JJ Levine: Queer Photographs McCord museum pride Montreal crystal and Harley 2019

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McCord Museum is offering free admission to JJ Levine: Queer Photographs tomorrow

by Lorraine Carpenter

As part of a celebration of Fierté Montreal Pride.

Coinciding with Fierté Montreal Pride Week, the McCord Museum is offering free admission to its exhibition JJ Levine: Queer Photographs tomorrow, Wednesday Aug. 3.

The exhibition includes 52 large-format photographs from three series of portaits to “celebrate people who self-identify as queer” and “question the representation of traditional binary gender roles.”

“JJ Levine is an image-based artist living and working in Tiohti:áke/Montreal known for his compelling body of work in portraiture. His work has been exhibited at museums, galleries and art festivals in Canada, the United States, Mexico, as well as numerous European countries. Levine’s images have been featured in art magazines and newspapers internationally, such as CV Photo, Esse, Slate, The Guardian Observer and Society.”

—McCord Museum

Fierté Montreal Pride continues until Aug. 8.

McCord Museum is offering free admission to JJ Levine: Queer Photographs tomorrow

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by Lorraine Carpenter

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.