What marked the year 2023 in the artistic world? This is the question we asked our journalists and columnists.
Taylor, Céline and Moman
Overview of a year filled with subscriptions to digital platforms, supersonic pop songs and iconic television returns with our columnist Hugo Dumas.
The year of all battles
“Media crisis, public desertion, history of prejudices about the Quebec accent, the year 2023 was that of several struggles. Through this, Michel Houellebecq, Buffy Sainte-Marie and La Zarra have made headlines. And not for the right reasons! » explains our columnist Mario Girard.
The joy of a Medici, the misfortunes of the media
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Kevin Lambert poses after receiving the Medici Prize in Paris in November.
Sure values, disappearances, gossip and triumphs against a backdrop of media crisis. Here is Chantal Guy’s 2023 retrospective.
The big departures
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Xavier Dolan at the Montreal premiere of Matthias and Maximein 2019
“It was a year of big departures in the seventh art, starting with those of actor Michel Côté, our colleague and friend Marc-André Lussier, and Xavier Dolan, who is stopping cinema,” writes our columnist Marc Cassivi.
Our critics’ favorites
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Françoise Sullivan at the Museum of Fine Arts, October 30
A year where there were many favorites for our journalists who had to cover significant and even moving events.