The Dufferin Terrace in Quebec City is a well known tourist attraction. Named after Lord Dufferin, who was Governor of Canada from 1872 to 1878, it was built in 1838. From there, people have a breathtaking view of the Saint-Lawrence River, of the Île d’Orléans, and of the Traverse Québec-Lévis....

Charles Gagnon stated, “The real content of a painting has nothing to do with what appears to be the painting…It’s whatever comes out of the process (of painting) which is important…The quality that transcends what we think life is, you know – what is left when nothing is left.”

Guido Molinari is famous for his vertical band paintings. This one, dated 1968, is from a series that occupied him during the sixties. What is less known is what prompted him to adopt this vertical format, the complete elimination of the horizontal, and the absence of any suggestion of depth...

When confronted to an unusual Borduas painting recently appearing on the market, one the best source to establish its authenticity is to consult the Borduas files at the Archives of the Musée d'art contemporain in Montreal. Some files in this huge documentation contain photos of his painting taken or by...

Joyeuses Facettes and a few other paintings are mentioned for the first time in a dispatch notice dated December 31, 1958 by Borduas to the Gallery owner G. Blair Laing, then situated at 140 Bloor Street West in Toronto.

This magnificent Borduas painting is a fine discovery. Paintings of 1949 are especially rare to come upon. A year after the publication of the manifesto Refus Global, and his suspension from his teaching position at the École du Meuble, 1949 was not an easy year for Borduas. He literally had...