THE SAGA OF THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS -
THE SAGA OF THE MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS - By Bernard Bujold - Le Journal de Montréal publishes (Saturday, July 18, 2020) a description of the roles in the current saga being played at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. One must read between the lines of the text, but if one quickly understands that the Desmarais family's relationship is at the centre of the crisis, one must also understand that the real crisis is within the family. In fact, Jacqueline Desmarais (1928-2018) had taken over from her husband, Paul Desmarais Sr. to keep the family together after his death in 2013. Paul Desmarais Sr. (1927-2013) was a person I adored and had known him since 1984. I loved this man whom I photographed many times. I deeply miss the Patriarch and his era, the belle époque! Paul Desmarais Sr. was a great supporter of the Museum of Fine Arts. But since Jacqueline's death, the family would be very divided, as most families are after the death of the founding p...