PASSAGES INSOLITES: A FESTIVAL OF PUBLIC ART IN THE HEART OF QUEBEC

August 31, 2023 Québec City, QC, Canada

Felice Varini (Switzerland/France)

My dad is visiting me in Canada and so, as part of the quintessential tour, we decided to make a quick trip to Quebec City.

We started walking late in the evening and only after we took the first round of photos we noticed a series of buildings-with-googly-eyes that kept making guest appearances in the background. 

Pierre&Marie (Quebec)

NICE AUNTIES: LIVING A DREAM LIFE THANKS TO A.I.

July 20, 2023 Singapore


Prompt: Open call by @jupiterfong to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month

From wearing fabulous outfits to beach parties to having high-fashion photo shoots next to oversized produce, this group of senior women is living an unconventional life. But they only exist thanks to AI. 

Scrolling through the @niceaunties Instagram feed is as puzzling as familiar. The account serves as a sort of photo album in which we follow their intergalactic adventures as well as some mundane moments like cooking with mysterious foods that only exist in their alternate universe or morning meditations in sequin outfits. (Are there mornings in the Hyperspace?)

ART IN SPACE: THIS ART WORK ORBITS AROUND THE EARTH SINCE 2015!

June 27, 2023



Images: ESA / NASA via space-invaders

Can you imagine this?!

The first work of art to be shown in space is the mosaic of a space invader, created by French urban artist Invader, and it's been orbiting around the Earth since 2015. 

It only seems fitting!

GALLERY HOPPING: MARCH 2023

March 31, 2023 Toronto



Hello friends,

Here's a selection of some of the galleries and shows I visited this month in Toronto. 

Getting acquainted with Leonard Cohen

December 12, 2022 Art Gallery of Ontario


I first heard of Leonard Cohen in my late twenties through a musician friend while we were on tour, but it wasn't until several years later that I started to understand his work. To really get it, you know?

It all happened during the wee hours of the morning at a then-friend's place. Our heads were spinning after a night out. He was laying on the carpet. I was melting into the couch.

Then, this magical guitar started playing in the background and a man's voice told the story of a woman who feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China and who is half-crazy but that's why you want to be with her. 

I knew basically nothing about Cohen yet the melody and the lyrics of Suzanne pierced my mind and that feeling has stayed with me ever since.


A lot has been told about Cohen's poetry, his music, his lovers. Yet, I was gladly surprised to visit the AGO and discover more about the person behind the artist through his objects, notes, drawings and photographs in the new show: Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows


About the show:

An enduring artistic force, Canadian novelist, poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) is renowned the world over for his meditations on beauty, death, loss and the human heart.

The first museum exhibition to present the holdings of the Leonard Cohen Family Trust, Everybody Knows immerses visitors in the many facets of Cohen’s creative life. Rare concert footage and archival materials, including musical instruments, notebooks, lyrics and letters are featured alongside photographs, drawing, and digital art created by Cohen across several decades.

Two large-scale multimedia installations, on loan from the Musée d’art contemporain in Montréal, highlight Cohen’s singular voice, music and stage presence.

Curated by Julian Cox, the AGO’s Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto with the exceptional support of the Leonard Cohen Family Trust and Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.



Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows
On view at the AGO - Art Gallery of Ontario
December 7, 2022 - April 10, 2023

Details: 
https://ago.ca/exhibitions/leonard-cohen-everybody-knows




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