La Salamandre sharing with you its arts and culture favorites ... 

Richard Texier is a sculptor who can amaze us by the masterful and the poetics of his works. Amazing, enchanting, magical, they evoke the mixture of cultures and stories, the imaginary, the mythical and fantastic. 

Richard Texier website.

The Festival Trans-Amériques will surprise you again this year with a great program of dance and theater shows. Have a look!

Festival Trans-Amériques, from May 26 to June 8, 2016

Live the history of the Quebec of the 60s and 70s and memories of Robert Lepage, soak you to the themes of memory and the theatre, fit with the author to learn this poem Speak White, and shiver by listening to this unforgettable poem...

Staging involves the Viewer. Intimacy, complicity and reminder of our memories are on the menu.

The TNM presents "887" by and with Robert Lepage, until June 8, 2016.

In French.

Orsay Museum devotes a nice exhibition to Henri Rousseau, said le Douanier Rousseau. His works are exhibited alongside those who have inspired him. This parallel allows the visitor to situate the artist, his time and his contemporaries. The most fascinating works are those in which he painted the nature and animals. What beautiful mastery of plants, leaves and trees, flowers also. If you are or if you are plaaning a trip to Paris... And the Musée d'Orsay is full of treasures,... linger is a joy.

At the Musée d'Orsay from March 22 to July 17, 2016

The MOMA in New York celebrates Edgar Degas in an exhibition entitled "Degas, a strage new beauty".

Related classes and events around this exhibition not to be missed....

At the MOMA until July 24, 2016

Elisabeth Vigée Lebrun will be honored at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa from June 10 to September 11. A wonderful opportunity to discover this exclusive portraitist of Marie Antoinette regarded as the greatest paintor of her time.

Website of the exhibition

"En attendant Godot" ("Waiting for Godot") is the story of time and memory that play us tricks, and with which everyone arranges his way...  

"En attendant Godot", at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montreal, March 1 to 31 2016

Site of the TNM

An english student in cinema  took the time to extract film scenes inspired by famous art works. He offers us an interesting video showing a parallel between movie scenes and masters' art work....

Link to Le Monde video