On the Walls: the week in art

What’s up in arts this week: new shows by Jason Botkin, Michel Von Darck and Fresca Luna, as well as a group show at Galerie SAS and the third phase of the CCA’s ongoing ABC:MTL exhibit.

On Stage: the week in stage and dance

On this week: the Bouge d’Ici festival and la Otra Orilla’s HomoBLABLAtus, the Players’ Theatre tackle The Glass Menagerie and Ignorance, a masterful marionette show about troglodytes.

On the Walls: the week in art

There is a metric shit-ton of amazing, mind-blowing exhibits opening up in town this week, including works by Canadian art star Michael Snow, a solo exhibit by German sculptor Thomas Demand, and more.

Cult classics: on the walls in 2012

Cult‘s coverage of some of the most fascinating artists and shows of 2012: Dominique Pétrin, Jonathan Bergeron, Max Wyse and Winnie Truong, ABC:MTL at the CCA and galleries galore from the annual Under Pressure street art fest.

Cult classics 2012: Interviews

The cream of Cult‘s crop of culture interviews from 2012: punk icon Martin Sorrondeguy on his new photo book, Denis Gagnon on local style and androgyny and Norwegian Wood’s Angie Johnson on the power of doing it yourself.

Best books of 2012

Cult‘s book reviewers offer up their top picks for the year’s best reads, including new books by Chris Kraus, Chris Ware and Rawi Hage.

On the walls: the week in art

Several events this week make it worth getting off your couch and out into the snowstorm, including an international marine signal flag exhibit, audio art summit and parade of DIY lanterns through the Mile End.

On the walls: the week in fine arts

Roundup of what’s on this week: cheap art books, cosmological painting, radical political philosophy, a 30s Christmas dreamscape, kids’ charity art, a mini Comic-Con, the fierce women of punk rock and some local big names compete for the Ayot-Comtois prizes.