Film and Riopelle: Joan Mitchell, une femme dans l’abstraction [Joan Mitchell, A Woman in Abstraction]

Join us for a screening of the film Joan Mitchell, une femme dans l’abstraction in conjunction with the exhibition Riopelle: Crossroads in Time. 

Joan Mitchell was one of the greatest American abstract painters of the post-war period, and was one of the few women to make her mark in the male-dominated art world of the time, winning acclaim in both Europe and North America. After moving to France from New York City in the late 1950s, she had a passionate and tumultuous long-term love affair with artist Jean Paul Riopelle. She died in Paris in 1992, at the age of sixty-seven.

In French and English with English and French subtitles.
Free event. Drop-in activity. No registration needed.

This screening is presented by the National Arts Centre French Theatre and the National Gallery of Canada, in association with the International Festival of Films on Art.