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I'm not quite certain how to interpret this, but Richard McClintock got sentenced to two years in prison, less one day after being found guilty of forging a bunch of paintings.
The reason I am uncertain has everything to do with the nature of the reporting. In yesterday's Le Soleil, Guy Benjamin writes that he forged 90 paintings by more than 20 different painters, and that an art collector from Toronto spent $600 thinking they were getting a bargain.
But back in January, Sylvain Trépanier from the Journal du Quebec wrote that the 90 paintings had a value of $1,500,000, or about $17,000/each. And that he was being accused of selling two fake Marcel Barbeau paintings for $3,500/each.
Richard Hénault of Le Soleil wrote last January that McClintock forged 73 paintings by 25 different artists, but didn't mention prices or value.
Éric Thibault of the Journal du Quebec also writes about 73 paintings by 25 different artists, however he does mention certain details, such as the names of two galleries, who I presume bought the fake Barbeau's: Galerie Aux Maîtres Anciens and Galerie L'Art Ancien.
Rene Bruemmer, writing in The Gazette, mentions selling two paintings to unnamed Montreal art galleries at a price of $25,000/each, and increases the total amount of forged paintings to 80.
At some point I'm going to have to go find the judgment and corresponding documents and perhaps talk to someone involved with the Sûreté du Québec's équipe d’enquête sur les crimes en matière d’œuvres d’art if I want to get to the bottom of this and figure out what really happened.
[Update a couple of hours later: In Germany, Petra Kujau, was fined $380,000 this week and given a two-year suspended sentence for selling 300 fake forgeries! - via Museum Security Network]
Friday, September 10, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
American Art World Monopoly
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It's a holiday Monday here, so you're going to have to go outside and play today... However, since I hear the weather isn't as nice in some other places as it here, for those of you who have rain and/or cold, stay inside and play American Art World Monopoly.
[via Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin from Joanne Mettera]
It's a holiday Monday here, so you're going to have to go outside and play today... However, since I hear the weather isn't as nice in some other places as it here, for those of you who have rain and/or cold, stay inside and play American Art World Monopoly.
[via Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin from Joanne Mettera]
Friday, September 3, 2010
Tom Wesselmann coming to the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
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It is a good thing I read the fine print. According to Steven Rosen of Cincinnati's City Beat (their equivalent of the Montreal Mirror) we're going to be getting a major retrospective on the art of Tom Wesselmann. My guess would be fall 2011 or winter 2012.
But what a difference a museum director makes. With the previous director, Guy Cogeval, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal collaborated on major retrospectives with other museums like The Hermitage and the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Now it does deals with places (no dis-respect intended) like the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (did you know that Cincinnati isn't even the largest town in Ohio? And Richmond isn't the largest town in Virginia, either)
It is a good thing I read the fine print. According to Steven Rosen of Cincinnati's City Beat (their equivalent of the Montreal Mirror) we're going to be getting a major retrospective on the art of Tom Wesselmann. My guess would be fall 2011 or winter 2012.
But what a difference a museum director makes. With the previous director, Guy Cogeval, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal collaborated on major retrospectives with other museums like The Hermitage and the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Now it does deals with places (no dis-respect intended) like the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (did you know that Cincinnati isn't even the largest town in Ohio? And Richmond isn't the largest town in Virginia, either)
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Buying art on Kijiji
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Came across this listing. Some red flags were waving and I figured I would share them here. A) Why is the smaller painting more expensive? B) In the same way that you wouldn't buy a used car without having a mechanic give it complete check-up, don't buy art without having someone familiar with the artist's work authenticate it (complete with guarantee) and C) definitely meet the seller in person and face-to-face so that you can see if the paintings are damaged in any way.
Came across this listing. Some red flags were waving and I figured I would share them here. A) Why is the smaller painting more expensive? B) In the same way that you wouldn't buy a used car without having a mechanic give it complete check-up, don't buy art without having someone familiar with the artist's work authenticate it (complete with guarantee) and C) definitely meet the seller in person and face-to-face so that you can see if the paintings are damaged in any way.
Garage Doors in Quebec City
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There's a great blog about 250 km north east of here. It's called Monuments de Québec, and earlier this week they went into full on silly season mode and posted about some kick-ass garage doors up there.
There's a great blog about 250 km north east of here. It's called Monuments de Québec, and earlier this week they went into full on silly season mode and posted about some kick-ass garage doors up there.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Legit Art or Guerrilla Advertising?
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A (mostly) nicely done article - I'm not a fan of the lede, but everything else is top notch - by Susan Krashinsky about the current trend in largish Canadian cities of showing 'art' in unused advertising inventory.
A (mostly) nicely done article - I'm not a fan of the lede, but everything else is top notch - by Susan Krashinsky about the current trend in largish Canadian cities of showing 'art' in unused advertising inventory.
"I nearly fainted. This is the place it’s supposed to be."
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A feel good story about a mural by Umberto Bruni and Thor Hansen. And the Google street view of where it used to be...
A feel good story about a mural by Umberto Bruni and Thor Hansen. And the Google street view of where it used to be...
Brain Drain Alert (although is Cleveland really better than Ottawa?)
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Last Friday David Franklin, the now ex-deputy director and chief curator at the National Gallery got named head honcho at the Cleveland Museum Art. While the Cleveland Museum Art is most definitely head, hands and shoulders above the National Gallery, I'm not so certain that I would say the same thing about Cleveland vs. Ottawa, although it truly is in my mind a battle for the bottom.
The Wall Street Journal's take, ArtInfo.com mentions the 2008 tempest in a teapot about some deleted emails, and the rest of the articles about the appointment via Google News.
Last Friday David Franklin, the now ex-deputy director and chief curator at the National Gallery got named head honcho at the Cleveland Museum Art. While the Cleveland Museum Art is most definitely head, hands and shoulders above the National Gallery, I'm not so certain that I would say the same thing about Cleveland vs. Ottawa, although it truly is in my mind a battle for the bottom.
The Wall Street Journal's take, ArtInfo.com mentions the 2008 tempest in a teapot about some deleted emails, and the rest of the articles about the appointment via Google News.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Episode 110: Ces artistes qui impriment - Un regard sur l'estampe au Québec depuis 1980 [Zeke's Alternate Art Rave]
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Episode 110 [15:36]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand discussing the exhibit Ces artistes qui impriment - Un regard sur l'estampe au Québec depuis 1980 at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec with Lisyan Pieries.
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Episode 110 [15:36]
Download: MP3 20MB / FLAC 147MB / Ogg Vorbis 11MB or Stream
Chris 'Zeke' Hand discussing the exhibit Ces artistes qui impriment - Un regard sur l'estampe au Québec depuis 1980 at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec with Lisyan Pieries.
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Nathalie Petrowski is wrong, wrong, and wrong
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I'm just about caught up with my backlog, woo-hoo! It obviously was a slow news day on Tuesday, because Nathalie Petrowski wrote about a decision that Hydro-Quebec made, like, in May or something. basically they have decided to go anti-art and have stopped spending the approximately $200K/year that they used to on Quebecois art.
Ms. Petrowski parrots the party line of AGAC (and I would presume RAAV, and all the other arts organizations) and laments the fact that they have, quote, unquote, stopped buying art.
First of all, I would presume that Hydro-Quebec has stopped buying art as much as they have stopped buying desks and chairs. For tax purposes, here in Quebec (and Canada) art is considered to be like furniture, and I can't imagine that some newly minted associate vice-president of raping and pillaging virgin forest is going to accept a hand me down desk, nor do I think that said VP would accept someone else's aesthetic choices on the walls of their office. I could imagine that Hydro-Quebec has stopped buying art in the organized fashion that they used to, quite possibly because they either want to get rid of their curator, or he is retiring or some other internal political reason like that.
Secondly, if all they used to spend was a piddly $200,000, then in my eyes, they were bring Quebecois art down, and keeping it down. Yes, in the 60s, 70s, and 80s getting your work in the Hydro-Quebec art collection was quite the feather in your hat. But these days, $200K doesn't go as far as it used to. And I would go so far as to venture that Quebecois Art would be better served by being forced to find better buyers.
Sort of similar to that first time when you say to your mom, "I'd love to sell you this painting as well, but in actual fact there is someone else out there who likes it and is willing to pay three times what I would sell it to you for. Yes, I love you mom, but at some point the apron strings need to be broken."
Edit [9h]: Never mind, everything is ok.
I'm just about caught up with my backlog, woo-hoo! It obviously was a slow news day on Tuesday, because Nathalie Petrowski wrote about a decision that Hydro-Quebec made, like, in May or something. basically they have decided to go anti-art and have stopped spending the approximately $200K/year that they used to on Quebecois art.
Ms. Petrowski parrots the party line of AGAC (and I would presume RAAV, and all the other arts organizations) and laments the fact that they have, quote, unquote, stopped buying art.
First of all, I would presume that Hydro-Quebec has stopped buying art as much as they have stopped buying desks and chairs. For tax purposes, here in Quebec (and Canada) art is considered to be like furniture, and I can't imagine that some newly minted associate vice-president of raping and pillaging virgin forest is going to accept a hand me down desk, nor do I think that said VP would accept someone else's aesthetic choices on the walls of their office. I could imagine that Hydro-Quebec has stopped buying art in the organized fashion that they used to, quite possibly because they either want to get rid of their curator, or he is retiring or some other internal political reason like that.
Secondly, if all they used to spend was a piddly $200,000, then in my eyes, they were bring Quebecois art down, and keeping it down. Yes, in the 60s, 70s, and 80s getting your work in the Hydro-Quebec art collection was quite the feather in your hat. But these days, $200K doesn't go as far as it used to. And I would go so far as to venture that Quebecois Art would be better served by being forced to find better buyers.
Sort of similar to that first time when you say to your mom, "I'd love to sell you this painting as well, but in actual fact there is someone else out there who likes it and is willing to pay three times what I would sell it to you for. Yes, I love you mom, but at some point the apron strings need to be broken."
Edit [9h]: Never mind, everything is ok.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The Bernier-Thibault Residence gets written up in Art You Know
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Except it was a case of Art I Did Not Know (scroll down beyond the pictures to read about it). So I did some digging...
Paul Bernier's website, which feature the house prominently. And the Google Street view that put it all in context for me.
Except it was a case of Art I Did Not Know (scroll down beyond the pictures to read about it). So I did some digging...
Paul Bernier's website, which feature the house prominently. And the Google Street view that put it all in context for me.
Phyllis Lambert makes it into the Wall Street Journal
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I'm not entirely clear on what made her newsworthy last week, but I kind of got a kick out of the line, "...says Ms. Lambert, who will rarely agree with a statement if she can contradict it instead."
I'm not entirely clear on what made her newsworthy last week, but I kind of got a kick out of the line, "...says Ms. Lambert, who will rarely agree with a statement if she can contradict it instead."
I gotta go find the Babcock & Wilcox boiler factory...
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Ken Kaminsky finds some really cool places here in Montreal and then photographs them. Dramatically.
And as an added bonus, he knows how to write about his pictures very effectively as well.
Ken Kaminsky finds some really cool places here in Montreal and then photographs them. Dramatically.
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And as an added bonus, he knows how to write about his pictures very effectively as well.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
CTV Montreal goes to the Laurentians for the first time
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Maya Johnson doesn't do much research. While it is all fine and dandy (actually really good) to cover the Route des Arts on TV, and she probably made an awful lot of people very happy, her first sentence (the lede) is A unique open-air exhibit is giving art lovers a chance to tour the Laurentians, while some artists display their work in makeshift galleries in their own rural backyards.
Ummm, (Memphrémagog, Saint-Plantaire) unique my eye.
Maya Johnson doesn't do much research. While it is all fine and dandy (actually really good) to cover the Route des Arts on TV, and she probably made an awful lot of people very happy, her first sentence (the lede) is A unique open-air exhibit is giving art lovers a chance to tour the Laurentians, while some artists display their work in makeshift galleries in their own rural backyards.
Ummm, (Memphrémagog, Saint-Plantaire) unique my eye.
Attendance Figures at Québec Museums in 2009
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Earlier this month the Institut de la statistique du Québec and the Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec came out with Attendance Figures at Québec Museums in 2009. Back in April, The Art Newspaper came out with Exhibition and museum attendance figures 2009 [pdf alert].
I have a couple of questions: 1. What does the Québec government do that requires an extra four months? 2. Why didn't the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal tell the government that in fact the Robert Polidori exhibit was Polidori along with Christine Davis and Spring Hurlbut as they did to the Art Newspaper? And 3. Why doesn't the Musée de la civilisation report to the Art Newspaper as well? (If Egypt: the Great Civilisation can make the Top 30, then I would imagine that Fascinantes Momies d’Égypte should be on the list as well.)
Earlier this month the Institut de la statistique du Québec and the Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec came out with Attendance Figures at Québec Museums in 2009. Back in April, The Art Newspaper came out with Exhibition and museum attendance figures 2009 [pdf alert].
I have a couple of questions: 1. What does the Québec government do that requires an extra four months? 2. Why didn't the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal tell the government that in fact the Robert Polidori exhibit was Polidori along with Christine Davis and Spring Hurlbut as they did to the Art Newspaper? And 3. Why doesn't the Musée de la civilisation report to the Art Newspaper as well? (If Egypt: the Great Civilisation can make the Top 30, then I would imagine that Fascinantes Momies d’Égypte should be on the list as well.)
Monastiraki Robbed
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This one can be classified under really sucky news. I just found out that after the last vernissage, Monastiraki was robbed. Why I had to learn about it from an Ottawa blog, I have no clue.
This one can be classified under really sucky news. I just found out that after the last vernissage, Monastiraki was robbed. Why I had to learn about it from an Ottawa blog, I have no clue.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Episode 109: Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter by Tom Bissell [Zeke's Alternate Book Ramble]
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Episode 109 [16:24]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand discussing the book Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
by Tom Bissell with Lisyan Pieries
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Episode 109 [16:24]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand discussing the book Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
by Tom Bissell with Lisyan PieriesListen
Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Jumping in front of paintings
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There's this blog called Jumping in Art Museums, and last month some visitors from Baltimore got a snapshot of their leap while they were in the basement of the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.
There's this blog called Jumping in Art Museums, and last month some visitors from Baltimore got a snapshot of their leap while they were in the basement of the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.
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Better art reporting in Dolbeau-Mistassini than in Montreal
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I've long since stopped reading Voir for their art reporting. But now it has officially becomeridiculous downright horrifying. Two articles; one in Voir on the Femmes artistes, la conquête d'un espace, 1900-1965 exhibit at the Musée d'art de Joliette is 295 words long - or barely enough for the title, the name of the museum, curator and some of the artists. The second article is on an exhibit of the 40 most recent paintings by Harold Savard in Dolbeau-Mistassini, it is 87% longer.
I've long since stopped reading Voir for their art reporting. But now it has officially become
A National Art School in Haiti
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I recently changed my radio listening habits, and the way that Radio-Canada deals with things is a breath of fresh air in comparison to what I used to listen to. Which is a short preamble to the reporting from Haiti that Stéphanie Lapointe did every week on AM. A couple of weeks ago she spoke about art in, during and for the reconstruction of Haiti (I'm still playing catch up with things). It doesn't quite get as much airtime as dance does on AM, but then again Ms. Lapointe did have a regular gig every week.. If you'd like to hear all 9:22 of it, click here.
I recently changed my radio listening habits, and the way that Radio-Canada deals with things is a breath of fresh air in comparison to what I used to listen to. Which is a short preamble to the reporting from Haiti that Stéphanie Lapointe did every week on AM. A couple of weeks ago she spoke about art in, during and for the reconstruction of Haiti (I'm still playing catch up with things). It doesn't quite get as much airtime as dance does on AM, but then again Ms. Lapointe did have a regular gig every week.. If you'd like to hear all 9:22 of it, click here.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Episode 108: Smoked Meat Pete's [Zeke's Alternate Smoked Meat Rave]
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Episode 108 [10:24]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand discussing the Smoked Meat at Smoked Meat Pete's with Lisyan Pieries
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Episode 108 [10:24]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand discussing the Smoked Meat at Smoked Meat Pete's with Lisyan Pieries
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The Real Montreal vs. The Montreal Michel Rabagliati drew
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I copped this one from the Drawn & Quarterly blog, but it was too good to just keep to myself.
Michel Rabagliati (the cartoonist behind Paul en appartement, Paul à la pêche, etc.) gets the grand treatment from L'actualité. Christian Blais takes a bunch (15 pages!) of photographs of the places that Rabagliati drew, even better than before and after pix!! Plus there is commentary by Rabagliati as well.
I copped this one from the Drawn & Quarterly blog, but it was too good to just keep to myself.
Michel Rabagliati (the cartoonist behind Paul en appartement, Paul à la pêche, etc.) gets the grand treatment from L'actualité. Christian Blais takes a bunch (15 pages!) of photographs of the places that Rabagliati drew, even better than before and after pix!! Plus there is commentary by Rabagliati as well.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Episode 107: Heritage Montreal's Architectours [Zeke's Alternate Walking Tour Ramble]
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Episode 107 [9:27]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand in discussion with Lisyan Pieries about Heritage Montreal's Architectours.
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Episode 107 [9:27]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand in discussion with Lisyan Pieries about Heritage Montreal's Architectours.
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Some murals in Sherbrooke
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Since I already pointed out some murals in Trois-Rivieres, it only seems fair to do the same for Sherbrooke.
Since I already pointed out some murals in Trois-Rivieres, it only seems fair to do the same for Sherbrooke.
Martine Birobent 'donates' some sculptures to the city of Montréal
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She's got a blog, a flickr account and a video on vimeo about the whole process. But ultimately it comes down to her statement, that she had no more storage space and she thought that the city didn't have enough art...
She's got a blog, a flickr account and a video on vimeo about the whole process. But ultimately it comes down to her statement, that she had no more storage space and she thought that the city didn't have enough art...
If you're going to do something, let people know about it, ok?
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Is it me, or did no one else know that the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal had their own YouTube Channel?
Is it me, or did no one else know that the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal had their own YouTube Channel?
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Plugging Good Stuff: The Montreal Artists Legal Clinic
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If you have any question about art and the law, bring them on down to The Montreal Artists Legal Clinic next Monday, August 9 from 7:30-9:30 pm at the offices of Le Conseil des arts de Montréal (1210 Sherbrooke Est).
If you have any question about art and the law, bring them on down to The Montreal Artists Legal Clinic next Monday, August 9 from 7:30-9:30 pm at the offices of Le Conseil des arts de Montréal (1210 Sherbrooke Est).
Claude Simard another example of why Quebecois Art ain't going nowhere
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Now this one has been done to death. In La Presse, Radio-Canada, and the CBC among others.
From my perspective until the Quebecois Art world cleans up its act (Claude Simard is something like thegazillionth third example of fraud in the art world here that I have heard of in the past five years or so) it ain't going anywhere on the international stage.
Now this one has been done to death. In La Presse, Radio-Canada, and the CBC among others.
From my perspective until the Quebecois Art world cleans up its act (Claude Simard is something like the
Belated Congrats to Benjamin Klein
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I still haven't caught up with all the backlog of things here... But I would be extremely remiss if I didn't in someway acknowledge that Ben Klein got shortlisted for the RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
Woo-Hoo! When do they announce the jury? And when do they announce the winners?
I still haven't caught up with all the backlog of things here... But I would be extremely remiss if I didn't in someway acknowledge that Ben Klein got shortlisted for the RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
Woo-Hoo! When do they announce the jury? And when do they announce the winners?
Stanley Péan doin' some PR work for Radio-Canada
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I can't call it conflict of interest, because M. Péan points it out all over the place that he works for Radio-Canada, but there is still something that makes me uneasy about him calling attention to the We Want Miles show at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal and the audio tour produced by Radio-Canada in parallel with the exhibit.
I think it has to do with him not adding anything of significance. Basically all he says is that 15 listeners joined him on a tour of the exhibition (how's that as a statement on the power of Radio-Canada) and ain't it cool that there is this audio guide.
But then again, I could just be in a lousy mood and looking for someone to pick on...
I can't call it conflict of interest, because M. Péan points it out all over the place that he works for Radio-Canada, but there is still something that makes me uneasy about him calling attention to the We Want Miles show at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal and the audio tour produced by Radio-Canada in parallel with the exhibit.
I think it has to do with him not adding anything of significance. Basically all he says is that 15 listeners joined him on a tour of the exhibition (how's that as a statement on the power of Radio-Canada) and ain't it cool that there is this audio guide.
But then again, I could just be in a lousy mood and looking for someone to pick on...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Julie Andrée T. doin' good in France
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A nice short article promoting Julie Andrée T.'s performances last month (can't you tell I'm still playing catch up) in Avignon.
A nice short article promoting Julie Andrée T.'s performances last month (can't you tell I'm still playing catch up) in Avignon.
Les Impatients looking to shake things up
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I missed it the first time around, but back in July, Les Impatients were successful in convincing Pierre Théberge to join their board of directors. I can only hope that they use his connections wisely.
I missed it the first time around, but back in July, Les Impatients were successful in convincing Pierre Théberge to join their board of directors. I can only hope that they use his connections wisely.
Alex Colville talking to Helen Hutchinson in 1973
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Listen to it here. (thanks to A Portrait of the Visual Arts in Canada for suggesting I browse the CBC archives)
Listen to it here. (thanks to A Portrait of the Visual Arts in Canada for suggesting I browse the CBC archives)
Monday, August 2, 2010
Episode 106: The Anna & Joe Mendel Collection of Studio Glass [Zeke's Alternate Art Ramble]
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Episode 106 [12:07]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand in discussion with Lisyan Pieries about the Anna and Joe Mendel Collection of Studio Glass at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Episode 106 [12:07]
Download: MP3 16MB / FLAC 58MB / Ogg Vorbis 9MB or Stream
Chris 'Zeke' Hand in discussion with Lisyan Pieries about the Anna and Joe Mendel Collection of Studio Glass at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Curatorial Smackdown II: Gallery Lambton
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Stolen in its entirety from Unedit my heart by Leah Sandals (kind of like retweet, but better):
Stolen in its entirety from Unedit my heart by Leah Sandals (kind of like retweet, but better):
Who can resist a title like "Curatorial Smackdown II"? Not I. Gallery Lambton in Sarnia is in the process of mounting its second curatorial competition. What I find interesting about the project is that its blog attempts to document the way curatorial decisions are made—and exhibitions built—in a relatively straightforward way: from wall preparation to selection of works to framing and beyond. While the blog can't rival UFC for smackdown sensations, it certainly is a handy learning tool. Take a look and keep an eye out for the second half of this round coming up August 3, 4 and 5.
Artist in Montreal by Jean Palardy, from 1954
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I'm getting into the embedded video thing...
All about the automatistes in 29 minutes, from the NFB. And a shout out to A Portrait of the Visual Arts in Canada for giving me the idea. Thanks.
I'm getting into the embedded video thing...
All about the automatistes in 29 minutes, from the NFB. And a shout out to A Portrait of the Visual Arts in Canada for giving me the idea. Thanks.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Great Idea, Horrible Website
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Since I'm no longer a teenager, and don't live at home, I missed to call out for the CCA's week long day camp.
But it appears to me that one of the results of the camp was this website. Which I doubt is even navigable to a contemporary teenager. Which is not to say that the content that it hides is not good, just that it is hidden.
Things like a review of Viger Square by Gervais Nash, a great video by Félix Bouchard, and a bunch of other pieces that are probably just as brilliant and wonderful, but completely and utterly hidden in plain site due to bad website design.
Since I'm no longer a teenager, and don't live at home, I missed to call out for the CCA's week long day camp.
But it appears to me that one of the results of the camp was this website. Which I doubt is even navigable to a contemporary teenager. Which is not to say that the content that it hides is not good, just that it is hidden.
Things like a review of Viger Square by Gervais Nash, a great video by Félix Bouchard, and a bunch of other pieces that are probably just as brilliant and wonderful, but completely and utterly hidden in plain site due to bad website design.
Jian talks to Jennie Hogan and makes Andrea ponder deep weighty things...
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A nice post from last week on the possibility of Art replacing Religion. Personally, I don't think so.
A nice post from last week on the possibility of Art replacing Religion. Personally, I don't think so.
Still playing catch up
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But this one is too good to pass up. Dope might be damaging works of art stored in the basement of the Vancouver Art Gallery
But this one is too good to pass up. Dope might be damaging works of art stored in the basement of the Vancouver Art Gallery
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Belated congratulations to Mélanie Joly
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Way beyond my normal irresponsibility (ie; not posting things here for weeks on end) I'm way late in congratulating Mélanie Joly on winning the 2010 Arnold Edinborough Award.
I'm going to try and get her to be an in-studio guest sometime in the near future.
Way beyond my normal irresponsibility (ie; not posting things here for weeks on end) I'm way late in congratulating Mélanie Joly on winning the 2010 Arnold Edinborough Award.
I'm going to try and get her to be an in-studio guest sometime in the near future.
Montréal Champêtre
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An 8 minute video about last month's Montréal Champêtre.
Montréal Champêtre - Cimetière Mont-Royal sur La RPV
envoyé par rogiciel. - Films courts et animations.
An 8 minute video about last month's Montréal Champêtre.
Montréal Champêtre - Cimetière Mont-Royal sur La RPV
envoyé par rogiciel. - Films courts et animations.
Murals & Mu
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Laurence Petit and MU got good press earlier in the month from CTV. All about murals in Montreal.
Laurence Petit and MU got good press earlier in the month from CTV. All about murals in Montreal.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Adad Hannah in Connecticut
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Congrats need to be extended to Mr. Hannah, he's getting closer to making it in New York City. This past spring he had a show at the Aldrich Museum. As far as I can tell, Benjamin Ivry wrote the only review in the Arty-Semite, but there also is an hour long video of him talking.
Congrats need to be extended to Mr. Hannah, he's getting closer to making it in New York City. This past spring he had a show at the Aldrich Museum. As far as I can tell, Benjamin Ivry wrote the only review in the Arty-Semite, but there also is an hour long video of him talking.
Match Stick Buildings
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Speaking of weird obsessions, this article in the Courrier Frontenac, led me to the Musée de la Matchitecture, which while not the work of just one person, looks cool as all get out. Unfortunately it is a little bit further away from Montreal.
Speaking of weird obsessions, this article in the Courrier Frontenac, led me to the Musée de la Matchitecture, which while not the work of just one person, looks cool as all get out. Unfortunately it is a little bit further away from Montreal.
Louis-Émile Beauregard
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I'd never heard of Louis-Émile Beauregard either. But somehow I came across the website for him. Which led me to others (and others) which means eventually I'm going to have to make my way to Dudswell to see all the miniature sculptures.
I'd never heard of Louis-Émile Beauregard either. But somehow I came across the website for him. Which led me to others (and others) which means eventually I'm going to have to make my way to Dudswell to see all the miniature sculptures.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Episode 105: Hamburger America: The Film [Zeke's Alternate Film Review]
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Episode 105 [11:05]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand reviewing and talking about Hamburger America: The Movie with Lisyan Pieries.
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Episode 105 [11:05]
Download: MP3 15MB / FLAC 49MB / Ogg Vorbis 8MB or Stream
Chris 'Zeke' Hand reviewing and talking about Hamburger America: The Movie with Lisyan Pieries.
Listen
Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Walrus Magazine Looks at Aquisitions
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Your favorite and mine, Marc Mayer, director of the National Gallery of Canada gets shadowed as he travels around the world by Walrus.
Your favorite and mine, Marc Mayer, director of the National Gallery of Canada gets shadowed as he travels around the world by Walrus.
Alan Syliboy getting good press
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The Daily Gleaner gave (I'm still playing catch up) Mi'kmaq artist Alan Syliboy a very nice write up.
The Daily Gleaner gave (I'm still playing catch up) Mi'kmaq artist Alan Syliboy a very nice write up.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Oscar Peterson Sculpture in Ottawa
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Ruth Abernethy made one for Ottawa, so when are we going to get one here in Montreal? Wasn't he born here?
Ruth Abernethy made one for Ottawa, so when are we going to get one here in Montreal? Wasn't he born here?
Georges Marciano getting good press
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Back in April, I talked about Georges Marciano, his hotel and the insane amount of art that was hanging there. Well, Maclean's magazine finally catches up, although I'm late in pointing it out...
Back in April, I talked about Georges Marciano, his hotel and the insane amount of art that was hanging there. Well, Maclean's magazine finally catches up, although I'm late in pointing it out...
Geneviève Cadieux, Michel Goulet and Axel Morgenthaler getting a trip to Paris?
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Same old, same old. According to this press release from the STM Geneviève Cadieux, Michel Goulet and Axel Morgenthaler were shortlisted for the art in the Paris metro competition.
Same old, same old. According to this press release from the STM Geneviève Cadieux, Michel Goulet and Axel Morgenthaler were shortlisted for the art in the Paris metro competition.
Friday, July 9, 2010
The CCA's loss is the University of California Santa Barbara's gain.
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Congrats to Jocelyn Gibbs who doesn't look like she will have to deal with Montreal winters again.
Congrats to Jocelyn Gibbs who doesn't look like she will have to deal with Montreal winters again.
Trois Rivieres looks like it has some cool murals
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Some American who is living in Trois Rivieres, tells some good stories about some paintings on the side of a grocery store.
Some American who is living in Trois Rivieres, tells some good stories about some paintings on the side of a grocery store.
Seeing how much the Canadian Landscape has changed in 100 years.
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It's presented as if Jim and Sue Waddington spontaneously came up with the idea themselves, when it is a fairly standard issue art history method, but it looks cool none-the-less.
It's presented as if Jim and Sue Waddington spontaneously came up with the idea themselves, when it is a fairly standard issue art history method, but it looks cool none-the-less.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Ottawa Artists in Montreal
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A very nice puff piece that thrives on cliches and artsy portraits of anglophone artists from the other side of the border.
A very nice puff piece that thrives on cliches and artsy portraits of anglophone artists from the other side of the border.
This is horrible news
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I've written about it before, and explained why I think the Bodies Exhibit at the Eaton Centre is bad, horrible, nasty, rude, abominable and just plain wrong. Well unfortunately it's going to hang out there until the end of the summer.
Yuck.
I've written about it before, and explained why I think the Bodies Exhibit at the Eaton Centre is bad, horrible, nasty, rude, abominable and just plain wrong. Well unfortunately it's going to hang out there until the end of the summer.
Yuck.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Leopold Foulem goes international
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He's exhibiting at something called the 21e Biennale internationale de céramique contemporaine on the Côte d'Azur
He's exhibiting at something called the 21e Biennale internationale de céramique contemporaine on the Côte d'Azur
Want to be in Le Mois de la Photo?
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They published their call for submissions, and the deadline is in August. Plenty of time to perfect your grantspeak.
They published their call for submissions, and the deadline is in August. Plenty of time to perfect your grantspeak.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Episode 104: An Alternate Interview with Zeke
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While it hasn't quite been as relaxing as I had hoped, the break has proved to be interesting to say the least. There have been (and will continue to be) changes here, there, and elsewhere, most notably; I'm going to try to publish three new posts on or about art and the art world in Montreal before 9AM every day that there isn't a podcast.
Episode 104 [19:32]
Download: MP3 25MB / FLAC 192MB / Ogg Vorbis 16MB or Stream
Chris 'Zeke' Hand being interviewed on CKUT's The International Radio Report about The Montreal Burger Report and other things.
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Originally broadcast on The International Radio Report on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
While it hasn't quite been as relaxing as I had hoped, the break has proved to be interesting to say the least. There have been (and will continue to be) changes here, there, and elsewhere, most notably; I'm going to try to publish three new posts on or about art and the art world in Montreal before 9AM every day that there isn't a podcast.
Episode 104 [19:32]
Download: MP3 25MB / FLAC 192MB / Ogg Vorbis 16MB or Stream
Chris 'Zeke' Hand being interviewed on CKUT's The International Radio Report about The Montreal Burger Report and other things.
Listen
Originally broadcast on The International Radio Report on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Episode 103: Paysages Éphémères [Zeke's Alternate Art Rant]
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Episode 103 [21:27]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand in discussion with Lisyan Pieries about the 6th edition of Paysages Éphémères on Mont-Royal ave in Montréal.
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Episode 103 [21:27]
Download: MP3 28MB / FLAC 203MB / Ogg Vorbis 19MB or Stream
Chris 'Zeke' Hand in discussion with Lisyan Pieries about the 6th edition of Paysages Éphémères on Mont-Royal ave in Montréal.
Listen
Marc Dulude's L’envolée
Catherine Bolduc's Dans ma tête c'est une montagne
Work by Reinhard Reitzenstein and Roberto Pellegrinuzzi at the Maison de la Culture
People passing by Reinhard Reitzenstein's Defense/Defiance and not paying attention
Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Stalking Riopelle
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Some mid level bureaucrats at the Corporation de développement touristique de L’Isle-aux-Grues, and the Fondation Hydro-Québec decided that folk would knock the doors down if they could see where Jean-Paul Riopelle lived and worked. So tehy came up with this amazing idea to make a thing called Sur les traces de Riopelle. Lise Giguère blogs (with pictures) about it as well, which is how I became aware of it. Next time you're in the Chaudière-Appalaches don't miss it.
Some mid level bureaucrats at the Corporation de développement touristique de L’Isle-aux-Grues, and the Fondation Hydro-Québec decided that folk would knock the doors down if they could see where Jean-Paul Riopelle lived and worked. So tehy came up with this amazing idea to make a thing called Sur les traces de Riopelle. Lise Giguère blogs (with pictures) about it as well, which is how I became aware of it. Next time you're in the Chaudière-Appalaches don't miss it.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Episode 102: Art (and other stuff) on Saint Laurent [Zeke's Alternate Art Ramble]
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Episode 102 [8:47]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand talking with Lisyan Pieries about the art and the other stuff he saw on boulevard Saint Laurent yesterday.
Allégrocube by Charles Daudlin in front of the Palais de Justice.
Some sort of growth coming out of the roof of SAT.
The Crazy Apes Crew
EnMasse
La Paria
Herezy & Zero
Zero & Cabio
Chris Dyer
Seaz & Zilon
onzon
Now and Then
More commercialization of public space
Art sur le Boulevard
The Blowjob Store
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Episode 102 [8:47]
Download: MP3 12MB / FLAC 42MB / Ogg Vorbis 7MB or Stream
Chris 'Zeke' Hand talking with Lisyan Pieries about the art and the other stuff he saw on boulevard Saint Laurent yesterday.
Listen
Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Just what we need
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Yet another academic journal written by art history students that is not available electronically.
Yet another academic journal written by art history students that is not available electronically.
Brendan Lee Satish Tang; Kitsch ou Riche?
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Le Blog du Kitsch 'discovered' Brendan Lee Satish Tang the day before he got shortlisted for the $50,000 Sobey Art Prize.
Le Blog du Kitsch 'discovered' Brendan Lee Satish Tang the day before he got shortlisted for the $50,000 Sobey Art Prize.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Aydin Matlabi $6,000 richer
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Thanks to the generosity of the former head honcho of Alcan. More on Mr. Matlabi's pictures here.
Thanks to the generosity of the former head honcho of Alcan. More on Mr. Matlabi's pictures here.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Audiotopie rocks my world
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Audiotopie makes art audioguides kind of like what Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller do, just in French.
Audiotopie makes art audioguides kind of like what Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller do, just in French.
Extreme Painting? Hmmm...
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Well it seems like someone is thinking. I like the concept and idea of 16 local galleries here in town organizing themselves to exhibit something kinda sorta cohesive (Gerhard Richter, Natalie Reis and Joseph Arthur aren't exactly three artists one would instantaneously think of grouping together, but I digress).
Galerie Division – Dave and Jenn, Kim Dorland, Andre Ethier, Martin Golland, Ufuk Gueray, Mathieu Lefevre, Erica Mendritzki and Allison Schulnik.
Galerie Roger Bellemare - Marcel Barbeau, Roger Bellemare, Mathieu Gaudet, Fernand Leduc, Gerhard Richter and Ben Vautier.
Galerie Donald Browne – Paul Bureau.
Galerie Simon Blais – Serge Lemoyne.
Galerie Trois Points - Natalie Reis, Clint Griffin, James Olley, Scott Everingham and Cécile Ronc.
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez - François Simard, Sylvain Cousineau, Carlos Gorriarena and Louis-Philippe Côté.
Galerie Orange - Sophie Privé, Eveline Boulva, Pierre Durette, Alexis Lavoie, Jean-Benoit Pouliot, Martin Bureau, Ianick Raymond, Rafael Sottolichio, Francine Simonin and Denis Pellerin.
Galerie Dominique Bouffard - David Lafrance and David Arseneau. And then Sébastian Maltais and guest.
Galerie René Blouin - Kim Dorland, Wil Murray and Chris Kline.
Galerie D'Este - Jean-Pierre Ruel, Ángel Mateo Charris, Paul Bourgault, Drew Simpson and Costa Dvorezky.
Galerie PUSH - Patrick Lundeen.
Projex-Mtl Galerie - Mauricio Limón, Emilio Chapela-Perez, Yves Tessier, John Marok, Peter Schuyff and Sean Montgomery.
Parisian Laundry – “Summertime in Paris: Extreme Painting.”
Han Art – Claude Tousignant, Serge Lemoyne, Leopold Plotek, Dominic Couturier and Francois LeTourneux.
Galerie Pangée – Joseph Arthur and then Jason Botkin and then Stephen Shellenberger and Jody Hargreaves.
And since I just added links to all the artists, it occurred to me that Canadian Art magazine might have their priorities in a different place, as their list only links to the art galleries. And, and Mr. Canadian Art, the artist's name is Jean-Benoit Pouliot, not Jean-Benoit Bouliot.
Well it seems like someone is thinking. I like the concept and idea of 16 local galleries here in town organizing themselves to exhibit something kinda sorta cohesive (Gerhard Richter, Natalie Reis and Joseph Arthur aren't exactly three artists one would instantaneously think of grouping together, but I digress).
Galerie Division – Dave and Jenn, Kim Dorland, Andre Ethier, Martin Golland, Ufuk Gueray, Mathieu Lefevre, Erica Mendritzki and Allison Schulnik.
Galerie Roger Bellemare - Marcel Barbeau, Roger Bellemare, Mathieu Gaudet, Fernand Leduc, Gerhard Richter and Ben Vautier.
Galerie Donald Browne – Paul Bureau.
Galerie Simon Blais – Serge Lemoyne.
Galerie Trois Points - Natalie Reis, Clint Griffin, James Olley, Scott Everingham and Cécile Ronc.
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez - François Simard, Sylvain Cousineau, Carlos Gorriarena and Louis-Philippe Côté.
Galerie Orange - Sophie Privé, Eveline Boulva, Pierre Durette, Alexis Lavoie, Jean-Benoit Pouliot, Martin Bureau, Ianick Raymond, Rafael Sottolichio, Francine Simonin and Denis Pellerin.
Galerie Dominique Bouffard - David Lafrance and David Arseneau. And then Sébastian Maltais and guest.
Galerie René Blouin - Kim Dorland, Wil Murray and Chris Kline.
Galerie D'Este - Jean-Pierre Ruel, Ángel Mateo Charris, Paul Bourgault, Drew Simpson and Costa Dvorezky.
Galerie PUSH - Patrick Lundeen.
Projex-Mtl Galerie - Mauricio Limón, Emilio Chapela-Perez, Yves Tessier, John Marok, Peter Schuyff and Sean Montgomery.
Parisian Laundry – “Summertime in Paris: Extreme Painting.”
Han Art – Claude Tousignant, Serge Lemoyne, Leopold Plotek, Dominic Couturier and Francois LeTourneux.
Galerie Pangée – Joseph Arthur and then Jason Botkin and then Stephen Shellenberger and Jody Hargreaves.
And since I just added links to all the artists, it occurred to me that Canadian Art magazine might have their priorities in a different place, as their list only links to the art galleries. And, and Mr. Canadian Art, the artist's name is Jean-Benoit Pouliot, not Jean-Benoit Bouliot.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Episode 101: How to Collect [Zeke's Alternate Art Discussion]
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Episode 101 [11:40]
Download: MP3 15MB / FLAC 54MB / Ogg Vorbis 9MB or Stream
Chris 'Zeke' Hand in discussion with Lisyan Pieries about how to collect art.
Listen
Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Episode 101 [11:40]
Download: MP3 15MB / FLAC 54MB / Ogg Vorbis 9MB or Stream
Chris 'Zeke' Hand in discussion with Lisyan Pieries about how to collect art.
Listen
Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Steve Lyons should meet Tim Noble and Sue Webster
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Over at the Toronto Star, Peter Goddard waxes eloquently about Steve Lyons' installation at Gallery 44 in Toronto. Judging from the Skol website, it seems to be the same as was exhibited here in Montreal - although I should note, that Mr. Lyons' is way too into artspeak (can anyone translate "Lyons invests in the mimetic, performative, and pseudo-scientific recreation of the controversy." please!)
And I also want to point out that judging from the various descriptions and pictures, it appears that Mr. Lyons' is working in the same medium as Tim Noble and Sue Webster. [More on them here, and here]
Over at the Toronto Star, Peter Goddard waxes eloquently about Steve Lyons' installation at Gallery 44 in Toronto. Judging from the Skol website, it seems to be the same as was exhibited here in Montreal - although I should note, that Mr. Lyons' is way too into artspeak (can anyone translate "Lyons invests in the mimetic, performative, and pseudo-scientific recreation of the controversy." please!)
And I also want to point out that judging from the various descriptions and pictures, it appears that Mr. Lyons' is working in the same medium as Tim Noble and Sue Webster. [More on them here, and here]
Vency Yun on, in and about getting an MFA
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It's only a matter of time before art and artists from Montreal start busting out all over. Vency Yun talks with some other MFA students over at the Art21 blog.
It's only a matter of time before art and artists from Montreal start busting out all over. Vency Yun talks with some other MFA students over at the Art21 blog.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Pierre Perrault meet Claude Jutra
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One more dead documentary filmmaker gets a sculpture in a park in Montreal. Roland Poulin has made a large rusted steel sculpture in memory of Pierre Perrault.
I still think that Charles Daudelin did something similar for Claude Jutra about a gazillion times better.
One more dead documentary filmmaker gets a sculpture in a park in Montreal. Roland Poulin has made a large rusted steel sculpture in memory of Pierre Perrault.
I still think that Charles Daudelin did something similar for Claude Jutra about a gazillion times better.
One person's opinion on art criticism in Canada
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Thanks to Andrea Carson for pointing it out in the first place. Michelle Kuran tries to write an overview of the current state of the CanArtCrit scene. Some quotes
Thanks to Andrea Carson for pointing it out in the first place. Michelle Kuran tries to write an overview of the current state of the CanArtCrit scene. Some quotes
After conducting 40-odd interviews with artists, critics and curators across Canada, I found precious little evidence that our critics understand their primary job.[...]
I can’t think of an article that has stayed with me, although some have been not bad. It’s rewarding when critics take one’s work seriously, but that almost never happens.Pity she didn't bother with the French side of things.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Christian Duperron obviously is at a loss for ideas
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He blogs here making fun of Christian Paire, because of this article that appeared in Monday's La Presse. I think it is about time that Gary Blair and Earl Pinchuk had a talk with him, in a dark back alley, with a bag of oranges.
He blogs here making fun of Christian Paire, because of this article that appeared in Monday's La Presse. I think it is about time that Gary Blair and Earl Pinchuk had a talk with him, in a dark back alley, with a bag of oranges.
Megan Hepburn is $25,000 richer Woo-Hoo!
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Concordia Art Student, Megan Hepburn won the 2010 Joseph Plaskett Award and according to the press release it sounds like Joe Plaskett was the one to give her the cash himself. Of note is that this year's jury members were Eliza Griffiths, Pierre Dorion and Etienne Zack.
Back in 2006, Ms. Hepburn had a show at the Stride Gallery in Calgary that appears to have caused a little bit of a fuss. Her art is also reproduced on pages 26 & 27 in Memewar #1 [pdf alert].
If you want to apply for next year's prize, click here.
Concordia Art Student, Megan Hepburn won the 2010 Joseph Plaskett Award and according to the press release it sounds like Joe Plaskett was the one to give her the cash himself. Of note is that this year's jury members were Eliza Griffiths, Pierre Dorion and Etienne Zack.
Back in 2006, Ms. Hepburn had a show at the Stride Gallery in Calgary that appears to have caused a little bit of a fuss. Her art is also reproduced on pages 26 & 27 in Memewar #1 [pdf alert].
If you want to apply for next year's prize, click here.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Emily Hale visits Montreal
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And saw the Tiffany exhibit and the With Glass, Under Glass, Without Glass at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.
I quite like her descriptions of both.
And saw the Tiffany exhibit and the With Glass, Under Glass, Without Glass at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.
I quite like her descriptions of both.
Jean Eudes on Vimeo
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This makes me smile for so many different reasons.
Jean-Eudes artiste de Montreal from Jean-Eudes Lavoie on Vimeo.
This makes me smile for so many different reasons.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Episode 100: The 10th Annual YES Artists' Conference [Zeke's Alternate Art Ramble & Rave]
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Episode 100 [9:15]
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Chris 'Zeke' Hand rambling and raving on about the 10th Annual YES Artists' Conference happening today at the Centaur Theatre.
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Episode 100 [9:15]
Download: MP3 12MB / FLAC 44MB / Ogg Vorbis 8MB or Stream
Chris 'Zeke' Hand rambling and raving on about the 10th Annual YES Artists' Conference happening today at the Centaur Theatre.
Listen
Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Pierre Dorion gets noticed
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Over at Ashcan Montreal, they have some very complimentary things to say about M. Dorion's work.
Over at Ashcan Montreal, they have some very complimentary things to say about M. Dorion's work.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Scott Addis & Peter Hoffer meet in Chicago
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Peter Hoffer has a show that just happens to be opening at Gallery KH in Chicago which is the exact and very same gallery that appears to be selling Mr Addis' work in the Windy City.
Coincidence?
(and just in case it wasn't obvious, both Mr. Addis and Mr. Hoffer are painters who live in the Montreal area)
Peter Hoffer has a show that just happens to be opening at Gallery KH in Chicago which is the exact and very same gallery that appears to be selling Mr Addis' work in the Windy City.
Coincidence?
(and just in case it wasn't obvious, both Mr. Addis and Mr. Hoffer are painters who live in the Montreal area)
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Alannah Heffez gets it right
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Before and After on the recent 'artistic intervention' on lower Saint Laurent.
Personally I just want to know how much everyone got paid.
Before and After on the recent 'artistic intervention' on lower Saint Laurent.
Personally I just want to know how much everyone got paid.
Better Late than Never
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Over at the Art History Newsletter, they mention that there is a review of FIFA on Artnet.
It was two months ago, wasn't it?
Over at the Art History Newsletter, they mention that there is a review of FIFA on Artnet.
It was two months ago, wasn't it?
Simon Brault pushin' his new book.
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Two for the price of one, the Maclean's Blog, with Jordan Himelfarb asking the 'tough' questions, and the National Post with Mark Medley doing the heavy lifting..
Two for the price of one, the Maclean's Blog, with Jordan Himelfarb asking the 'tough' questions, and the National Post with Mark Medley doing the heavy lifting..
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