Grad students explore death in art at Museum program

 

Art Faces Death: Myth, Memory and Body is the title of the second annual Graduate Student Symposium, organized by the MMFA for Friday, March 18.

This is an opportunity to showcase graduate students' research into areas surrounding the collections and exhibitions of the Museum. The symposium, is open to the general public, and is juried by a committee formed of representatives of the art history departments of Concordia, McGill, Université de Montréal and UQÀM. The committee member for Concordia is Kristina Huneault.

Two Concordia graduate students, Ève DeGarie-Lamanque and Luke Nicholson, will be taking part in the symposium this year. The full details of the event can found on our website, www.mmfa.qc.ca/symposium.

The Museum’s Dominic Hardy explained, “This is a very important education program for the Museum. Not only are we able to present cutting-edge research to our very diverse audience, but it is also a tremendous opportunity for the students involved.

“The project has been another key aspect of a strong spirit of collaboration between the Museum and the universities, particularly Concordia.

“This year's symposium theme was chosen to reflect the presence of the Eternal Egypt exhibition at the Museum until May. Students were invited to explore the theme either through the Egypt show itself or through works in our collections.

“We were delighted by the responses received. Two of the papers concern ancient Egypt, while the rest focus on works in our 20th century collections of European, Canadian and Inuit art.”

Art Faces Death: Myth, Memory and Body at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / L'Art face à la mort: mythe, mémoire et figure au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, takes place March 18.