Founded in 1998 by Claude Gosselin the Biennale is administered from 1998 to 2011 by the International Contemporary Art of Montreal Center (CWC).
[1] During its almost twenty years of operation, the BNL MTL brings together artists from the visual arts, landscape architecture, graphic design or object, video and film, creating a place of exchange and debate including seminars and conferences and a wide program of educational activities .
The mission of La Biennale de Montréal is to foster, support, interpret and disseminate the most current visual arts practices by producing the biennial event BNLMTL.
In this way, La Biennale de Montréal offers a wide audience a privileged opportunity to grasp the esthetic and social issues addressed by today’s art.
Its goal is to support the most daring, thought-provoking art practices and curatorial projects while offering the public a diversity of experiences.