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Decorative Sunday 

This Sunday we present plates from L’ornament des Tissus: Recueil Historique et Pratique (The Ornament of Fabric: A Historical and Practical Collection), a French portfolio publication of one hundred chromolithographs highlighting textile design through the ages. The portfolio was published in 1877 in Paris by Ducher et Cie, publishers for the Société Centrale des Architectes, with introductory essays and explanatory texts accompanying each plate by Auguste Dupont-Auberville, a successful banker and collector of porcelain and textiles.

Charles Kreutzberger illustrated the textile designs and the lithography was completed by Frédéric Régamey. Text was printed by L'imprimerie Alcan-Lévy, the printing outfit of Félix Alcan. Alcan’s father Moyse Alcan was a publisher in their hometown of Metz, and his grandfather Gerson-Lévy was an educator, publisher, author, and translator, and was one of the earliest advocate of Reform Judaism in France.

See image captions for description of plates. 

You can find more Decorative Sunday posts here. 

-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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Lecture Notes MON 20th NOV

Masterlist

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Doing Art History: Photography

Memory. Power. The Document

Photographs carry the ability to change reality, it’s not objective. Every kind of photo has intent.

CONTENT WARNING: COVERING SENSITIVE SUBJECTS AND PHOTOS OF DEAD BODIES, MUTILATION AND OTHER TRIGGERING TOPICS

Here I will give a summary of Photos featured as well as what this whole post discusses:

What is your favourite historical photo? Why? What is the most memorable photo to you? Why? 1820’s photography is invented. Why photos are important to humankind, we document everything. The development of assumed face shapes/characteristics and their negative influence on class and archetype/stereotype and racist beliefs. Why do photos require more censorship than paintings?

UNE RUE À PARIS EN MAI 1871 OU LA COMMUNE. Maximilien LUCE (1858 - 1941), C. 1906,  © Photo RMN-Grand Palais

Eddie Adams | Saigon execution | 1968

Kevin Carter Pulitzer Prize-winning photo Starving Child and Vulture | 1993

Specimen of Criminals, from L’ Homme Criminel by Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), published by Felix Alcan, 1887

Degas, Criminal Physiognomies, 1881. Private Collection.

Kevin Carter Pulitzer Prize-winning photo Starving Child and Vulture | 1993

Eddie Adams | Saigon execution | 1968

Please be advised that below the cut to this post there will be topics like 9/11, dead bodies from war photography and documentary photography. This post does not shy away from topics of violence and other. I advise deeply that if you have a sensitive disposition and are triggered by heavy topics to ignore this post and carry on.

Our lecturer began by asking us what the most memorable photo was to us, any photo to me is a historical photo, it is important to understanding humanity and the human condition. I adore photos that have been produced/printed out, there’s something more connecting to me, and real about them. But that doesn’t take away from modern photography, which we can all access on phones, making it far easier and more accessible to document life. (as of 2023).

To me, a very important photo, because of my heritage and background, is the Fall of the Berlin Wall:

There exists a photo of my grandmother at this point in history and it really sobered me up to the prospect of history and life. And I think has made me interested in personal history from a very young age.

Another person in my lecture said of the photo of Tiananmen Square:

My lecturer proceeded to open the discussion with this photo, which I'm sure many people will recognise as this was probably closer in our lifetime:

And while my relationship with 9/11 is complicated due to American hysteria over it, it still is an important moment in history.

1820’s photography comes into existence, and we began documenting everything.

How can photography ever be a document when everything is subjective: What is reality? Especially in a photo?

Aesthetic is everything, it’s the way we group things in photography. Generalising style/type and putting it into a category.

A lot of photography, before the rise of telephone cameras and easy access, was far more impactful as it had a limited access. Meaning that the images above, had far greater cultural impact. Especially in countries where censorship was a must to maintain power. But even then, a photo is a heavy burden to carry. There’s a cheesy quote that comes to mind: “a picture says a thousand words”, and while it’s very cliche it’s also true. These photos are some of the most important, on tiktok there are fads of people finding older photos and posting them (albeit with little care for fact checking). We circle back to photographs; we recount and reimagine and visualise and understand who came before us.

And this opens a larger debate that’s going on and been had on multiple instances, I’m sure. But why do photographs get far more censorship than a painting does?

To me it may be the fact that we scare ourselves. That humans are most afraid of humans than anything else. That above all else, you can chalk up a painting to have been part of the artists imagination, but a photo is a commitment to trapping a blatant creation of humanity or in the world. Especially something tragic, as it generates reactions. But his debate truly can go back and forth, so please do add to it because I personally find it fascinating to see where someone draws the line.

Early photography heavily focused on capturing still life:

WHF Talbot, The Open Door, 1844

Daguerre, Studio of the Artist, Daguerreotype,  1837

In 1839 the French scientist Arago announced the discovery of photography: Louise Mande Daguerre, William Henry Fox Talbot, Hippolyte Bayard, Hercule Florence.

However, apart from photographing still life, as it was the easiest form to capture. Photography was used predominantly white men to capture and document Ethnographic, especially under colonial rule, although it was more manipulative than anything. It was the European’s categorising, created staged and set up displays. These staged, studio produced photos were created stereotyping the people in them, heavy on the racism and caricaturing the people of the different colonised nations. However, in a more positive twist, at a lecture at the Tate Modern there was a panel of black creators discussing the importance of an exhibit dedicated to only black artists on heritage and culture. And one of these people was a photographer, who staged her own photos of people she had observed  from her city. Moreover, in her talk she discussed how from the place she was from chose to reclaim studio photography and make it their own, and they dressed in European clothing and as film characters. Something we will touch on in another post is a new debate that has come into art history circles and is amidst discussion, is decolonisation.

(Left) “Sartjee, the Hottentot Venus, Now Exhibiting in London, Drawn From Life,” read the caption on this engraving, circa 1810.Credit...City of Westminster Archive Center, London/Bridgeman Art Library (Right) Love and beauty--Sartjee the Hottentot Venus,  Pubd. October 1811 by Christopher Crupper Rumford, 1811.

Caney Brothers, inscribed: Ordinary & Fighting Dresses. South Africa, late nineteenth century Albumen print

Unidentified photographer, inscribed: Zulu mothers, South Africa, late nineteenth century Gelatin-silver printed out print

And to a 19th century audience these people were a fascination as they were new, and the photos were considered groundbreaking. Paris, England and other colonising countries classed it as a study in physiognomy, which further developed and introduced that: “through the study of facial features we can predict who/what a criminal looks like”.

England and Paris mainly utilised physiological stereotyping to determine criminals. Not only did they use physical features, they also based it heavily off of class and accent. And thus, a very corrupt system was created, that centred on upholding class and reducing social mobility. Also, one that is entirely baseless and a lie.

Police in France went as far as to create a bureau which was created to classify humanity.

(central) Specimen of Criminals, from L’ Homme Criminel by Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909), published by Felix Alcan, 1887

Moreover, critics at the time in Paris, while the Impressionism movement was happening, said that it cheapened the movement even further. While the Impressionists, quite obviously saw photography as a new tool to use.

Degas, Criminal Physiognomies, 1881. Private Collection.

Degas was one of the artists interested in the idea physiognomy, when it was gaining popularity within France, he went to courtrooms and sketched for cases/at cases. Focusing intently on the features of the people, as shown in this sketch: The contour lines around the noses bring greater attention to the features of the people. While I can’t say for definite if he believed in physiognomy, it is very clear the debate interested him.

Towards Degas later years in life, he shows a very clear interest in photography. It’s even been suggested that he studied from photographs, as he was an artist who cut people out of frames and was conscious of the canvas being a frame like in a camera.

Degas, The Ballet Class, between 1871 and 1874. 85 x 75 cm. Orsay.

Degas, Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, c. 1874, 53 x 73 cm. Met NYC

Consider how Degas cuts his ballerinas from the frame, how he chooses to do this.

There is one painting in particular that scholars believe was painted from a photograph, less so from using photographs as referencing.

Degas, Place de la Concorde or Viscount Lepic and his Daughters Crossing the Place de la Concorde, 1876, 78 x 118 cm. Hermitage Museum

Photographs take in more detail than the eye can catch, perhaps that is another reason that they’re more censored and controlled, unlike with a painting. Why do we consider photography more reality?

There is an aspect to photography that focuses, unlike in most art, on narrative. There’s also a heavy conflict on people earning money off others suffering. Take the example of these photos:

(Left) Kevin Carter Pulitzer Prize-winning photo Starving Child and Vulture | 1993 (Right) Eddie Adams | Saigon execution | 1968

Carter a few years later killed himself due to the popularity of his photo, despite it changing the course of history for Sudan with the hunger crisis. Many donations were motivated by this photo being published.

Does it matter if a photo is staged? Does that change whether it is good or bad?

Further reading: The Photographers Eye, John Szarkowski

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Things to do in Montréal from May 12 to18

We’ve been celebrating Montréal’s 375th anniversary since January, but this week marks the city’s official birthday party and kick-off of springtime activities! We’re also celebrating Mother’s Day in style, the 50th anniversary of Expo 67, a new Cirque du Soleil show and more.

Celebrate Montréal’s 375th birthday!

On May 17, it’s official: the city of Montréal is 375 years old! Watch the 375th anniversary ceremonies starting at 8 a.m. outside city hall – listen for the bells of Oratoire Saint-Joseph on the other side of the city to ring at 8:45 a.m. – followed by a multi-faith mass at Notre-Dame Basilica, a ceremony at Place d’Armes, and later that night the premier of multimedia show Montréal Avudo in the Old Port at 8 p.m. and the illumination of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge at 9:45 p.m. accompanied by the Orchestre Métropolitain, plus a massive Bonne Fête Montréal concert at the Bell Centre. Another major 375th project: La Grand Tournée weekend events, presented by innovative circus company Cirque Éloize, begins May 12 and runs throughout the summer and in every neighbourhood, from group picnics in the park and green alleyway tours to circus shows and cinema under the stars. Visit the Parc des Rapides in the LaSalle neighbourhood for the Rhythm of the Rapids historical performance on May 12-13. And take a tour of Canadian warship HMCS Montréal, stationed in the Old Port later this week.

Celebrate moms!

Show your mom how much you care this Sunday by making her Mother’s Day a joyful and extravagant one. Numerous restaurants offer special Sunday brunch menus, including the Ritz-Carlton, Restaurant Tandem, Restaurant Helena, Les Cavistes, Chez Alexandre and Industria Brasserie Italienne and more brunch favourites Tapas 24, Mercuri, Nolana and Madre. Or try different brunches from around the world or dine at new Montréal restaurants. See the city sights and eat well too on Montréal’s best food tours and relax with a cup of tea at Montréal’s tea houses. Give mom the gift of a luxurious spa day at an internationally renowned spa. If you’re coming to the city with kids, check out the many fun things to do for families in Montréal, including the incredible likenesses of celebrities at the Musée Grévin wax museum (free for moms on May 14!) and Chagall: Colour and Music at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, with free tea and cookies on Mother’s Day plus hands-on kids workshop Chagall’s Little Box. Or spend Sunday afternoon in Mount-Royal Park with a violin and piano concert at 3 p.m. in the Mount Royal Chalet.

May flowers

Take a walk through the Botanical Garden‘s blooming grounds and tropical greenhouse and follow avian experts through the Biodôme during Bird Fest at the Montréal Space for Life. Meanwhile, downtown’s Place des Festivals is awash in colour at the music-making 21 Swings installation and Maëstro interactive digital orchestra and water fountains, part of this year’s Digital Spring art-meets-tech creations, as well as Québec-style “Kitchen parties” May 12-14. Two more signs of spring: the return of Montréal’s food trucks and street food and 18 shades of gay ball floating above Sainte-Catherine Street in the Village – this year instead of their original pink hue, they’re a rainbow of colours! Walk up Saint-Laurent to see bright building-sized murals, pop by Place Riopelle in Old Montréal to step aboard the future of public transit at the Place au Transport Expo May 15-16, or take a walk off the beaten path to discover welcoming and wonderful quirky spots in Montréal. Find out more about free things to do this Spring in Montréal, from art galleries to outdoor activities.

Bonus anniversary: Expo 67

Montréal celebrates the 50th anniversary of Expo 67 with entertaining and history-rich exhibitions: see colourful outfits and products created by Québec designers at the McCord Museum’s Fashioning Expo 67; photographs tell the tale in The Sixties in Montréal: Archives de Montréal at City Hall; marvel (and maybe laugh a little) at the technological innovations of EXPO 67: A World of Dreams at the Stewart Museum and Écho 67 at the nearby Buckminster Fuller designed Biosphère; baby boomer youth culture is a blast in Explosion 67 – Youth and Their World at the Centre d’histoire de Montréal, and it’s all about  ’60s artistic expression in the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts’s Révolution: “You say you want a revolution” and the Musée d’art contemporain’s In Search of Expo 67. Photography exhibition Aime comme Montréal celebrates the city’s diversity in an installation at Place des arts. Old Montréal landmark Notre-Dame Basilica, one of the city’s most stunning churches, lights up with beautiful high-tech spectacle Aura, while the surrounding streets are illuminated by the historic tableaux projections of Cité Memoire.

On stage

Prepare to be stunned by the incredible acrobats, dancers, parkour experts and motor bike athletes of Cirque du Soleil’s VOLTA, under the big top in the Old Port of Montréal. A visual and musical spectacle, Russian performance artist Slava Polunin’s Slava’s Snowshow wows at Theâtre St-Denis to May 14. At Centaur Theatre see Clybourne Park, a neighbourhood drama tracing racial tensions in Chicago, and hilarious and heartwarming Bed & Breakfast; The Segal Centre presents true family story How to Disappear Completely and hit musical Million Dollar Quartet, the true rock ‘n’ roll story of Sam Phillips, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley (moving over to Place des Arts May 17-21 for an extended run); and Aboriginal Spring of Art THREE presents Productions Ondinnok’s dance/theatre performance El buen vestir-Tlakentli May 10-12 at Monument-National. As part of Montréal’s winter-spring dance program: Flamenco Fascination takes us on a colourful, energetic journey inspired by the gypsy passion of Andalusia, at Place des Arts May 16; vibrant, emotional dance and music merge in a show by virtuoso Spanish guitarist José Vega and his Flamenco Company May 17 at Place des Arts; see Dominque Porte’s Conte de faits, family-friendly short danced tales inspired by the poetry of Jacques Prévert and drawings of René Magritte at Agora de la danse May 12-13; and on May 13, NYC dancer-choreographer Heather Cornell and musician Antonio Vilchez present Making Music Dance with African and South American rhythms, a free event at St. Jax church, followed by collaborative event  Heartbeats, bringing musicians and dancers from Montréal, NYC and Peru together. Also on May 13, House of Laureen Drag Cabaret hosts a wild and wacky fundraiser for the Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montréal.

Art and film

Along with the wonderful exhibition CHAGALL: COLOUR AND MUSIC at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, see deeply moving work by foremost Mexican artist Teresa Margolles and Québec artist Emanuel Licha’s Now Have a Look at This Machine documentary installation at the Musée d’art contemporain and Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza’s biotechnical art exhibition Plantas autofotosintéticas at Galerie de l’UQAM. British artist Ed Atkins poses questions on human bodies, digital creation and reality in video exhibition Modern Piano Music at DHC-ART. Never Apart‘s Spring Exhibition features Two-Spirit Sur-Thrivance and the Art of Interrupting Narratives. Pointe-à-Callière archaeology and history museum presents the fascinating Amazonia: The Shaman and the Mind of the Forest. The Cinémathèque québécoise’s Fête du cinéma screens restored masterpiece Thirty Years of Motion Pictures with piano accompaniment as well as new films by Sébastien Laudenbach and Philippe Falardeau, Frailty in tribute to Bill Paxton, and more May 12-13, all for $10. Travel through virtual worlds in Felix & Paul Studios Virtual Reality Garden at the Phi Centre. Get immersed in new space-exploration double feature KYMA – Power of Waves and Edge of Darkness at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, or in electroacoustic A/V performance Électro-Acrylique and the high-tech 360° visuals of Orbits at the Satosphere surround-sound dome to May 13, followed by audiovisual wonders / IS //// IS ////// and Plateaux May 16-19.

Live music

On Friday, discover the world’s finest young pianists at the Concours musical international de Montréal in a major gala concert May 12 at Place des Arts, or see Irish singer-songwriter Gavin James at Cabaret Lion D’or, pop-rock artist Perfume Genius at Théâtre Fairmount, heady indie musician Nick Hakim at Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. or dance to house music by Ben Vedren, Ohm Hourani, Nicolas Kehl and Owly. The eclectic and multidisciplinary Festival Accès Asie coincides with Canada’s Asian Heritage Month – this week featuring musical performance Les préoccupations et les attentes on May 12, the opening of Serendipity art exhibition at the MAI and Indian music concert La magie du Mohan-Veenaon on May 13, and the Golestan (“flower garden”) concert of Syrian and Turkish music on May 18. Meanwhile, Distortion Psych Fest gets heavy with PyPy, We Are Wolves, Co/ntry and many more bands May 12-14 at Église S-E-J du Mile-End and l’Escogriffe bar, plus Le Marché psychédélique printanier afternoon psych-themed market on March 13. On May 13, Bernard Labadie conducts Les Violons du Roy, La Chapelle de Québec and outstanding soloists in Purcell’s King Arthur at Maison symphonique. Saturday also brings German electronic artist Boris Brejcha to Théâtre Fairmount, singer-songwriter Laura Marling to Théâtre Corona, and celebrated German electronic producer Paul Van Dyk to New City Gas.

On Sunday, the Orchestre Métropolitain continues its Bruckner cycle with Symphony No. 1, accompanied by harpist Valérie Milot at Maison symphonique, CJ Ramone (of The Ramones!) plays Foufounes Electriques and experimental music collective Wrekmeister Harmonies plays Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. Opéra de Montréal, Place des Arts et Le Sac à Dos present Humanitudes – Opéra de rue and a performance by singer Marie-Josée Lord at Cinquième Salle on May 15. If you’re into Russian and Norwegian pagan metal, then you’re into Arkona and Sirenia at L’Astral on Tuesday night – Swedish metal guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen also happens to be in town that night at Théâtre Corona. On Wednesday, singer-songwriter Lewis Watson comes to L’Astral.

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Things to do in Montréal from June 9 to 15

Montréal’s first massive weekend of summer starts now with the F1 Grand Prix, Francofolies music fest, Mural Fest, 375th anniversary and Expo 67 celebrations, Fringe theatre fest, Chagall and Gaultier at the Fine Arts Museum, plenty of live music and more.

Revved for Formula 1 Grand Prix

We’re off to the races June 9-11 as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada turns up the heat at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve and downtown at the free Crescent Street Grand Prix Festival and Peel Formula events, featuring DJs, fashion shows and driver appearances, and Little Italy’s Grand Prix celebrations. Eat, drink and let loose throughout Grand Prix – get social with the city’s patio scene, and indulge in F1 specials at numerous restaurants and bars. Fashionistas won’t want to miss the free Grand Prix Fashion Event on the third floor of Cours Mont Royal downtown on June 9 or the Bijoux Bijoux jewellery sale at Marché Bonsecours June 9-11 – or any of Montréal’s excellent boutique shopping from Old Montréal and Westmount to the Plateau. And F1 parties keep us up late, from a soirée at The Ritz Carlton to electronic dance music Friday to Sunday at New City Gas, Velvet, Flyjin and many more venues.

Entertainment for all

The sun is out and there’s entertainment in the streets: Summer festival season begins now! French-language music festival Les Francofolies fills Place des Festivals this week with free outdoor shows all afternoon and into the night on several stages – don’t miss Sunday night’s major Québecois star showcase with Yann Perreau, Avec pas d’casque, Safia Nolin and more! Take a walk up traffic-free Saint-Laurent Boulevard during Mural Fest, June 8-18, to watch artists paint new works on buildings’ walls and catch live music – while walking, stop by the St-Ambroise Montréal Fringe Festival outdoor stage for live music and performances – you can buy your tickets to festival shows there too! Science fans young and old will love the Eureka! Festival of free activities in the Old Port. Canada Soccer’s 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup starts at Montréal’s Saputo Stadium with the Men’s National Team playing Curaçao on June 13. And add more laughs to the weekend with comedian Bill Burr at L’Olympia on June 10.

Celebrate the city 

Watch Montréal history come to life on the Saint Lawrence River in spectacular, free multimedia show Montréal Avudo every night in the Old Port. The Old Port is also where you’ll see Cirque du Soleil’s VOLTA under the big top. From there check out the city’s high-tech 375th anniversary light show on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. Old Montréal landmark Notre-Dame Basilica, one of the city’s most stunning churches, lights up with beautiful high-tech spectacle Aura, while the surrounding streets illuminate with the historic tableaux projections of Cité Memoire. Urban green space, outdoor eatery and bar in the heart of downtown Les Jardins Gamelin hosts music performances, dance classes, family activities and more all week. Grab a bite from one of Montréal’s great food trucks or pop by the Marché des Éclusiers market in the Old Port for a meal, a drink, local produce and other creations. Head to the Village au Pied du Courrant next to the Jacques Cartier Bridge for music, food and socializing. Walk through the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts Open-Air Museum on Sherbrooke Street. And feel like a kid again on the music-making 21 Swings in Place des Festivals.

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Expo 67 returns

Montréal takes a look back at city-changing Expo 67 with entertaining and history-rich exhibitions: see colourful outfits and products created by Québec designers at the McCord Museum’s Fashioning Expo 67; photographs tell the tale in The Sixties in Montréal: Archives de Montréal at City Hall; marvel at the technological innovations of EXPO 67: A World of Dreams at the Stewart Museum and Écho 67 at the nearby Buckminster Fuller designed Biosphère; baby boomer youth culture is a blast in Explosion 67 – Youth and Their World at the Centre d’histoire de Montréal; it’s all about ’60s artistic expression in the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts’s Révolution: “You say you want a revolution” and the Musée d’art contemporain’s In Search of Expo 67; Arcmtl presents Expo 67: Avant Garde! – forward-looking, boundary-breaking art of the ’60s at the Cinémathèque Québecoise; and Centre de design de l’UQAM honours architect Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67 in The Shape of Things to Come.

Art and film

Don’t miss CHAGALL: COLOUR AND MUSIC at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, ending June 13 – also a must while there: Love Is Love – wedding haute couture and prêt-à-porter by Jean Paul Gaultier. Meanwhile at the Musée d’art contemporain see Hajra Waheed’s The Video Installation Project 1–10 and collections-based Pictures for an Exhibition. Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza’s Plantas autofotosintéticas has us rethinking how biology, technology and art intersect at Galerie de l’UQAM. British artist Ed Atkins intrigues with questions on human bodies, digital creation and reality in video exhibition Modern Piano Music at DHC-ART. Pointe-à-Callière archaeology and history museum presents the fascinating Amazonia: The Shaman and the Mind of the Forest. And see interactive local-history exhibition Mon Coeur est à Montréal – 41 Vies à Découvrir at the Grande Bibliothèque. On screen: The Montreal Israeli Film Festival runs to June 15; travel through virtual worlds in Felix & Paul Studios Virtual Reality Garden at the Phi Centre; explore space in double feature KYMA – Power of Waves and Edge of Darkness at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, watch saxophone documentary “The Devil’s Horn” under the stars at Place de la Paix on June 12, and  the first of the Montreal International Documentary Festival free outdoor film screenings, Swagger by Olivier Babinet on June 14 at 9 p.m. in Parc du Portugal.

Live music

Along with outdoor shows, French-language music festival Les Francofolies features high-talent indoor shows this week with Québec music giants Yann Perreau, Klô Pelgag, Catherine Major, Pierre Lapointe, Louis-Jean Cormier and more artists at Place des Arts, Rymz et la Mifa Friday night and Peter Peter Saturday at Metropolis, Corneille on Friday and Fred Fortin on Thursday at Club Soda, and eclectic artists throughout the week at L’Astral. The Montréal Chamber Music Festival continues with the Dover Quartet, pianist Robi Botos, the Israeli Chamber Project, pianist Jan Lisiecki, free Matinées Musicales and smartphone concerts. The eclectic and excellent Suoni per il Popolo festival continues all month – this week open your ears to: Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra, Eric Chenaux, Framboos, French post-punk band Frustration, the machine experiments of will eizlini and [the user], composer Nicole Lizée, Aussie experimenters Severed Heads, avant-garde jazz icon Roscoe Mitchell and more.

Friday night brings folk-country singer-songwriter John Moreland to Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. On Saturday night, welcome back the fun 60s-influenced stylings of The Avalanches at Théâtre Corona, let electronic music move your body while visuals dazzle at Substrate with Suzy.Technology in the SAT‘s dome. Spend Sunday afternoon dancing outside at Piknic Electronik with electronic music from Ardalan, Christian Martin, Mandiz, Woulg and Co/ntry. Later on Sunday, join The Jacksons to celebrate 50 years of their music, at L’Olympia, Grammy winners and ’80s music icons Toto swoop into Place des Arts, and indie rockers Day Wave and Blonder play Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. Monday brings the Classical Spree: Spotlight on Adam Johnson and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal – a free show demystifying the workings of the orchestra at Place des Arts. The Montreal Folk Festival on the Canal starts June 14 with an opening party at Bar de Courcelle and multi-artist Tributes to Willie Nelson and to folk star Penny Lang on June 15 (followed by a weekend of free music outdoors). See rapper Freddie Gibbs on his You Only Live 2wice tour at Théâtre Fairmount on June 14. And on June 15, British electronic duo Mount Kimbie play Théâtre Fairmount.

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Things to do in Montréal from June 2 to 8

It’s still officially spring, but Montréal summer festival season kicks off this week with  outdoor music, dancing and F1 parties. Also see the city’s history rendered in light, the  sights of Expo 67, circus and theatre, award-winning classical musicians and more.

375th birthday celebrations

Watch Montréal history come to life on the Saint Lawrence River in spectacular, free multimedia show Montréal Avudo every night in the Old Port. From there you’ll also see the city’s high-tech 375th anniversary light show on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under conductor Kent Nagano plays a Symphony for Montréal, with visuals by Moment Factory, June 2 at Maison Symphonique. Old Montréal landmark Notre-Dame Basilica, one of the city’s most stunning churches, lights up with beautiful high-tech spectacle Aura, while the surrounding streets illuminate with the historic tableaux projections of Cité Memoire. And La Grand Tournée weekend events, presented by Cirque Éloize, run throughout the summer and in every neighbourhood, from group picnics in the park and green alleyway tours to circus shows and cinema under the stars.

Outdoor fun 

The first First Fridays of the season turns Olympic Park into a giant food truck rally with music and family-friendly things to do on June 2. Ubisoft video game giant hosts L’été Mile End on June 3, with live music, games and a kids zone. Urban green space, outdoor eatery and bar in the heart of downtown Les Jardins Gamelin hosts music performances, dance classes, family activities and more. While downtown, grab a bite from one of Montréal’s great food trucks or pop by the Marché des Éclusiers market in the Old Port for a meal, a drink, local produce and other creations. Drop by Village au Pied du Courrant next to the Jacques Cartier Bridge for music, food and socializing. Join the crowds of cyclists in the streets during the Go Bike Montréal Festival‘s massive public bike rides Tour de l’Île on June 4 and Tour la Nuit on the night of June 2. The F1 Grand Prix festivities begin June 8 at the free Crescent Street Grand Prix Festival and Peel Formula downtown, featuring DJs, fashion shows, driver appearances and more. Take a walk up traffic-free Saint-Laurent Boulevard during Mural Fest, June 8-18, when you can watch artists paint new works on buildings’ walls. Discover the great tunes of French-language music festival Les Francofolies, opening June 8 with Les Trois Accords, Dumas, Pierre Kwenders and Lydia Képinski in a free outdoor concert in Place des Festivals. Find more outdoor activities in our guide to free things to do this Spring in Montréal.

Expo 67 returns

Montréal celebrates the 50th anniversary of Expo 67 with entertaining and history-rich exhibitions: see colourful outfits and products created by Québec designers at the McCord Museum’s Fashioning Expo 67; photographs tell the tale in The Sixties in Montréal: Archives de Montréal at City Hall; marvel at the technological innovations of EXPO 67: A World of Dreams at the Stewart Museum and Écho 67 at the nearby Buckminster Fuller designed Biosphère; baby boomer youth culture is a blast in Explosion 67 – Youth and Their World at the Centre d’histoire de Montréal; it’s all about ’60s artistic expression in the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts’s Révolution: “You say you want a revolution” and the Musée d’art contemporain’s In Search of Expo 67; Arcmtl presents Expo 67: Avant Garde! – forward-looking, boundary-breaking art of the ’60s at the Cinémathèque Québecoise; and Centre de design de l’UQAM honours architect Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67 in The Shape of Things to Come. Photography exhibition Aime comme Montréal celebrates the city’s diversity in an installation at Place des arts.

On stage

Prepare to be dazzled and delighted at Cirque du Soleil’s VOLTA, the most exciting circus around – see acrobats, dancers, parkour experts, motor bike athletes and many more incredible performers under the big top in the Old Port of Montréal. Expect extraordinary, boundary-pushing performances in dance, theatre and art at the international FTA – Festival TransAmériques, including major Polish director and set designer Krystian Lupa’s Wycinka Holzfällen – Woodcutters, Marie Brassard’s La fureur de ce que je pense, Barcelona company El Conde de Torrefiel’s Possibilities that Disappear Before a Landscape, incredible contemporary dance, parties and more. Les Grands Ballets presents the contemporary dance of Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels and Evening Songs in a triple bill with Stephan Thoss’s Searching for Home, at Place des Arts to June 3. For more theatre, eclectic performances and parties than you can shake a silly stick at, go to the St-Ambroise Montréal Fringe Festival, including a Fringe Prom on June 2, and and a Mini Fringe afternoon for kids and evening opening concert on June 8 at Fringe Park.

Art and film

Colour and music converge in CHAGALL: COLOUR AND MUSIC at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Hajra Waheed’s The Video Installation Project 1–10 and collections-based Pictures for an Exhibition intrigue at the Musée d’art contemporain and Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza’s Plantas autofotosintéticas has us rethinking how biology, technology and art intersect, at Galerie de l’UQAM. British artist Ed Atkins poses questions on human bodies, digital creation and reality in video exhibition Modern Piano Music at DHC-ART. Pointe-à-Callière archaeology and history museum presents the fascinating Amazonia: The Shaman and the Mind of the Forest. And Parisian Laundry gallery presents intuitive experimental new work by collective BGL. On screen: A full orchestra and choir accompanies Milos Forman’s Oscar-winning film Amadeus at Place des Arts, June 2-3. The Montreal Israeli Film Festival opens with Past Life on June 4 and runs to June 15. Travel through virtual worlds in Felix & Paul Studios Virtual Reality Garden at the Phi Centre. Explore space in new double feature KYMA – Power of Waves and Edge of Darkness at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium. Immerse yourself in live music and audiovisual wonders at the SAT’s Satosphere surround-sound dome, featuring Audio Chandelier: Latitude by Dafna Naphtali, Modulations by Chikashi Miyama and Le Loup, Lifting and Myogram by Atau Tanaka and Lillevan.

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Classical music

The Montréal Chamber Music Festival is not only a must for classical music lovers but for jazz fans too – among the concerts, hear The Dover Quartet perform the complete Beethoven String Quartet cycle and play with the Rolston String Quartet, and check out the June 3 TD Jazz Series show with saxophonist Rémi Bolduc. Pianist Alexandre Tharaud and Les Violons du Roy perform the world premiere of an Oscar Strasnoy commission, June 2 at Bourgie Hall. On June 4, hear the sublime sounds of the Orchestre Symphonique de Longueuil’s Concert du Printemps at Place des Arts, the Association des orchestres de jeunes de la Montérégie‘s year-end concert featuring Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 at the Maison Symphonique, and gala concert concert of the 2017 Prix d’Europe winners and invited guest pianist Xiaoyu Liu at Bourgie Hall. On June 6, the McGill Chamber Orchestra and choirs perform Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and an oratorio by composer Larysa Kusmenko at Maison symphonique. And the Chœur classique de Montréal performs works of Bruckner to Rossini on June 6 at Maison symphonique.

More live music

Heaviness prevails on Friday as Tool rocks the Bell Centre with openers Once & Future Band, while things are a little more laid back with Timber Timbre and Sin and Swoon at L’Olympia. The eclectic and excellent Suoni per il Popolo festival continues all month – this week open your ears to: an hommage to Pauline Oliveros, Pharmakon and Dorothea Paas on Friday; War of the Elements, Alan Licht and Red Mass on Saturday; Mary Margaret O’Hara on Monday; Peter Brotzmann on Tuesday; 2boys.tv on Wednesday; Princess Nokia on Thursday, and more. Saturday night sees famed Scottish indie-rockers Franz Ferdinand with opener Omni at Metropolis, hip hop producer Blockhead with guests Kognitif, Grandhuit and Famelik at Théâtre Fairmount, pop singer-songwriter LP with Josiah & The Bonnevilles at Théâtre Corona, and dance to the electro beat of Boombox Cartel and Drezo at New City Gas. Spend Sunday afternoon outside at Piknic Electronik, with music from Prins Thomas, Marcellus Pittman and more. Singer-songwriter pop-star BANKS performs at Metropolis with opener Toulouse on Monday, June 5. Intricate guitar work meets rock-noise as GIRLPOOL plays Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. on June 6. On Wednesday, Toronto’s outsider-folk-meets-electronic ANAMAI plays L’Esco with Petra Glynt, and electro producer Habstrakt brings the beats to Newspeak. And Synthwave artist DAS MÖRTAL launches a new album on Thursday at Bar Le Ritz P.D.B.

Up next:Your summer guide to Montréal’s Olympic Park

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Things to do in Montréal from May 26 to June 1

As Montréal steps into June, outdoor events become a guiding lifestyle principle: enjoy open-air music and artistic performances, see the historic sights of Expo 67, join the Museums Day crowds, and party in the parks and pop-up villages.

Montréal celebrates

Watch Montréal history come to life on the Saint Lawrence River in spectacular, free multimedia show Montréal Avudo every night in the Old Port. From there you’ll also see the city’s high-tech 375th anniversary light show on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. An eagerly awaited annual event, Museums Day means almost every museum and major gallery opens free of charge and features special 375th anniversary activities on May 28. The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal under conductor Kent Nagano plays a Symphony for Montréal, with visuals by Moment Factory, May 31 and June 1-2 at Maison Symphonique. La Grand Tournée weekend events, presented by Cirque Éloize, runs throughout the summer and in every neighbourhood, from group picnics in the park and green alleyway tours to circus shows and cinema under the stars. See how new car trends serve the city at the Montréal Electric Vehicle Show at Place Bonaventure May 26-28. And expect more cyclists on the streets during the Go Bike Montréal Festival‘s Bike to Work Week – followed next week by massive public bike rides Tour de l’Île and Tour la Nuit.

Open-air urban fun  

Urban green space, outdoor eatery and bar in the heart of downtown, Les Jardins Gamelin hosts a musical breakfast on Saturday and an evening of salsa music, followed by Sunday morning family activities and a week of live music and more. Patio season in the  Latin Quarter opens with a live-music bang presented by Osheaga on Saint-Denis Street May 26-27. While downtown, grab a bite from one of Montréal’s great food trucks or pop by the Marché des Éclusiers market in the Old Port for a meal, a drink, local produce and other creations. Buy locally designed creations and have a drink while grooving to the beat of the Mile Ex Night Market at AlexandraPlatz Bar on May 27. And on June 1, drop by the annual grand opening party of Village au Pied du Courrant next to the Jacques Cartier Bridge, with funk, soul, jazz and reggae spun by The Goods. Find more outdoor activities in our guide to free things to do this Spring in Montréal.

Expo 67 turns 50

Montréal celebrates the 50th anniversary of Expo 67 with entertaining and history-rich exhibitions: see colourful outfits and products created by Québec designers at the McCord Museum’s Fashioning Expo 67; photographs tell the tale in The Sixties in Montréal: Archives de Montréal at City Hall; marvel at the technological innovations of EXPO 67: A World of Dreams at the Stewart Museum and Écho 67 at the nearby Buckminster Fuller designed Biosphère; baby boomer youth culture is a blast in Explosion 67 – Youth and Their World at the Centre d’histoire de Montréal; it’s all about ’60s artistic expression in the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts’s Révolution: “You say you want a revolution” and the Musée d’art contemporain’s In Search of Expo 67; Arcmtl presents Expo 67: Avant Garde! – forward-looking, boundary-breaking art of the ’60s at the Cinémathèque Québecoise; and Centre de design de l’UQAM honours architect Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67 in The Shape of Things to Come. Photography exhibition Aime comme Montréal celebrates the city’s diversity in an installation at Place des arts. Old Montréal landmark Notre-Dame Basilica, one of the city’s most stunning churches, lights up with beautiful high-tech spectacle Aura, while the surrounding streets are illuminated by the historic tableaux projections of Cité Memoire.

On stage

There’s nothing quite as exciting and fun as the circus, and Cirque du Soleil’s VOLTA is the best circus around – see acrobats, dancers, parkour experts, motor bike athletes and many more incredible performers under the big top in the Old Port of Montréal. Opéra de Montréal presents Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece La bohème, May 20-27 at Place des Arts. Les Grands Ballets presents the contemporary dance of Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels and Evening Songs in a triple bill with Stephan Thoss’s Searching for Home, at Place des Arts May 25-June 3. Expect extraordinary, boundary-pushing performances in dance, theatre and art at the international FTA – Festival TransAmériques, including documentary and participative theatre piece 100% Montréal by Berlin-based experimental Rimini Protokoll collective, 7 Pleasures by choreographer Mette Ingvartsen and Time’s Journey Through a Room by Japanese theatre creator Toshiki Okada. And the eclectic and multidisciplinary Festival Accès Asie features free evening performances of nightlife-inspired Insomniaque on May 27 on Prince-Arthur Street and Les sons primordiaux with Indian Dhrupad singers and percussionist the Gundecha Brothers on May 28 at Bourgie Hall.

Art and film

Dynamic Montréal art scenes come together at the Chromatic Festival, May 27 to June 1 – see work by local and international artists at Expo Chromatic at Studio l’Éloi in Mile End, while Nuit Chromatic opens and closes the festival with late nights of music and dancing, and families join in the creative fun of the Chromatic Kids activities on May 28. Colour and music converge in CHAGALL: COLOUR AND MUSIC at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,  Hajra Waheed’s The Video Installation Project 1–10 and collections-based Pictures for an Exhibition intrigue at the Musée d’art contemporain and Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza’s Plantas autofotosintéticas has us rethinking how biology, technology and art intersect, at Galerie de l’UQAM. British artist Ed Atkins poses questions on human bodies, digital creation and reality in video exhibition Modern Piano Music at DHC-ART. Pointe-à-Callière archaeology and history museum presents the fascinating Amazonia: The Shaman and the Mind of the Forest. And Parisian Laundry gallery presents intuitive experimental new work by collective BGL. Travel through virtual worlds in Felix & Paul Studios Virtual Reality Garden at the Phi Centre, also presenting The Princess Bride 30th anniversary screening on May 27. Explore space in new double feature KYMA – Power of Waves and Edge of Darkness at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium. Immerse yourself in wild audiovisual performances at the Satosphere surround-sound dome: dance work CORE to May 26 and the Sub-Strate party on May 27 with Archipel, Pheek and more electronic producers and visual artists.

Live music

Shake up Friday night with a massive outdoor concert by The 1975 with openers Pale Waves and Colouring at Parc Jean-Drapeau, or guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Johnson Band with special guest Arielle at Théâtre Corona, and electronic producers Com Truise and Clark at Théâtre Fairmount. On Saturday night, lose yourself in the sounds of Animal Collective and Circuit des Yeux at Théâtre Corona, head to Cinéma L’Amour for Gallery Never Apart’s Off-Site series with freestyle electronic music by V1984, Jesse Osborne-Lanthier and CECILIA, check out amazing musicians Patrick Watson, Gasandji and Elisapie at the 2017 Prix Ambassadeur De La Conscience at L’Astral, levitate on the dance floor with Blasterjaxx at New City Gas, or dress in your best summer duds and dance with friends and strangers alike at the Montréal Summer Slowdance at MainLine Theatre.

On Sunday afternoon wear your finest dancing whites for massive outdoor party Bal en Blanc dans le Parc at Parc Jean-Drapeau, featuring electronic producers Martin Garrix, Borgore and more music on two stages. On Sunday night, incredible Grammy-winning singer Norah Jones and her brilliant band grace Place des Arts, Celtic punks Flogging Molly rock Metropolis, and Aussie singer and hip hop artist Tkay Maidza comes all the way to Montréal’s Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. The wonderous Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds make Monday night one to remember at Metropolis. Also wonderful: atmospheric Icelandic experimenters Sigur Rós at Place des Arts, May 30-31. Also on Tuesday, The Weeknd comes to the Bell Centre with opener Rae Sremmurd, and must-see British soul musician Michael Kiwanuka plays Théâtre Corona. Wednesday night welcomes Bonnie Raitt to L’Olympia. On Thursday night, it’s a party at the Bell Centre with EDM-pop duo The Chainsmokers and Kiiara, Lost Frequencies and Emily Warren, while supercool Montréal band She-Devils throws an album release show at Bar Le Ritz P.D.B.

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Things to do in Montréal from May 19 to 25

Warm weather means an explosion of outdoor entertainment in Montréal this week: step back in time to celebrate the city’s 375th anniversary and 50 years since Expo 67, walk with giants downtown, party in the parks and bagel shops, see award-winning performances and rock out to live music.

Celebrate 375 years of Montréal

Keep your eyes open for a truly larger than life event this weekend: The Giants – Royal de Luxe street theatre’s building-sized figures roaming the streets of downtown and Old Montréal. See the city’s history unfold on the Saint Lawrence River in the Old Port in spectacular – and free! – multimedia show Montréal Avudo every night. From the Old Port you’ll also see the high-tech light show on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. Meanwhile, 17th and 18th century local history comes to life with performers, music, food and more at the New France Market outside the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, May 19-22. Another major 375th project: La Grand Tournée weekend events, presented by innovative circus company Cirque Éloize, runs throughout the summer and in every neighbourhood, from group picnics in the park and green alleyway tours to circus shows and cinema under the stars. And take a tour of ship HMCS Montréal, stationed in the Old Port later this week.

Open-air parties 

Urban green space, outdoor eatery and bar in the heart of downtown, Les Jardins Gamelin holds its grand opening on the evening of May 19, featuring DJ Speakeasy Electro Swing, dance lessons by Salsafolie, kompa funk tunes by pianist Henri-Pierre Noël, R&B duo Skinny Bros followed by the high-energy sounds of Poirier. Join the good times at punk rock festival Pouzza Fest‘s outdoor stage in the Quartier des Spectacles May 19-20 – including music for kids, bouncy castles and more family fun on Saturday morning. While downtown, grab a bite from one of Montréal’s great food trucks or pop by the Marché des Éclusiers market in the Old Port for a meal, a drink, local produce and other creations. On Saturday evening, dance under the stars to traditional and electro music, outside Beaver Lake Pavilion in Mount Royal Park. Legendary Mile End bagel makers St-Viateur Bagel hosts a 60th anniversary block party all day on Sunday, May 21 with entertainment, a kids’ zone, BBQ, drinks and more. And Sunday afternoon marks the first Piknic Electronik massive outdoor dance party of the season, featuring music from Maus, Mightykat and more – followed on Monday (a holiday!) by Tiga and Jacques Greene, all in beautiful Parc Jean-Drapeau. Find more outdoor activities in our guide to free things to do this Spring in Montréal.

Expo 67’s future vision

Montréal celebrates the 50th anniversary of Expo 67 with entertaining and history-rich exhibitions: see colourful outfits and products created by Québec designers at the McCord Museum’s Fashioning Expo 67; photographs tell the tale in The Sixties in Montréal: Archives de Montréal at City Hall; marvel (and maybe laugh a little) at the technological innovations of EXPO 67: A World of Dreams at the Stewart Museum and Écho 67 at the nearby Buckminster Fuller designed Biosphère; baby boomer youth culture is a blast in Explosion 67 – Youth and Their World at the Centre d’histoire de Montréal; it’s all about ’60s artistic expression in the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts’s Révolution: “You say you want a revolution” and the Musée d’art contemporain’s In Search of Expo 67; and Arcmtl presents Expo 67: Avant Garde! – forward-looking, boundary-breaking art of the ’60s at the Cinémathèque Québecoise. Photography exhibition Aime comme Montréal celebrates the city’s diversity in an installation at Place des arts. Old Montréal landmark Notre-Dame Basilica, one of the city’s most stunning churches, lights up with beautiful high-tech spectacle Aura, while the surrounding streets are illuminated by the historic tableaux projections of Cité Memoire.

On stage

Something fun and a little wild is afoot under the big top in the Old Port of Montréal: Cirque du Soleil’s VOLTA, featuring acrobats, dancers, parkour experts, motor bike athletes and many more incredible performers in a story about being true to oneself. Opéra de Montréal presents Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece La bohème, May 20-27 at Place des Arts. Les Grands Ballets presents the contemporary dance of Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels and Evening Songs in a triple bill with Stephan Thoss’s Searching for Home, at Place des Arts May 25-June 3. Expect extraordinary, boundary-pushing performances in dance, theatre and art at the international FTA – Festival TransAmériques, opening May 25 with documentary and participative theatre piece 100% Montréal by Berlin-based experimental Rimini Protokoll collective. The eclectic and multidisciplinary Festival Accès Asie features a Middle-East dance competition on May 20, Perles d’ailleurs Indian dance performances May 25-28, and Balinese ensemble Giri Kedaton and Bollywood Blast dance troupe on May 25-26 at Jardins Gamelin. Gallery Never Apart and The House of Venus present Wiggle, a Wearable Art and Performance Extravaganza on May 20, with guest star hostess NYC’s Candis Cayne. At Centaur Theatre see the hilarious and heartwarming Bed & Breakfast. Meanwhile, The Segal Centre presents true family story How to Disappear Completely and hit musical Million Dollar Quartet, the true rock ‘n’ roll story of Sam Phillips, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley (moving over to Place des Arts May 17-21 for an extended run). And the performers of Passion Burlesque and I am still here theatre shimmy and strut “con mucha passion” in Latino-burlesque show Passion Tropical on May 20 at Café Cléopâtre.

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Art and film

Discover how colour and music converge in CHAGALL: COLOUR AND MUSIC at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, see Hajra Waheed’s The Video Installation Project 1–10 and collections-based Pictures for an Exhibition at the Musée d’art contemporain and Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza’s biotechnical art exhibition Plantas autofotosintéticas at Galerie de l’UQAM. British artist Ed Atkins poses questions on human bodies, digital creation and reality in video exhibition Modern Piano Music at DHC-ART. Pointe-à-Callière archaeology and history museum presents the fascinating Amazonia: The Shaman and the Mind of the Forest. And Parisian Laundry gallery presents intuitive experimental new work by collective BGL. Travel through virtual worlds in Felix & Paul Studios Virtual Reality Garden at the Phi Centre, also presenting docuementary I Am Heath Ledger on May 19 and BMX Bandits on May 23. Explore space in new double feature KYMA – Power of Waves and Edge of Darkness at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium. Immerse yourself in wild A/V performances / IS //// IS ////// and Plateaux to May 19 at the Satosphere surround-sound dome followed by the audiovisually-enhanced dance work CORE, May 23-26. And two major, out-of-the-ordinary creative conferences happen this week: C2 Montréal, an ideas-packed hands-on exploration of creativity in business (with great parties too), May 24-26, and Chromatic Pro, opening the Chromatic Festival, a celebration of Montréal’s diverse art scenes, May 24-25.

Live music

On Friday night, see what Detroit’s electronic experimenters Adult are up to at Newspeak, while Pouzza Fest opens with a free outdoor punk rock show in the Quartier des Spectacles, late-night shows at Foufounes and Katacombes, comedy, BBQs and more all weekend long – including Lagwagon on the outdoor stage on Sunday night. Blues-punk heavy hitters Boss Hog jam at Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. on Saturday night, while audiovisual wonders add to the electro joys of the Sub-strate party at the Satosphere, and rapper-producer PartyNextDoor gets the dancefloor hopping at New City Gas – followed by a Sunday-night DSTRKT party with Mark Knight. Festival Vue sur la releve wraps up with music by Lydia Képinski, Jérôme St-Kant, Cédrik St-Onge, SHYRE and more at Monument-National May 19-20. Famed Chinese soprano Li-rong Dong performs Chinese traditional folk music and more accompanied by Orchestre Nouvelle Génération and choir at Maison symphonique May 21. On May 23, catch Chicago rockers The Orwells and The Walters at Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. Kent Nagano conducts the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal in Shostakovitch’s Final Symphony and Beethoven’s last piano concerto at Maison symphonique May 24-25. Legendary British punks The Damned rock hard with The BellRays at Club Soda on May 25 while Grammy-winning Chance the Rapper is at the Bell Centre and soulful singer-songwriter JMSN blends R&B.

Up next:Travel back in time at Encounters in New France

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Things to do in Montréal from May 5 to11

With spring comes new delights in Montréal: step back 50 years in exhibitions about Expo 67, conduct an orchestra of fountains downtown, marvel at a Cirque du Soleil show, new theatre and illuminating visual art, listen to live music of all kinds, and explore the city.

Springtime scenes

It’s time to play in the heart of downtown: hop on a colourful, music-making swing at the 21 Swings installation and conduct your own virtual orchestra connected to a system of high-powered water jets in Maëstro – both outside Place des Arts in the Quartier des Spectacles, part of this year’s Digital Spring art-meets-tech creations. Walk through the Botanical Garden‘s blooming grounds and tropical greenhouse and take a tour with avian experts during Bird Fest at the Biodôme at the Montréal Space for Life. Also fun for kids: solving forensic mysteries at the Montréal Science Centre’s CSI: The Experience in the Old Port. Walk up Saint-Laurent to see bright building-sized murals or take a walk off the beaten path to discover welcoming and wonderful quirky spots in Montréal. Find out more about free things to do this Spring in Montréal and the city’s secret corners in this spring’s Grande Tournée events.

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Food and fashion 

See the city sights and eat well in the process on Montréal’s best food tours. Explore the menus of new Montréal restaurants, relax with a cup of tea at Montréal’s tea houses, try a signature cocktail at one of Montréal’s hidden bars or indulge your sweet tooth at the city’s best candy shops. Whether you’re a committed vegan or simply love a high-quality animal-free meal, read our ultimate guide to vegan eating in Montréal. As the weather warms to al fresco dining temperatures, keep an eye out for Montréal’s food trucks and street food. In fashion, check out the Phi Centre’s Luxury Rubbish art-meets-boutique, and pick up something new and stylish at Puces Pop, a designer craft fair full of Montréal-made art, housewares, clothing, accessories and more, at L’Église Saint-Denis (5075 Rivard) in Mile End, May 5-7.

Expo 67 and beyond

Montréal celebrates the 50th anniversary of Expo 67 with entertaining and history-rich exhibitions: see colourful outfits and products created by Québec designers at the McCord Museum’s Fashioning Expo 67; photographs tell the tale in The Sixties in Montréal: Archives de Montréal at City Hall; marvel (and maybe laugh a little) at the technological innovations of EXPO 67: A World of Dreams at the Stewart Museum and Écho 67 at the nearby Buckminster Fuller designed Biosphère; baby boomer youth culture is a blast in Explosion 67 – Youth and Their World at the Centre d’histoire de Montréal, and it’s all about  ’60s artistic expression in the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts’s Révolution: “You say you want a revolution” and the Musée d’art contemporain’s In Search of Expo 67. Photography exhibition Aime comme Montréal celebrates the city’s diversity in an installation at Place des arts. Old Montréal landmark Notre-Dame Basilica, one the city’s most stunning churches and historical landmarks, lights up with beautiful high-tech spectacle Aura, while the surrounding streets are illuminated by the historic tableaux projections of mobile-app project Cité Memoire.

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On stage

Incredible acrobats, dancers, parkour experts and motor bike athletes awe in the millennial-era story of Cirque du Soleil’s VOLTA, under the big top in the Old Port of Montréal. A visual and musical spectacle, Russian performance artist Slava Polunin’s Slava’s Snowshow wows at Theâtre St-Denis May 2-14. Inspired by painter Frida Kahlo, Jean Piché and Yan Muckle’s opera Yo soy la desintegración comes to life at Cinquième Salle, May 5-7. In theatre: at Centaur Theatre see Clybourne Park, a neighbourhood drama tracing racial tensions in Chicago, and hilarious and heartwarming Bed & Breakfast; The Segal Centre presents hit musical Million Dollar Quartet, inspired by the true rock ‘n’ roll story of Sam Phillips gathering Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley for an historic recording session; and Aboriginal Spring of Art THREE presents Productions Ondinnok’s dance/theatre performance El buen vestir-Tlakentli May 10–12 at Monument-National. As part of Montréal’s winter-spring dance program: Danse Danse presents Flemish choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Rain at Place des Arts May 4-6; Agora de la Danse presents free outdoor show 15 X LA NUIT every night at 9 p.m. in Place des Festivals; and Mykalle Bielinski’s immersive multimedia opera Gloria wows at La Chapelle May 2-6.

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Art and film

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts special exhibition CHAGALL: COLOUR AND MUSIC brings vivid colour into your springtime with 340 pieces by the Russian-French artist with musical accompaniment. Over at the Musée d’art contemporain see work by foremost Mexican artist Teresa Margolles and Québec artist Emanuel Licha’s Now Have a Look at This Machine documentary installation, while Galerie de l’UQAM presents Mexican artist Gilberto Esparza’s biotechnical art exhibition Plantas autofotosintéticas. The eclectic and multidisciplinary Festival Accès Asie coincides with Canada’s Asian Heritage Month – this week featuring a recital by Japanese pianist Kimihiro Yasaka on May 6, exhibition Smile of Afghanistan by Iranian photographer Hamed Tabein at the Gesù, the Afghanistan & Culture Shock talk on May 7, and flamenco and Persian Music performance Kimia on May 11. British artist Ed Atkins poses questions on human bodies, digital creation and reality in video exhibition Modern Piano Music at DHC-ART. Never Apart‘s Spring Exhibition features Two-Spirit Sur-Thrivance and the Art of Interrupting Narratives. Pointe-à-Callière archaeology and history museum presents the fascinating Amazonia: The Shaman and the Mind of the Forest. Travel through virtual worlds in films by Felix & Paul Studios at the Phi Centre‘s Virtual Reality Garden and see short films for free in the Not Sure on Talent showcase. Get immersed in new space-exploration double feature KYMA – Power of Waves and Edge of Darkness at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, or in electroacoustic A/V performance Électro-Acrylique and the high-tech 360° visuals of Orbits at the Satosphere surround-sound dome May 4-13.

Live music

On Friday night, American country duo Florida Georgia Line whoops it up at the Bell Centre, alt-rock royalty Redd Kross plays Bar Le Ritz P.D.B., Around the World in 80 Raves provides hours of dancing at New City Gas and Kilter and JNTHN STEIN let us dance or happily chill at Newspeak. Saturday brings international entertainment icon Engelbert Humperdinck and his hits to Place des Arts, while the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal presents Organ and Space: Gaze up to the Heavens featuring celestial symphonies by Dvořák and Holst and reflections by astronaut David Saint-Jacques at the Maison symphonique. Also on Saturday night: British shoegaze luminaries Slowdive play L’Olympia, Montréal indie-rockers We Are Munroe kick up a good, loud time at Théâtre Fairmount, and Dutch production duo Bassjackers take over the dance floor at New City Gas. And on Sunday: pop singer-songwriter Jojo with opener Craig Stickland at Théâtre Corona.

Tuesday night comes alive with punk-garage rockers The Black Lips and Surfbort at Le National. Discover the world’s finest young pianists at the Concours musical international de Montréal, in gala concerts May 9-10 at Place des Arts. Beloved weirdo singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mac DeMarco plays May 10-11 at Metropolis. Also on Wednesday: metalcore band I Prevail and Starset at Théâtre Corona, hip hop artist Ab-Soul with British rapper Little Simz and Nick Grant at Théâtre Fairmount, and Bare Noize and Lo Key at Newspeak. Thursday shines with legendary French electronic composer and producer Jean-Michel Jarre at the Bell Centre, The M Machine at Théâtre Fairmount, Hessle Audio Showcase with Heatwave, Ben UFO, Pearson Sound and Pangea at Newspeak, rockers Hollerado and PS I Love You at La Sala Rossa, and the Afro-Caribbean jazz-pop sounds of Prince Ali-X and his Ambassadors at Rialto Hall.

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