Permanent exhibition
At l'Observatoire

  • Wanda Koop, Look Up, 2008 (detail) Oil on wood. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Blouin-Division, Montreal. Photo: Maxime Brouillet.

  • Exhibition view of the Observatory. Left to right: Guy Pellerin (detail) and Roland Poulin. Photo: Maxime Brouillet.

  • Olafur Eliasson, Round Rainbow, 2005. Acrylic glass, HMI light, motor, ring on tripod. Courtesy of the artist Photo: Maxime Brouillet.

  • Exhibition view of l'Observatoire, Shefford. Left to right: Stéphane La rue (detail), Scott Lyall (detail), Marc Séguin (detail) and Pierre Dorion. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Maxime Brouillet.

Reopening in spring 2025

With its 5,000 sq. ft. in the heart of Shefford Mountain, L'Observatoire is a contemporary setting for a permanent exhibition that mirrors an era; it is this quest for the beautiful, the great and the historic that guides the singular collector behind this project, François Rochon, towards the artists of his time, here and abroad.

L’Observatoire presents an overview of the Giverny Capital Collection and brings together the work of 55 artists including Richard Long, Rodney Graham, Ron Terada, Sophie Calle, Michael Snow, William Kentridge, Julia Dault, Doris Salcedo, Anne Truitt, Roni Horn, Olafur Eliasson, Nicolas Baier, Pierre Dorion, Jocelyne Aloucherie, Edmund Alleyn and Manuel Mathieu.

The picturesque location is also home to a unique sculpture garden, which includes a site-specific installation by James Turrell, and works by George Segal, Roland Poulin and Alicja Kwade.

The site is open to the public from May to autumn, by appointment.

The site is open to the public from May to autumn, by appointment. The sculpture garden is open to the public if the weather allows it. 

Ron Terada, Five Coloured Words in Neon, 2003. Red, orange, yellow, blue and green neon. Courtesy of the artist and Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver. Photo: Maxime Brouillet.

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