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We meet some of the most interesting people: folks who live in Montreal, people who are just passing through, some who know a lot about posters, and some who are new to them … and from all of them, we learn something. For instance: A very dapper Dutch man came in certain that we would …
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You definitely know you are a Montrealer when, at the first sign of spring, you put your winter coats and boots away and start sporting shorter skirts (for women) and shorts (for men. Although if you’re my brother Greg you wear shorts all winter long in the belief that if you will it to be …
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Regular readers of this blog will know how passionate I am about elephants. There is just something so majestic and prehistoric about the way they carry themselves – families trundling through the forest of central and south Africa, or Asia, trunks aloft, their valuable tusks reflecting sunshine and sometimes protecting them from predators (human and …
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At L’Affichiste we often say that posters are documents of social history, and nowhere is this more true than with wartime propaganda posters. In cities like New York and Paris, poster exhibitions of WWI and WWII posters are not infrequent occurrences, and at auction houses the world over, collectors can often find both rare and …
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Regular readers of this blog will know that I am fortunate enough to be able to spend a few weeks every year in a place I love very much – a little town called Cernobbio, on the banks of Lake Como, in Italy. Over the years I have learned how to speak Italian reasonably well …
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A few years ago a handsome man with intense blue eyes (and a charming accent) walked in to the gallery and politely asked me if I might be interested in purchasing vintage Russian posters. That man, Alexander (Sasha to his friends) Bobylev, has become for us not only a great source for Russian posters, but …
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It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that Kristina will be leaving L’Affichiste, effective Friday, October 3. (Sniff…) Over the years that we have worked together Kris and I have: 1. Grown the business from a sleepy second floor gallery in the Quartier des Antiquaires to a thriving gallery with a …
