The city was given some relief after two days of sun heat (read: it was cold and rainy, causing me to freeze), so on Sunday, Kathleen and I decided on a more indoor adventure. After having breakfast in our hotel room (a kitchenette and a grocery store nearby meant that we could have the breakfast we normally do), we grabbed our umbrellas and headed back to the nearby Métro station and headed southbound.

Our destination? The Musée des beaux arts de Montréal. As we’d come to expect (save for Friday’s problems on the Orange Line), the Metro quickly whisked us from our hotel’s neighbourhood into the downtown and spit us out at Concordia for the very short walk to the gallery, but the cold wind and rain gave me a chill that I wasn’t really able to shake until the evening.

Our visit to the gallery was positively lovely. While we enjoyed the current main attraction (the Torlonia Collection of Roman sculptures) was very interesting, I think it was the modern art and design collection stole the show for us. Between Chihuly’s The Sun and a very delightful lamp that looks like plates with spaghetti and meatballs in the Decorative Arts and Design collection, we found no end to the delights.

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This has been consistent for Kathleen and I. Whenever we visit an art gallery, invariably, we are most drawn in by modern art and design, with bonus points for mixed media. I suppose it should be no surprise, since one of my favourite pieces of all-time is Voice of Fire: the popular opposition to its acquisition by the National Gallery being a fun part of the story.

Note: I am posting photos from the mini-vacation part of our time in Montréal out of order. The first six rolls I exposed while there were all in colour and I still need to mix more colour developer. Since I can only lift so much and stand for so long, this will take a little time.

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