The man behind Montreal’s mysterious Judaic street art
The vivid mural at the corner of Victoria and Kent avenues has been attracting attention for months. It’s obviously the work of a professional – but who?
Quebec Jewish couple’s ‘Garden of Eden’ goes public
A private, Jewish-owned sculpture garden in rural Quebec will be opening its doors to the public.
Artists’s work is based on a Biblical source
Kensington Market might not be the epicentre of Jewish life in Toronto, but a new installation brings back some Yiddish.
Artist wades into new painting for solo show
Until July 22, viewers may visually wander into the glades and thickets of their childhood, as they lose themselves in Susan G. Scott’s show, Variations, hung at Beaux-arts des Amériques in Montreal.
Writer-turned-lawyer-turned-artist paints ‘court art’
Lawyer and artist Simon Schneiderman describes his perspective as sardonic. “It’s litigation and if you don’t have an opportunity to be ironic about it, it can become too much to digest.”
FBI returns Nazi-looted art to Stern estate
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) handed over a Nazi-looted painting to the heirs of Max Stern, the late German-Jewish Montreal art dealer, on Feb. 8.
Marc Chagall legacy presented in new Montreal exhibit
Chagall: Colour and Music, on until June 11, is the largest exhibition ever devoted to the Russian-born Jewish artist in Canada.
Going public
The fourth FENTSTER project in less than a year is currently on display entitled Grine Kuzine by Evan Tapper
Paintings reflect aspects of the city’s life, artist says
Urban HeartBeat, Rina Gottesman’s solo show at the Atrium Gallery of Vaughan City Hall (2141 Major Mackenzie Dr.), runs until Jan. 13, 2017
German auctioneers assist in restitution of Stern art
Two Dutch Old Master paintings that were looted by the Nazis from the late Max Stern, who owned the Dominion Gallery on Montreal’s Sherbrooke Street, were restituted to his estate in a Dec. 12 ceremony at the Canadian embassy in Berlin
