Samurais are essential figures of feudal Japan stretching for the 12th to the 17th century. The word Samurai could be translated as “he who serves”. He served his master, a…

Rembrandt was a major figure of the Holland’s “Golden Age” because of his paintings, but he is also considered one of the most important printmakers in Europe, the most important…

The final concert of the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec’s Mozart Festival took place at the Grand Théâtre on Wednesday, March 4, with the performance of Mozart’s majestic Requiem directed by…

During the 1990’s design was specifically introduced as an art form in Canadian museum collections. We consider design as an activity involving various professions aiming at enhancing the value of…

Michel Tremblay is a Quebec icon whose reputation has gone beyond the borders of the province.   His creativity is just extraordinary and he has greatly contributed to literature, the theatre,…

Two of the Quebec’s public libraries are now showing works by local artists that are noteworthy in many ways.  They are “carved pieces” – I deliberately set aside temporarily the…

In the past two years, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec has presented a series of exhibitions dedicated to fashion through the display of dresses, of photographs and of…