Jean Paul Riopelle
Cost of Québec City museum’s Jean Paul Riopelle pavilion nearly doubles
The original budget for the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec’s Espace Riopelle addition was $42.5m, but now as construction begins it has ballooned to $84m
Works by Canadian abstractionist Jean-Paul Riopelle rack up $8m at Heffel’s evening sale in Toronto
The two-part auction, coinciding with the centenary of Riopelle's birth, took in $17.2m in total
Canada’s new two-dollar coin features detail of Jean Paul Riopelle painting
Three million of the coins, affectionately known as “toonies”, will go into circulation to mark the artist’s centennial
Shows, plays and pavilions at home and abroad mark Canadian modernist Jean Paul Riopelle's centennial
The pioneering abstract painter’s legacy will be front and centre in Montréal, Ottawa, Paris and elsewhere
National Gallery of Canada reopens after tumultuous end to 2022
From an exhibition celebrating Canadian women artists to a major centennial retrospective of Jean Paul Riopelle, the museum has ambitious plans for 2023
Québec City museum picks design for $42.5m new pavilion devoted to Jean Paul Riopelle
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec has selected Montreal-based firm Les Architectes Fabg to design a pavilion to house its collection of Riopelle works, the largest in the world
Museum devoted to Jean Paul Riopelle planned for remote Quebec island
The museum, proposed by the artist’s widow, would cost $3.3m and is to be situated on scenic island in the St. Lawrence river
Riopelle outshines Motherwell at Canadian auction house Heffel’s major spring sales
The auctions also saw major results for Alex Colville and Emily Carr, and a new auction record for Rita Letendre
Jean Paul Riopelle abstract canvas sells for a record-setting C$7.4m
Although comparisons have been drawn to Jackson Pollock but, the Montreal-born painter “felt no special affinities” to the Abstract Expressionist's work