Samurais are essential figures of feudal Japan stretching for the 12th to the 17th century. The word Samurai could be translated as “he who serves”. He served his master, a …

Rembrandt was a major figure of the Holland’s “Golden Age” because of his paintings, but he is also considered one of the most important printmakers in Europe, the most important …

The final concert of the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec’s Mozart Festival took place at the Grand Théâtre on Wednesday, March 4, with the performance of Mozart’s majestic Requiem directed by …

During the 1990’s design was specifically introduced as an art form in Canadian museum collections. We consider design as an activity involving various professions aiming at enhancing the value of …

Michel Tremblay is a Quebec icon whose reputation has gone beyond the borders of the province.   His creativity is just extraordinary and he has greatly contributed to literature, the theatre, …

Two of the Quebec’s public libraries are now showing works by local artists that are noteworthy in many ways.  They are “carved pieces” – I deliberately set aside temporarily the …

In the past two years, the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec has presented a series of exhibitions dedicated to fashion through the display of dresses, of photographs and of …