October is here!
- elainebac1
- Oct 2
- 3 min read
Exhibits and Events:
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AIM’s Fall Art Exhibit:
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Mona Agia is a participant of L’abstraction sous toutes ses formes : un voyage à travers les sens.
Mona Agia - https://www.monaagia.art/home
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Make science your playground for a day! The Science Centre is yours to explore for FREE with the whole family on Sunday, October 5th, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. An exceptional experience for MMFA Members!
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Vernissage | How to transform black and white incunabula into luxury items.
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Honouring Black Presence: vernissage and talk with artist and Concordia grad Charles Campbell.
More info and registration:
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Folies d'automne au Marché Jean-Talon.
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Arts and culture news:
Kahnawà:ke community calls on public to help finish new cultural arts centre.
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Taking the title of Bird Photographer of the Year, our Overall Winner is ‘The Frigatebird and the Diamond Ring’ by Liron Gertsman. The image shows a magnificent frigatebird silhouetted against the total solar eclipse.
“I spent well over a year of planning to capture my dream of a bird in front of the total solar eclipse,” says Gertsman. “I enlisted the help of a boat to position myself near some islets off Mazatlán that were frequented by seabirds. As the moon uncovered the sun’s edge at the end of totality, I captured this image during the eclipse phase known as the ‘diamond ring’ - a moment that lasts mere seconds.”
Liron’s website: https://www.lirongertsman.com/
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Five Canadian pianists taking part in elite piano competition in Warsaw:
Canadian pianist Ryan Wang, 18, will compete in the International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw in October. Anna Liminowicz/The Globe and Mail
Canada's Bruce Xiaoyu Liu has won 1st prize at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. 6th prize went to 17-year-old JJ Jun Li Bui of Toronto.
Canada's Bruce Xiaoyu Liu performs Chopin's Piano Concerto in E minor with the Warsaw Philharmonic during the final of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition on Oct. 20, 2021. (YouTube screenshot)
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WALTER BENJAMIN: THE DEATH OF 'AURA'
What happens when original artworks become endless copies? German philosopher Walter Benjamin called it the death of "aura," and his concept predicted our digital age. Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher who felt what he argued: that standing before the presence of a great artwork was transcendent. However, he also saw the possibility that mechanical reproduction could be limiting for the masses, even though it could also be dangerous. The techniques of mass reproduction were seized upon by the Nazi propaganda machine, and Benjamin fled Berlin. Apprehended by authorities after escaping to Spain, he chose to die by suicide rather than return to Germany. Yet his ideas continue to flourish in university settings around the world.
For Benjamin, the whole world was material for criticism. Illustration by Ralph Steadman
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Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee researcher, dead at 91. Jane Goodall Institute confirms its founder died of natural causes while travelling in U.S. on tour:
British primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall, seen at the British Embassy, in Buenos Aires on Aug. 15, 2024, has died at 91. She was known around the world for her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees and her work as a conservationist and climate and biodiversity advocate. (Irina Dambrauskas/Reuters)
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