Marc Gauthier

Michel Rivard, Benoit Brière and Stéphane Rousseau star in the long version of the video Culture in danger. For 8 minutes, the artists criticize the cuts in some cultural programs made by the Conservative administration of Stephen Harper.

There is a lot of buzz around a video made by Quebec stars Michel Rivard, Stéphane Rousseau and Benoit Brière. In it, popular singer Rivard is asking for a grant to travel around the world with a classic Quebec folk song. However, the obvious conservative committee mistakes the French word phoque [seal] for fuck [no need explaining].

There is a subtitled version available for our fellow Canadians who don’t understand French. Here’s the link.

* Test your knowledge in art history and help fight hunger through the United Nations.  

* L’Oeil has published a list of the top French museums. The Louvre sits at position number one. 

* A tattoo from Wim Delvoye has been sold. The person on which the drawing has been done will be «displayed» a couple of times a year in galleries.

* Who would have thought that Calgary could be more tolerant than Vancouver?

* Damien Hirst will bypass the Gallery system next week. His latest works of art are criticized by the Daily Telegraph, twice. 

* Review of Shalom Quebec at Gare du Palais.

* Pictures of the protest in Quebec City against cuts in arts by the Conservative government.

* Pictures were added to the Intrus/Intruders review.

* Review of Paysage de l’âme / Soulscape at Engramme.

* Some pictures from my latest trip to Paris.