History tells us that New France was founded during the age of the great European discoveries in the 16th century. Anyone meandering the streets of Quebec from August 1 to…
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American and Mexican women and Surrealism
For the past couple of years, the Musée National des beaux-arts du Quebec has sought to make the public appreciate the role of women in contemporary art, in Canada and…
Concert on the Jeffery Hale Terrace
The JefferyHale Friends’ Foundation invites you to a Concert on the Terrace, on Sunday,August 19th. Come and enjoy well-known classical pieces performed byÔ-Duo; Marie-Ève Paquin (flute)and Fabienne Gosselin (piano).The concert…
Surrealism in the Unites States
Two distinct artistic events introduced Surrealism in the US: The 1936 Fantastic art, Dada and Surrealism exhibition presenting more an avant-garde than Surrealism specifically, the visit of Salvador Dali during…
Surrealism in Mexico
In the early 20th century, Paris was considered the artistic capital of the western world wahere art had become more a product of the mind and less the representation of…
Surrealism in Mexico
In the early 20th century, Paris, was considered the artistic capital of the western world where art had become more a product of the mind and less the representation of…
Surrealism: Crossing the Atlantic to the New World
Note: The exhibition, Au Pays des Merveilles: Les Aventures surrealists des femmes artistes au Mexique et aux Etats-Unis, presently at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, in of such…
Concert confirms Michel Legrand has still got ‘it’
In concert with Les Violons du Roy at the Palais Montcalm on June 7 and 8, Michel Legrand was charming, eloquent, and downright delightful. At 80, the prolific composer and…
Samurai
Those of us whose knowledge of Japanese art is limited to Chinese inspired Zen ink paintings may be surprised by the lavishness of Samurai armor and helmets. The fact is…
Cultural Interlude 2012
What do youget when you combine art, music, and the elegance of ‘High Tea’ in amagnificent setting? You get a Cultural Interlude. Last year was the first timethat Saint Brigid’s…