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A Prominent Statue of Canada’s First Prime Minister Gets Vandalized, Again

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka August 20, 2018August 21, 2018

Anonymous protesters sprayed a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald to protest his maltreatment of Indigenous peoples.

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The Geodesic Dome Dreams of Quebec

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 5, 2018May 19, 2022

In the 1950s, architect Jeffrey Lindsay led a little-known era of geodesic dome design in Québec, which is explored in the new book Montréal’s Geodesic Dreams.

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Daring Escapes and Sensational Illusions: Posters from the Golden Age of Magic

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 3, 2017November 3, 2017

Illusions: The Art of Magic is a book and exhibition at the McCord Museum in Montreal featuring hundreds of posters from the Golden Age of Magic

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Tracking the 19th-Century Explorer Who Scaled Java’s Volcanoes

by Claire Voon December 30, 2016December 29, 2016

An exhibition at the Canadian Center for Architecture uses the example of Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, who between 1836 and 1848 climbed more than 40 of Java’s volcanoes, to question man’s relationship to the landscape.

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The Sly Excess of the 2016 Montreal Biennial

by Claire Voon October 21, 2016October 21, 2016

The emblem of the 2016 Biennale de Montréal is a Lucas Cranach the Elder portrait of an alleged witch and its title comes from a Jean Genet play about an upscale brothel.

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After Sunset, Phantoms of Montreal’s Past Appear

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 12, 2016September 13, 2016

MONTRÉAL — At sunset in the oldest streets of Montréal, ghosts of the city’s past animate on its walls.

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Evocative and Futile Fantasies of Nature Tamed

by Cheyanne Turions September 1, 2016September 3, 2016

MONTRÉAL — It is known that hummingbirds come to the call of red, their eyes configured for a sensitivity toward rouged hues.

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Montrealers Stumped After City Commissions Pricey Tree Sculptures

by Claire Voon June 6, 2016June 6, 2016

A public art project to put granite sculptures of trees in a park is blossoming into a major controversy in Montreal.

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The Fantastic 17th-Century Book of Birds, Made from Feathers

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 16, 2015December 9, 2022

In the 17th century, a gardener created a strange book of birds in which the illustrations were completely made of feathers.

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Cat Running for Canadian Parliament on Anti-Graffiti Platform

by Claire Voon August 19, 2015August 23, 2015

The new independent parliamentary candidate for Montreal’s tony, predominantly anglophone NDG–Westmount district is a a four-year-old cat named Humbert.

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Crimes of the Art

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton May 19, 2015

On this week’s art crime blotter: vandals attack Lego superhero statue, New York cops blast police brutality artwork, Cuban paintings stolen in Miami heist.

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Woman Found Guilty of Criminal Harassment for Instagramming Street Art

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton May 18, 2015May 21, 2015

Jennifer Pawluck, the Montrealer who was arrested in 2013 for posting a photo of a piece of street art on Instagram, has been convicted of criminal harassment and, on Thursday, was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and 18 months probation.

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