Launching a new series of catalogues that document its fine arts collections, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has published the first volume -- dedicated to art from Canada, and especially Quebec -- in conjunction with the opening of its new Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion of Quebec and Canadian Art (see Worldwide 75505). On the opposite side of the spectrum (and the country) lies the Rennie Collection at Wing Sang, one of the largest collections of international contemporary art in Canada with many of its works regularly on loan to major museums; one of its latest catalogues presents recent works and performances by renowned British artist Martin Creed (Worldwide 75612).

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Those who will be attending the ARLIS conference in Toronto are in luck: the Art Gallery of Ontario is currently hosting several exhibitions, including shows on Iain Baxter& (Worldwide 34322) and on Jack Chambers (Worldwide 34312). Among the more unusual publications this month is an exhibition catalogue from the AGO documenting an inaugural show by Canadian artist Iris Häussler that ran from November 2008 to June 2010 and presented a complex narrative describing a fictional history of the newly renovated Grange, an historical building that is part of the gallery complex (see Worldwide 75550). Toronto is also home to Twenty + Change, a project aimed at identifying emerging Canadian design and architecture firms; 2011 marked the third edition of this biennial exhibition (see Worldwide 75618).