator | Starting June 17, 2023 | |
Montréal, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts | Exhibition in tribute to Riopelle Sur les traces des Automatistes | Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal Ville de Montréal | From June 22 to August 13, 2023 | |
Val-David, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts | 12 d’où ce que tu sors exhibition and special programming | Bonnie Baxter’s Atelier du Scarabée Centre d’exposition de Val-David | June 24 – September 6, 2023 | |
Saint-Thuribe, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts | Riopelle à Saint-Thuribe exhibition and special programming | Municipality of Saint-Thuribe MRC of Portneuf Artéfact Urbain | June 24 – September 3, 2023 | |
Bucharest, Romania | Visual Arts | Le bestiaire volant exhibition | Muzeul de Arta Recenta Galerie Simon Blais Yseult Riopelle, Principal Guest Curator | June 26 to August 17, 2023 | |
Canada (all provinces and territories) | Cultural mediation | Unveiling of the 9 projects realized as part of the Riopelle Dialogues Canada-Wide Cultural Mediation Program | Government of Canada (Department of Canadian Heritage) Culture pour tous | June-July 2023 | |
Saint-Paul de Vence, France | Visual Arts | Jean Paul Riopelle – Essence of studios Exhibition and special programming | Fondation Maeght Yseult Riopelle, guest curator | July 1st-November 12, 2023 | |
Ottawa, Ontario | Visual Arts | Northern Light Experience on Parliament Hill | Government of Canada | From July 7 to September 4, 2023, Thursday to Monday after 9 pm | |
Montréal, Québec, Canada | Cultural mediation | Riopelle and the “Tower of Life” Outdoor Creative Workshop | Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) | July 7-8, 2023 | |
Quebec City, Québec, Canada | Music | Riopelle Symphonic at the Grand Théâtre de Québec | GSI Musique Serge Fiori et Blair Thomson, compositeurs Orchestre symphonique de Québec (OSQ) Grand Théâtre de Québec | September 9, 2023 | |
Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts & poetry | L’empreinte Riopelle exhibition | Culture Trois-Rivières International Poetry Festival | Starting September 29, 2023 | |
Quebec City, Québec, Canada | Theatre | The Riopelle Project at Quebec City’s Théâtre Le Diamant | Robert Lepage, director Ex Machina Le Diamant Theatre | October 19-November 19, 2023 | |
Canada (all provinces and territories) | Oral History & Research | Tell Me About Riopelle oral history project | Concordia University – Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) Lea Kabiljo, Ph.D. student | Fall 2023 | |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Visual Arts | Retrospective exhibition Riopelle: Crossroads in Time | National Gallery of Canada Dr. Sylvie Lacerte, curator | October 27, 2023-April 7, 2024 | |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Theatre | The Riopelle Project at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre | Robert Lepage, director Ex Machina National Arts Centre | Starting December 14, 2023 | |
Rivière-du-Loup, | Visual | Riopelle.Regards | Musée du Bas | October 27 to | |
Paris, France | Visual Arts | Exhibition in tribute to Jean Paul Riopelle | Musée national d’art moderne/Centre de création industrielle, Centre Pompidou Christian Briend, curator | End of 2023-Beginning of 2024 (dates TBA) | |
Montréal, Québec, Canada | Circus Arts | Riopelle Grandeur Nature Show | The 7 Fingers | February-March 2024 (dates TBA) | |
Canada | Literature & History | Jean Paul Riopelle en mouvement (1923-2002) | Pierre B. Landry, art historian and author | Fall 2024 (dates TBA) | |
Quebec City, Québec, Canada | Visual Arts | Inauguration of Espace Riopelle
| Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) Government of Quebec City of Quebec MNBAQ Foundation | October 2026 |
N.B.: This calendar presents projects that have been publicly announced to this day. It will be updated regularly.
Last update: march 2025
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