Through September 23, 2007, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon, the first nationally touring exhibition of Carr’s work in more than thirty years. It comprises some 200 objects — paintings, drawings, watercolours, caricatures, ceramics, carvings, books, maps, photographs and ephemera.

In 2000, Mrs. Liliane M. Stewart gave the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) the entire collection of the Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts. Demonstrating her immense generosity once again, Mrs. Stewart has now donated an outstanding collection of over 900 American industrial design objects to the Museum. Constituted by American collector Eric Brill, this collection was donated to the Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design.

This year, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will act as one of the hosts of the Biennale de Montréal 2007. Through June 17, the Museum will present an in situ installation by Brazilian artist Iran Do Espírito Santo. The artist will re-create a work executed in 2000 at the Americas Society of New York, by adapting it to the venue. Entitled Déjà Vu, this mural will be shown in a gallery on Level S2 of the Jean-Noël-Desmarais Pavilion.

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is hosting the exhibition American Streamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow through October 28, 2007. This is the most comprehensive survey ever mounted on this style, inspired by the aerodynamic lines and the sleek curves of 1930s aircraft, trains and ships.

From March 27 to June 19, 2007, the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg presents Gold and Silver Jewellery: Changing Traditions in the Twentieth Century. Organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, this exhibition, which features some 140 pieces by over 80 artists, provides a look at gold and silver jewellery fashioned over a period of more than a hundred years.