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Expansion of the Museum of Contemporary Art | Quebec and Ottawa add 56 million
The two levels of government, federal and provincial, will inject an additional 56 million into the expansion project of the Museum of Contemporary Art, financing the work to the tune…
Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art expansion project will cost more than $110 million
A new version of the renovation and expansion project at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) raises the forecast for construction costs to more than $110 million, according to…
Emmanuel Macron salutes the memory of “a major figure in contemporary Italy”
Silvio Berlusconi died Monday, June 12, from leukemia. The 86-year-old former President of the Italian Council had been hospitalized for a few days at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. Emmanuel…
“It is completely unprecedented in the contemporary era” that a vice-president is running against his former president, judges a specialist in the United States
Mike Pence, the former vice-president of Donald Trump, announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination on Monday and therefore challenges his former president. “There is a personal estrangement, it is…
Death of Kaija Saariaho, great lady of contemporary music
A page of contemporary music is closing: the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, considered one of the greatest of her time, died Friday in Paris at the age of 70. Suffering…
Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art | Continue to shine, while waiting to take back our place
It seems important to me today to take a moment to correct certain erroneous information circulating about the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) at a time when the Museum…
Who cares about the Museum of Contemporary Art?
In May 2019, employees of the Louvre Museum in Paris went on a day-long strike. A single day that aroused public anger and resulted in numerous media reports. Posted at…
The Museum of Contemporary Art and access to the national collection
“Warning: our collection is unfortunately not accessible from our temporary space at Place Ville Marie”. This warning to visitors appears on the website of the Musée d’art contemporain (MAC), which…
Giverny Foundation for Contemporary Art | The necessary sharing of François Rochon
The Giverny Capital Collection, built by collector François Rochon, inherited a setting at Ateliers 3333, near the Saint-Michel metro station in Montreal. By appointment, you can admire 22 works of…
Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art | The poetry of Lili Reynaud-Dewar
The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal hits hard with the sculptures and videos of Lili Reynaud-Dewar. Creating complex, theoretical and poetic works – nourished by literature and activism – the…
Victoriaville International Contemporary Music Festival | In Victo, a page turns
After 41 years at the helm, Michel Levasseur is leaving the Festival international de musique contemporaine de Victoriaville. Who can succeed him? Posted at 12:55 a.m. Updated at 9:00 a.m.…
Great Canadian Ballets | The love of contemporary dance
Four young choreographers. Four contemporary dance pieces. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens concocts an evening of discovery under the sign of free movement, Ultraviolet. Posted at 6:00 a.m. “Over time, we…
MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award | Five winners instead of one
Having changed its formula of rewarding a single winner each year, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) has just announced that it is awarding its 2023 Prize in…
the Union of contemporary music expresses its “anger” and asks Emmanuel Macron to “intervene”
The director of the Current Music Union, Aurélie Hannedouche, is worried about the threats from Catholic and traditionalist movements received by Bilal Hassani. She calls for government action to deal…
“This is just a fantasy”: Chiguer’s first contemporary art exhibition at the Belgo
Combining BGL, Pierre Ayot, Cozic and Gilles Mihalcean, among other big names, the very first exhibition of Chiguer contemporary art at the Belgo indeed evokes fantasy. High in color and…
Contemporary Art Museum of the Laurentians | Michel Beaudry’s animal challenge
Animal sculptor Michel Beaudry exhibits a selection of his works on the occasion of his first museum solo at the Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides, in Saint-Jérôme. Designing life-size animals,…
How the American “unicorn” Masterworks intends to democratize the contemporary art market
The company founded in 2017 offers to invest shares in works by Banksy, Andy Warhol or even Picasso, as one buys shares on the stock market. The minimum investment is…
Victoriaville International Contemporary Music Festival deprived of its largest venue
Only four months before holding his 39e edition, the Festival international de musique contemporaine de Victoriaville (FIMAV) takes a hard hit: the flagship event for creative and improvisational music in…
Russell Banks, one of America’s great contemporary novelists, dies at 82
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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts | A new look at the Contemporary Art Society
In its Claire and Marc Bourgie Canadian and Quebec art pavilion, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) has reorganized the section devoted to the Contemporary Art Society of Montreal…