The new MONTANA-CANS LOOKBOOK 2018 out now featuring special MONTANA-CANS products, brand collaborations, events and artists. At MONTANA-CANS we benefit, as a team and as company, from working closely with creative heads, our friends and partners. In return, it is our pleasure to support events, projects and artists. In our opinion, a fruitful cooperation is the source for creativity, development and growth on all levels. We are fortunate and grateful for the fact that we are approached by artists and collaboration partners alike, who have incredible ideas and inspirations, is something that we are very thankful for. Also check the previous issues MONTANA-CANS LOOKBOOK 2016 and 2017
50 MURAL FESTIVAL
50 MURAL FESTIVAL MONTRÉAL
MURAL FESTIVAL Montréal Five Years of Art attend Austin during that time of the year, know what we mean. The full city is part of the celebration and the program includes not just art, but music, film, conferences, exhibitions, yoga, carnival, food, parties an art fair and pop-up shows. As for the muralists, this edition reunited leading international artists from seven countries, including: Ron English (USA), INSA (UK), 1010 (Germany), Mad C (Germany), Ricardo Cavolo (Spain), Fintan Magee (Australia), Ruben Sánchez (Spain), Nuria Mora (Spain), Smithe (Mexico) and Onur (Switzerland). Many prominent Canadian artists also attended the festival, including: Fluke and Dodo, SbuOne, Scribe csx, Kevin Ledo, who painted a tribute to Leonard Cohen; Monosourcil, Mort, Aydin Matlabi and Miss Me. Montréal goes from a thick intense winter to a hot busy summer full of festivals. But there’s nothing more exciting than looking to those empty walls turning into vivid candid pieces of art. MURAL International Public Art Festival celebrated its 5th edition this year. We were there to experience a magnificent diverse array of activities, including murals, music, exhibitions, pop-up installations, conferences and their third art fair. MURAL Festival activities and events take place in a free-access pedestrian zone located Saint-Laurent Boulevard, between Sherbrooke Street and Mont-Royal Avenue. Some twenty new murals created this year enhance an already impressive and wellrounded route of legacy of over 80 major works created by the Festival since 2013. It’s the closest to be in a festival like SXSW, for those who have had the chance to 51
