Growing up driving from downtown out to the West Island we always wondered about the sculpture garden that looms with disconnected architectural detail, beautifully lit at night beside the highway. I had picnics in the CCA sculpture garden before I ever stepped foot inside, and this si still one of my favourite places in town to dine outside. In the past years the CCA has made a concerted effort to do events that connect with the arts community here in Montreal so now it's common to see a pack of friends making their way through the strange gate and parking expanse to get in the doors that look like a back exit in order to drink the free wine and shmooze to the tunes at the regular vernissages held here.
Empty your glass then go explore the show - sometimes a bit dry if you're in party mode - but a real attempt is being made here to exhibit ways of thinking about built spaces, city life and the designs we inhabit and the ways generations of people and cultures have thought about how the world should be shaped.
The library is lovely, and the reading rooms are dreamy too.