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This year s Nuit Blanche will hopefully be the only one ever to send Montrealers home early.
Author of the article: JP Karwacki
Publishing date: Mar 13, 2021 • March 13, 2021 • 2 minute read • In pre-pandemic days, people flocked to the Quarter des Spectacles to take part in festivities for Nuit Blanche and Montréal en Lumière. Photo by Christinne Muschi /MONTREAL GAZETTE
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When it kicked off in late February of 2020, the organizers of last year’s Montréal en lumière festival couldn’t have foreseen 2021 being the first edition of Nuit Blanche to send Montrealers home early. While a curfew of 8 p.m. still in effect, the night may feel like it’s cut short, but a blend of physical and virtual activities will make it last longer.
Manuel Mathieu s Mournful Abstractions
At the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the artist moves between colourful figuration and abstraction to capture the experiences of trauma, loss and hope
The compelling array of recent works by Haitian-born artist Manuel Mathieu, currently on show at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, demonstrates just how much is still possible in painting at a time when the wider culture seems to be in the grip of pervasive, paralytic darkness. Mathieu’s first solo museum show in North America, ‘Survivance’ (Survival),
brings together 20 paintings and a newly commissioned, site-specific installation. Mathieu, who won Canada’s prestigious Sobey Art Award in 2020, is a maverick and empath whose work feeds deeply on his own lived experiences, including two serious traffic accidents he suffered in London and Montreal, which prompted him to reflect on and develop his artistic vision.
Happening in and around the white cube this week…
Three years ago the white cube began as a list of art happenings in and around Montreal. Last year, the column took a turn into my own art thoughts and experiences. When the pandemic hit, and Lorenza Mezzapelle took over as arts editor, the column ceased. But now that exhibitions are back, so is the
white cube. Here’s to hoping they don’t shut down these cultural institutions any time soon wine glass emoji .
The nuances between museums, art galleries and art centres were not at all understood by the government.
Author of the article: T Cha Dunlevy • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Feb 12, 2021 • February 12, 2021 • 4 minute read • “We were really frustrated in the fall to see commercial galleries open, and non-profit galleries and museums closed,” said Caroline Andrieux, founder and artistic director of Fonderie Darling, with a piece by Cynthia Girard-Renard. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette
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Art galleries, art centres and museums around Quebec were allowed to reopen this week, sparking a wave of relief in the art world.