Marie-Eve Beaupré is the new curator of contemporary Quebec and Canadian art from 1945 to the present day at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.
The Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal—the best-attended art museum in Canada at more than 1 million visitors in 2013—has announced the appointment of Marie-Eve Beaupré as curator of contemporary Quebec and Canadian art from 1945 to the present day.
It’s a completely new position for the museum. Most recently, Beaupré has worked at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec as a curator of contemporary art.
“To reinforce our activities and our commitment to contemporary art, I decided to split the curatorial responsibilities. International art has been assigned to [contemporary curator] Stéphane Aquin and, to give a youthful outlook and voice to Quebec and Canadian art, I wanted a curator with a vibrant personality to work with artists and collectors. We are pleased to welcome Marie-Eve Beaupré!” said Nathalie Bondil, the MBAM’s chief curator and director, in a release.
As a member of the board of the Optica artist-run centre and of the editorial committee of the periodical esse arts+opinions, Beaupré sits on the jury of the 2014 Sobey Art Award. In 2011, she won the Contemporary Art Galleries Association award for young curators. She has produced exhibitions for a variety of institutions, including the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Musée d’art de Joliette, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
Beaupré was also a project director at Galerie de l’UQAM from 2004 to 2012, and over the past decade she has drawn up several inventories, including those of the studios of Guido Molinari, Edmund Alleyn and Betty Goodwin.
The museum is indicating that Beaupré’s appointment heralds increased activity in the realm contemporary Quebec and Canadian art in the coming months.
