The Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal is a Canada-based ultra-modern gallery that is specifically located in Montreal, Quebec. The museum was established over five decades ago, particularly in 1964, as Canada’s first ever ultra-modern art center. In terms of mission, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal is dedicated to revealing to the world the crucial position that the present-day art holds in the community. Some of its collections include the Hito Steyerl of 2014, Jean-Pierre Gauthier of 2013-2014, and Jon Rafman of 2014 among others (MAC, 2018). In addition to presenting two important exhibitions at the gallery, this paper will further demonstrate the significance of the museum’s mission statement while at the same time highlighting how it has enhanced the definition of contemporary art through its artifacts. Mission The need for preserving heritage has been the driving force and mission that led to the establishment of the famous Canadian museum (Lauzon, 2016). The Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal’s mission is important because it emphasizes the need to confirm to the word that contemporary art has a central role to play in terms of presenting and preserving societies’ culture and nature. The mission has been significant to the residents of Montreal, Quebec, and the entire Canada because it has helped to assemble local and global performers who have demonstrated their artistic talents to the extent of attracting visitors from within the region or country and even overseas. Hence, the region within which the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal is situated has gained from its interactions with diverse cultures, thanks to the museum’s embracement of its mission of availing outstanding discoveries, including the ever-transforming, innovative and the least anticipated but memorable experiences. Exhibitions Leonard Cohen forms part of the most important exhibitions in the Montreal-based museum. The image below shows a part of this exhibition.   * Title: Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything   * Date: (9/11/2017-9/4/2018)   * Theme: The exhibition’s theme is humanity’s imperfections that cut across all areas of people’s lives. Such imperfections pave the way for rejuvenation   * Source: (Barone, 2017) The exhibition revolves around Leonard Cohen’s years and profession as a visual artist before he met his death. He influenced many artists during his time. Some of the songwriters and performers who benefited from Leonard Cohen include his son, Leonard Cohen, who is currently a renowned instrumentalist in Canada, having released albums such as We Go Home and Like a Man among others (McLean, 2014). According to Kelly, other artists who attribute their expertise to Leonard Cohen include Neema, the writer of the song Painting My Wall Gold . Appendix 1 shows artworks presented in this exhibition. “There is a Crack in Everything” is an important exhibition that reveals to the world that imperfections in people’s lives may be a blessing in disguise. The multi-faceted presentation will pave the way for global and local songwriters and other artists to showcase assorted collections of their novel artworks, thanks to the motivation they achieved from Leonard Cohen’s