USE OF THE collection

Today, the Gallery’s collection is used for research purposes. Exhibition curators, writers, historians, professors, researchers and publishers use it as a resource to develop or complete their exhibition projects and research. Each year, the Gallery receives a dozen or so requests for loans or reproductions from various institutions in Canada and abroad.

The collection serves as an educational tool. It is put to use in various projects which promote learning in the fields of art history and museology. For example, the Gallery regularly collaborates with Concordia University art history students. Moreover, it periodically offers internships for students in the M.A. program in Museology, which is jointly managed by the Université du Québec à Montréal and the Université de Montréal.

In the same vein, the Gallery takes advantage of its university status to offer its collection as platform for experimentation. It welcomes and solicits projects from students and professionals exploring the collection and developing critical thinking in regards to artistic and museological issues, or issues pertaining to other fields of knowledge. Though these projects can take various forms, exhibitions and publications are the most frequent ones.