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Pussy Riot is coming to Montreal for a live show and “anti-exhibition”

by Lorraine Carpenter

The Russian activist punks are bringing their award-winning Riot Days show to the city, as well as launching the MAC-curated Velvet Terrorism exhibition.

POP Montreal and contemporary art museum the MAC are presenting a series of events featuring renowned Russian activist punks Pussy Riot from Oct. 25 through Nov. 1, including a live show and art exhibition.

The “anti-exhibition” Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia will have its North American premiere at the MAC in Place Ville-Marie on Oct. 25. On that same day, a conference featuring Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina in conversation with Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson will be held at the Gesù, moderated by exhibition curator and MAC General Director John Zeppetelli. On Oct. 26 at 5:30 p.m., Alyokhina and Zeppetelli will offer a guided tour of the exhibition, which continues through March 10, 2024.

“Pussy Riot has courageously, and with a wry smile, shone a light on the brutal injustices that the Russian state inflicts on its citizens through political imprisonment, arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial executions, mysterious poisonings, aggressive surveillance, and other means of suppressing critical voices.”

Pussy Riot is coming to Montreal for a live show and “anti-exhibition”

And on Nov. 1, POP Montreal presents the Pussy Riot “activist multimedia experiece,” Riot Days, at Théatre Rialto, with opener Liza Anne. The Montreal show kicks off a 22-date North American tour of Riot Days. Tickets go on sale on Friday.

Pussy Riot is coming to Montreal for a live show and “anti-exhibition”

For more on Riot Days, please click here. For more on Velvet Terrorism at the MAC, please click here.

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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.