[Blokespeak translation: The second series of works is composed of horizontal plates of steel and superimposed mirrors, moving according to several axes. These great mobile surfaces (representative of the manner that has Jacques Bilodeau to organize space by stages) slip to become seats with the multiple positions and platforms of meeting. One can thus move the panels on a kind of ball bearing to transform them into floor, workspace, table.]

Mr. Lehman: "Consisting of mobile rectangular panels, each large enough to accommodate a prone person, this creation is meant as a provider of multipurpose surfaces. These surfaces, positioned at right angles to each other and having little wheels running along rails obtained from hospital equipment, can function as beds, tables or seats - or all three."

Or maybe I should rant about the gallery folk who say the same damn thing to everybody, nah, it wouldn't be fair to them. Their job is to get the show reviewed, and Louise Provencher and Ms. Yahouda do that very well. I'd prefer to stick with the idea that one of the reviewers could've come up with Alice in Wonderland, or le musee des nains [blokespeak: Midget Museum] for the Mexican show at Occurrence, and perhaps origami or theoretical geometry for the Bilodeau show, instead of repeating the same damn thing as the previous guy.

Le Devoir continues their tradition of not wanting me to read the articles by Michel Hellman by wanting to charge me $3.95 for something about Le Touché de la peinture at UQAM and yet another review of the Jacques Bilodeau show maybe this in fact is a good thing.

Then (we're maybe halfway done) La Presse also has a preview of la fête des musées. It runs 201 words.

Next, and technically this ain't an article about art in Montreal, Gary Michael Dault writes in the Globe and Mail about The Nicholas Metivier Gallery opening in Toronto the reason that I point it out is because it explains some of the behind the scenes stuff that happens in the "Art World." ie Nicholas Metivier used to work at the Mira Godard Gallery for 22 years. He "stole," "borrowed," "appropriated," "filched," "poached," "plundered" or did any number of other things to the artists who previously had been represented by Ms. Godard. But what I like best is the catty comment about John Scott needing representation, obviously there is some bad blood there, and reading about it in black and white is fun!

Ummm, I better pick up the pace here, otherwise I'm never getting out of here. Again, while it ain't Montréal, the Brattleboro Museum press release gets picked up by Yahoo (yes, I do read them ALL!) about their Warhol/Jon Gould exhibition. And for those of you with a car, it is only 3 hours away if you drive like Marcel Brisebois.