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A McGill phonebooth and the largest art heist in Canadian history
The story of the “Skylight Capers” and the 1972 robbery of the Montreal Fine Arts Museum
Alexandre Hinton, Multimedia Editor
An ill-omened spirit fell over Montreal in the early morning hours of September 4, 1972.
The city was in a state of despair as the public mourned the
loss
of 37 Wagon Wheel club-goers in an atrocious fire. Few celebrated the
Montreal Expos victory
over the St. Louis Cardinals. The
top song
on the Canadian charts for that week was
“Alone Again,” a morbid ballad composed by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O Sullivan.
Meanwhile, three thieves were preparing to execute the largest art heist in Canadian
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Let’s try that whole spring thing again this weekend, shall we? After that weird and thankfully brief snowfall on Montreal’s parade this week, everything’s melted away and we can all collectively get back to the business of enjoying the city when it doesn’t require parkas.
A new exhibition at the MMFA
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Try refreshing your browser, or 10 things to do in Montreal with this much warmer weekend, April 23 to 25 Back to video View of the exhibition Caroline Monnet: Ninga Mìnèh at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Photo by MBAM, Denis Farley
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Starting tomorrow and lasting until April 30, Art Souterrain Festival is picking up from where it left off from last year’s cancellation with its 13th edition, this time featuring an urban component to explore beneath Montreal’s streets. This year, the theme is chronometry (time), and is expressed by dozens of artist through installations, images, and more. Those who wish to avoid being indoors with other art lovers can wait until the festival goes digital after April 30. Details for everything where to find artwork, whose work is on display, and more can be found here.
Snow crab season in session
Our photographers share some of their favourite pictures of 2020 Montreal Gazette photographers go out on hundreds of assignments in the course of a year to snap pictures of news, sports and features.
Author of the article: Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Dec 19, 2020 • December 19, 2020 • 1 minute read • Friday, Jan. 24, 2020: I was shooting the setting sun along the waterfront in Dorval when runner Maxim Lamothe snuck up on me as I was checking images on the back of my camera. I got one good frame off as he ran by, but it was the response I got from Lamothe when he saw the image that ran in the West Island section of The Gazette that I really loved. OMG? I ve been running for nine years and did more than 80 races in that nine-year span and I have a lot of pics, but none come even close to this one . there s no words to describe this . I ve never seen anything like it . thanks a million Dave . I m speechless. That compliment left me speechless. jp