Staying in the same language, in yesterday's Gazette, Henry Lehman writes 958 words about Elaine Despins's exhibition at the Maison de la culture Frontenac. However, instead of using the verb "to write" I should perhaps use the verb "to worship." He goes on record as saying it might be the best solo exhibition in town, although he is ambiguous as to his time frame.If we're talking right now, then he might want to consider Henri Venne, Seripop, Johannes Zits, Ulysse Comtois, Brian Jungen, Luc Bergeron, Laurie Campbell, Daniel Corbeil, Sylvain Bouthillette, Jacques Bilodea, and Sarah Stevenson to name just a few. If it is the entire year, then, hmmm. I guess we'll have to wait until next year's Best of Montréal contest.

Over at the Mirror, Matthew Woodley writes 212 words about the Bill Burns exhibit at the Saidye, and then if you scroll down another 186 about the Electric Art Derby at Casa del Popolo, and then way down, he gives a little shout out to the Sandra Goldies's new gallery opening.

Now switching languages, La Presse has three articles online. Jerome Delgado, writes a 703 word preview of the Jean Cocteau summer show spectacular coming to the Musse des beaux arts. Apparently in Paris in drew 300,000 folk in the doors to see it. As Paris is something like two to three times larger than Montreal, is anybody at the MBAM gonna be satisfied with less than 800 visitors a day (100,000 total, divided by the length of the exhibition - 115 days, and rounded down slightly)? Heck! The Expos in their continuing suckiness will get 5,000 people per day that they play here. As Mr. Delgado was not able to see but one piece and the majority of the article is either Dominique Païni raving about the show, or Mr. Delgado giving a crash course on Jean Cocteau, I will refrain from saying anything bad, after all everybody is entitled to their opinion, right?

Mr. Delgado's second article 393 words about the Clemence DesRochers exhibit at Les Moderenes (one of the gallery's that has moved recently, I would assume to bigger and better digs, but I am not entirely certain, 'cuz I haven't hit Crescent street recently, but with the Super Summer Spectacular coming to the MBAM I will be positive to get their soon. He does hit upon a couple of the pieces exhibited, but ends up ultimately straddling the fence, lines like "au pire, qu'esquisser un sourire. Au mieux, ils achetent, contents d'avoir une histoire a se raconter." (Bloke translation: At worst you'll get a smile, at best you'll buy and have a story to tell.) Personally, I wanna know if now that Les Femmeuses is over, if les Moderenes is still gonna donate the cash from the 35 prints left over from that show that Ms. DesRochers made to the women's shelter?