Art for charity’s sake
A miserable market and laughable living wages bring Amnesty International and local artists together to generate some much-needed revenue
COLLECTORS WANTED: Eric Bolduc
Photo by MICHEAL BEAULIEU
Montreal: city of art, right? Although the city broadcasts its artistic prowess through high profile perpetual festivals and hazy late-night lite-brite displays at the Quartier des spectacles, Montreal can be a tough place for an artist to make ends meet. Alana Riley, who won the Pierre-Ayot Prize for her photography last week, has an idea of what the problem is: “There’s no market for art in Montreal,” she says. “I feel like we’re beggars. There’re only a handful of collectors in the city who deal in contemporary art. We need more collectors!”
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