Four major supporters for our project “The Art Pavilion at Cité-du-Havre”: Janine Carreau, Yseult Riopelle, Marie St-Pierre, Françoise Sullivan.

For our project “Le Pavillon des arts”, planned in the former building that served as a museum during Expo 67 and later as the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal on Cité-du-Havre, we have received four major contributions: Janine Carreau, Yseult Riopelle, Marie St-Pierre, and Françoise Sullivan.

These four individuals have developed incredible expertise in art. They are artists themselves and have all been closely associated with the artists of the Automatist movement. They have developed a visceral and scientific knowledge of the movement through their direct contacts, with Françoise Sullivan herself being a member of the Automatists.

Their collaboration is helping us to design programs of activities for the Automatists Museum Space that we are planning in the Arts Pavilion. This space will showcase all of the activities championed by the Automatists, activities that touched on art and social life in Quebec in the 1940s and 1950s.

Janine Carreau, artist, wife of Pierre Gauvreau, manager of his work and that of her brother Claude Gauvreau; Yseult Riopelle, daughter of Jean Paul Riopelle, author of the Catalogue raisonné Jean Paul Riopelle and exhibition curator; Marie St-Pierre, fashion designer; Françoise Sullivan, distinguished artist, choreographer, signatory of Refus global, 1948.

We are very grateful for their support and the trust they have placed in us.

Claude Gosselin, C.M.
General and artistic director
Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal
https://ciac.ca/en/art-pavilion-at-cite-du-havre/

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy holiday season and a new year filled with happiness, love, health, and success in all your endeavors.