Category Archives: Montréal public art

The odd saga of the Montreal Museum of Fine Art’s entrance

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Taylor C. Noakes

A few years ago I was at O’Hare with an hour and a half to kill between flights and after a quick bite and a coffee I was keen to go have a smoke. Unsure of where the exit was … Continue reading →

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Sabotaging Viger Square

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Taylor C. Noakes

Here’s a hypothetical situation: A city builds a park costing x millions of dollars with the intent to rehabilitate a given sector of its urban environment and cover over an exposed highway trench. It hires leading landscape architects and local … Continue reading →

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Peter Doig – No Foreign Lands

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

For a change I’ll be brief. I hadn’t heard of Peter Doig until I saw the announcement of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ new exhibit. Now I’m wondering whether I’ve been living under a rock my whole life. I … Continue reading →

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A List of Places Oddly Not Connected to Montreal’s Underground City

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Taylor C. Noakes

You’ve probably heard this factoid once before – Montreal has the world’s largest underground city. It’s true, though an unfortunate number of American tourists routinely come here hoping to see some kind of super-sized subterranean lair replete with cave-dwelling French … Continue reading →

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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – The Basics

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Taylor C. Noakes

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal) is located at 1380 Sherbrooke Street West in the heart of the appropriately-named Quartier du Musée district of the city’s downtown. It can be accessed by the Guy and … Continue reading →

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L’Affaire Jennifer Pawluk and the Nuances of Social Media

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Taylor C. Noakes

A local activist and student, the aforementioned Ms. Pawluk, was arrested after posting a photograph of the above image to Instagram. She was questioned and released on a promise to appear in court (ergo, not formally charged). She is accused … Continue reading →

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