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As is my custom these past couple weeks, I went to see a design exhibit in the last few days of its run. The previous was W.E.B. Dubois at The Cooper Hewitt in New York City. This time it was a women in design exhibit at Montréal’s Musée des Beaux Arts—Parall(Elles).

Organized in collaboration with the Stewart Program for Modern Design, this major exhibition celebrates the instrumental role women have played in the world of design through a rich corpus of art works and objects dating from the mid-19th century onwards. In addition, it examines the reasons why women are underrepresented in the history of this discipline and encourages an expanded understanding of what constitutes design.

Chaise Sauvage by Jay Sae Jung Oh

Exploded Chair by Joyce Lin

On until May 28, 2023.

Another NYC find—a fully painted art garbage truck, from their Trucks of Art program.

I was lucky enough to have stumbled across some amazing tile mosaic portraits by artist Chuck Close at the 86th Street subway station in NYC, including this magnificent self portrait.

Taken at an art show at local artist space Product Rien these drawings caught my attention through the window. The pieces are meant to evoke figures, first single, then in couples. I had an immediate sense that synesthesia was present in these drawings, and the artist confirmed.

This small show is open until May 21 at Product Rien, in Montréal’s Mile Ex. Learn More →

A simple and beautiful art piece by Richard Wilson from the Liverpool Biennal in 2007. Echoes of Gordon Matte-Clark.