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Frida Kahlo – The Life of an Icon Exhibition

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There was only one thing I wanted to do on my last day in Montreal. And that was to go see the Frida Kahlo, The Life of an Icon exhibition at Arsenal Contemporary Art Montreal.

The exhibition had its North American premiere on June 10 and Montreal is the only Canadian stop where you can experience it. After Montreal, it’ll tour the US before heading to Latin America.

It is billed as an “immersive biography”, so don’t expect to see any of Frida Kahlo’s artwork. There aren’t any. Instead visitors will explore the key moments (her struggles, passions, and inspirations) in Kahlo’s life that shaped her into becoming one of the most influential artists in history of modern art.

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On the Lookout for More Murals in Montreal

mural of a chinese opera singer and opera masks
So many murals. So little time.

After enduring the crowds and all the hubbub from the Mural Festival’s opening weekend festivities, I ventured out again to explore more of Montreal’s mural scene. This time, at a more relaxed pace. And since the murals I was seeing were a couple of years old, it didn’t come with a throng of people either.

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A Visit to the Montreal Biodôme


After my experience at RECHARGER/Unwind, I headed out to Olympic Park to check out the Montreal Biodôme, not to be confused with Montreal Biosphere.

The Montreal Biodôme is one of four attractions located at Espace pour la vie, or the Space of Life, the largest natural science museum complex in Canada. The other three are the Montreal Insectarium, Montreal Botanical Garden, and the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium.

The Montreal Biodôme is not a zoo per se, but rather, five neat ecosystems under one roof, where you can learn about animal and plant species in a faithfully reproduced “natural” environment.

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Hitting the Streets for Montreal’s Mural Festival

colourful mural of a woman on the side of a building
Talk about great timing! I was going to be in Montreal in time for the kick off to the annual Mural Festival. And you know how much I love murals.

Every time I travel to a new city, I try to go on a hunt for that cities’ murals, be it San Francisco, Berlin, Munich, Düsseldorf, and London. Every year I get out to see Vancouver’s murals too.

But props must be given to Montreal for founding the original mural festival in 2013.

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A Visit to Montreal Museum of Fine Arts


One of the first things I do when travelling to a new city is to check out the museums. Today I went to Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal or for the English speakers, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA).

The layout is pretty cool. The museum and its art collection is not just housed in one building, but spread out to five pavilions, which are all accessed via underground tunnels once you enter the main building.

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