The following suggestions relate to works having direct or indirect links with Refus global, Paul-Émile Borduas and the Automatists or which are freely inspired by them.
The children of Refus global by Manon Barbeau
Barbeau, free like the art of Manon Barbeau
Paul-Emile Borduas (1905-1960) by Jacques Godbout
Riopelle by Marianne Feaver and Pierre Letarte
Ferron, Marcelle by Monique Crouilliere
Global refusal (1948-1998): the quest for freedom
Refus global by Paul-Émile Borduas, with a preface by Sophie Dubois (Boréal, 2023)
The Fleeing Woman by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (Leaf Merchant)
The women of Refus global by Patricia Smart (Boréal)
Refus global: story of a partial reception of Sophie Dubois (Presses de l’Université de Montréal)
Echoes of Jonathan Mayer’s Global Refusal (Michel Brûlé)
Refus global and its surroundings: 1948-1988 by André-Gilles Bourassa (Ministry of Cultural Affairs)
Chronicle of the Quebec Automatist movement (1941-1954) by François-Marc Gagnon (Lanctôt Éditeur)
The black star, The ashes of Correlieu and The dead room, romantic trilogy by Gilbert Dupuis (VLB)
Global acceptance, crazy essay by François Benoit and Philippe Chauveau (Boréal)
The Riopelle project by Robert Lepage/Ex Machina
Oranges are green by Claude Gauvreau
Manifesto to Paul-Émile Borduas (2011) by Thomas Csano, in collaboration with Luc Saucier: two murals of 50 square meters each in the passage connecting Saint-Denis Street and the back of the Grande Bibliothèque, in Montreal
Verre-screen (1968): stained glass window by Marcelle Ferron installed at the Champ-de-Mars metro station. Several works of public art by Marcelle Ferron are installed in Quebec.
La Joute (1970) by Jean Paul Riopelle: sculpture-fountain installed in the Quartier international de Montréal, between the Palais des Congrès and the head office of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
