41st Edition of the International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul

Official Opening

Anne Beauchemin

Artistic Director

Anne Beauchemin

Anne Beauchemin is an art historian, independent curator and part-time university instructor (Université de Laval). She has written the first analysis of the history of the Symposium, covering the years 1982-1999 and 2000-2011. In 2013, she published Le Symposium international d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul: L’art en pensée et en actes.

Françoise Sullivan

Honorary President

Françoise Sullivan

We are honoured to welcome Françoise Sullivan as our Honorary President in this year that marks her 100th birthday. This versatile and unique artist has left her mark in dance, sculpture, conceptual art and painting in Quebec. We celebrate this prolific artist and her contribution to the art world.

Brief History

Founded in 1982 by Françoise Labbé under the name of the International Symposium of Young Painting in Canada, the International Contemporary Art Symposium of Baie-Saint-Paul is a unique event in Quebec, recognized both in Canada and abroad.

Art: Our Passion!

A live creation experience: thirteen artists at work, from Quebec, Montreal and elsewhere in Quebec, as well as Canada, the United States and from everywhere around the world !

2023

Theme of the edition

2023

Program

July 2023
August 2023

Opening

Friday, July 28th
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7h00 PM

Opening

Official Opening

Jacques St-Gelais Tremblay pavilion of the MACBSP

The 41st edition of the Symposium will launch on 28 July at 7:00 p ...

Lecture

Saturday, July 29th
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4h30 PM

Lecture - Public talk by Gilles Daigneault

Françoise Sullivan : une femme libre

Jacques St-Gelais Tremblay pavilion of the MACBSP

The art critic Gilles Daigneault will pay tribute to Françoise Sullivan, a major figure in the visual arts in Quebec, and to her prolific and protean body of work in several artistic disciplines: dance, sculpture, painting, photography and installation ...