Exhibits:
Explore Art at Mona Agia's Open Studios!
Portes ouvertes, Complexe de Lachine
4710 rue St-Ambroise, Studio 261, deuxieme étage
Samedi 23 novembre 2024 - 10h00 à 16h00
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A must-see exhibit at the McCord:
Creating the exhibition Costume Balls: Dressing Up History, 1870-1927 is the result of a monumental effort. Explore and meet the Museum's teams of experts and learn more about their work and their discoveries through blog articles, video interviews, behind-the-scenes photos, and much more!
The new exhibit at the McCord Stewart Museum takes us into the colourful, creative, and sometimes problematic world of costume balls between 1870 and 1927. We speak with Cynthia Cooper, Head of Collections and Research Curator, Dress, Fashion and Textiles, the curator of this exhibit about what she describes as the project of a lifetime.
Also, a stunning exhibit - Manasie Akpaliapik. Inuit Universe.
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The Holiday Train runs Nov. 21 to Dec. 20 for its 26th year of spreading holiday cheer and raising money, food and awareness for people struggling with food insecurity.
November 22, 2024, 19:00 - 19:30 EST
Montreal West EXO Commuter Station, Montreal, Quebec
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Free concerts - 5 à 7 musicaux, Salon urbain, 1600, rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal.
From November 20, 2024, to April 5, 2025. Start your evening on the right note by joining music students from three Montreal universities and attending an official 2024 Mundial Montréal special showcase edition. These happy hour events feature free performances by high-calibre musicians, giving you an opportunity to experience the virtuosity and talent of these emerging artists.
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For MMFA members: an opportunity to attend the preview of the exhibition:
Wednesday, November 27, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, November 28, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Anri Sala, major figure of contemporary art, is presenting his Canadian premiere of an immersive video installation adapted from his work Ravel Ravel (2013), which received worldwide critical acclaim at the 55th Venice Biennale. To attend the preview, simply show up and present your membership card at the entrance!
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Member Friday - Friday, November 22, 2024, from 5 to 9 p.m.
Experience the Museum differently in this festive event around ᐆᒻᒪᖁᑎᒃ uummaqutik: essence of life, the highly anticipated new presentation of the MMFA's Inuit art collection. Take advantage of this special opportunity to meet curators asinnajaq and Léuli Eshrāghi at 5:30 p.m., and then enjoy performances by Simik Komaksiutiksak and Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo.
🎧 Be sure to bring your earphones so you can enrich your visit with the audio tour, available for free from your smartphone.
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Online reading or listening:
Doppelgangers – a project of François Brunelle:
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Celebrated Nova Scotia artist Tom Forrestall dies at age 88. 'He was an artist's artist,' says writer and curator Ray Cronin.
Island in the Ice, one of Tom Forrestall's best-known paintings, hangs at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. It depicts Devils Island in Halifax harbour surrounded by ice floes. (Tom Forrestall)
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Why is it Alexa, not Alex? A century of hard-coded sexism in tech, experts say. Alexa, Siri, Cortana and other digital assistants are built on a century of seeing computers as women. If you're one of the millions of people who use digital assistants like Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa or Microsoft's Cortana, you might notice that they're almost always named after, and voiced by, women. According to several experts, that's no accident. These digital assistants are designed to be attentive, sometimes submissive, and sometimes even sexy.
Cortana, a sentient artificial intelligence, appears in Halo 4 for the Microsoft Xbox 360 video game console. Microsoft named its digital assistant program after Cortana. (343 Industries/Microsoft)
Listen to or read the story here:
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