Press room
What others write about us
This is the only page on the site whose content we do not write. 16 pieces, from 14 outlets, each linked to its source: everything here can be checked.
Le Devoir · Le Journal de Montréal · MTL Blog · Tourisme Montréal · Hotel Gault · Cirque du Soleil · The Main · Canal M · Lien Multimédia · Le Petit Journal · La Presse · CBC News · Radio-Canada · Reflet de Société
PickArt, Tindart — the Tinder of art, in short
The name changes from one paper to the next, the idea does not: swipe through works, keep the ones that speak to you, and the matching artist appears. It is our flagship feature, and it is how the press most often finds us.
Le Devoir · Visual arts
Prendre rendez-vous avec un artiste d'ici
Launched by a Montréal gallery, the PickArt platform puts local artists directly in touch with potential clients.
August 6, 2026 · Roxanne Léouzon
Le Journal de Montréal · Arts
Cet audacieux « Tinder de l'art » jumelle des artistes à des clients potentiels qui aiment leur style
Swiping applied to artworks: keep what you like, and the artist who matches appears.
December 31, 2025
Our galleries and events
Two addresses in Montréal, in Old Montréal and on the Plateau-Mont-Royal, free to walk into. Guides, tourism boards and magazines write about them as a place you enter, not just a window.
Tourisme Montréal · Official guide
Where to gallery hop and buy art in Montréal
L'Original among the addresses the tourism board recommends for buying art in Montréal.
2024
Hotel Gault · Selection
10 Best Art Galleries in Old Montreal
Ranked among the ten best galleries in Old Montréal.
2023
The Main · Places
Galerie d'art L'Original : street art urbain montréalais
The city guide lists us among the urban-art addresses worth knowing in Montréal.
2023
Cirque du Soleil · Discoveries
Une galerie d'art à Montréal
The Cirque du Soleil blog stops by our walls.
2021
MTL Blog · City guide
A Montreal art gallery is opening where you can wear the art
A gallery where art steps out of the frame, all the way onto clothing.
2020
Profiles of people and practices
The artists, the model, the people. These pieces are not about a product: they tell what a gallery representing living painters actually does, and what it changes for them.
Le Petit Journal · Profile
Dorian Verdier : réinventer l'art par l'entrepreneuriat
"When someone comes in with their work, it isn't a product. It's a piece of their soul."
2026
La Presse · Visual arts
Artistes de rue montréalais : hommage aux pionniers
A tribute to the pioneers of Montréal's urban art and to those keeping it alive today.
February 2, 2023
CBC News · Culture
What Zïlon's death tells us about how artists are seen
On Zïlon's legacy and the place of street artists in Montréal.
2023
Radio-Canada · Arts
Le graffiteur montréalais Zïlon est mort
The passing of a figure of Montréal urban art, shown in our walls during his lifetime.
2023
La Presse · Photo essay
L'empreinte de l'art dans les objets du quotidien
When art moves into everyday objects and gives them a second life.
August 8, 2022
Lien Multimédia · Cultural industries
L'Original dans Lien Multimédia
The cultural-industries trade press looks at the model.
2022
Reflet de Société · Impact
L'Original : de l'art engagé et écolo
A model of socially engaged, eco-responsible art.
2022
Canal M · Radio interview
Les Faramineux
Radio interview on the gallery and on what representing living artists changes.
December 15, 2021
La Presse · Sustainability
Un pied de nez au capitalisme pour les Fêtes
A greener, more human way to consume art for the holidays.
December 13, 2021
Local Gallery
About L'Original
The local gallery: artists from here, in every city we open in.
L'Original is a local original-art gallery in Montréal. A non-profit founded in 2017, it represents more than 738 living artists — painters, muralists, street artists — and sells their signed original works, never mass reproductions. It runs two galleries open to all, in Old Montréal and on the Plateau-Mont-Royal, and has painted 1,200 murals worldwide. Its PickArt platform puts artists directly in touch with the people who want to buy a work or have one made to measure.
Our two addresses
- Old Montréal — 163 rue Saint-Paul Ouest, Montréal H2Y 1Z5
- Plateau-Mont-Royal — 4455 rue Saint-Denis, Montréal H2J 2L2
What we do
Local original-art gallery · Street art and urban art · Commissioned murals · Living Montréal artists · Buying original artworks
How to name us
How to name us: « L'Original » on first mention, « L'Original Art Gallery » in English thereafter. Our flagship feature is written « PickArt », with two capitals.
The name also appears as Loriginal, loriginal.org, Galerie L'Original, L'Original Gallery, L'Original Art Gallery, Galerie d'art L'Original, L'Original — galerie-atelier. They all refer to the same gallery.
Check us
Writing about us?
Both galleries are free to visit, the artists can be met on site, and we answer interview requests. Write to us and we will provide visuals and information.