THE FUTURE OF THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS By Bernard Bujold
There is a fundamental question about the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Who owns the institution?
In legal terms, it is a "semi-private" museum.
The definition is important because let's take the case of La Presse or Cirque du Soleil. Two Montreal institutions that are privately owned. No one could stop the owners from doing what they wanted with it.
In the case of the MBAM, who can decide its situation and its future?
Suppose, theoretically, that the Board of Directors and its president decide to sell all the permanent collections to an outside organization and decide that the Museum should instead become a large temporary exhibition hall without a collection of its own, like Place des Arts, which does not owns any shows?
In reality, Nathalie Bondil's dismissal is a bit like the transformation of La Presse into a non-profit organization or the sale of the Cirque to financiers. Indeed, Nathalie's departure could also mean a definitive change in the institution's vocation, just as it did at La Presse and Cirque.
In the end, nothing is ever impossible and the question is: "Who can decide the life and death of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts?"
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