The Contemporary Art Galleries Association (AGAC) is a non-profit organization created in 1985, whose head office is located in Montreal.
Mission
AGAC’s mission is to defend the moral and economic interests of its members and to ensure the recognition and prosperity of the contemporary art market Canada. The Association currently comprises 43 members based in Montreal, Québec, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
Projects
Projects run by the AGAC include Papier Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper in Montreal as well as the Feature : Contemporary Art Fair in Toronto.
Papier
Dedicated exclusively to the promotion of art on paper, “Papier” is one of the most important fairs of its kind in North America. The event is an essential catalyst for the contemporary Canadian art market and constitutes a unique meeting ground for the greater public, art enthusiasts, and professionals alike.
Feature
“Feature Contemporary Art Fair” is dedicated exclusively to preeminent contemporary art and brings together artists whose practices are outstanding in their ability to innovate, challenge, and inspire.
Awards
AGAC also presents the following awards in association with the Ville de Montréal: Prix Louis-Comtois and Prix Pierre-Ayot.
Prix Louis-Comtois
The Prix Louis-Comtois was created in 1991 by the Contemporary Art Galleries Association to recognize excellence in visual arts and craft. The award, which is overseen jointly by AGAC and the Ville de Montréal, supports and promotes the work of an artist who has distinguished himself or herself in Montreal’s contemporary art scene throughout the past 15 years.
Prix Pierre-Ayot
The Prix Pierre-Ayot was created in 1996 by the Ville de Montréal, in partnership with the Contemporary Art Galleries Association, to promote excellence among Montreal’s new visual arts creators, to foster the dissemination of the work of young artists in the city’s galleries and artist-run spaces, and to recognize the efforts of presenters to support up-and-coming artists. This award is intended for artists who are in the early stages of their career. It honours their exceptional workmanship and original contribu¬tion in painting, printing, drawing, illustration, photography or other mediums.
Members
Art Mûr - Montreal
Art 45 - Montreal
Battat Contemporary - Montreal
Beaux-arts des Amériques - Montreal
Birch Contemporary - Toronto
Clint Roenisch - Toronto
dc3 Art Projects - Edmonton
Diaz Contemporary - Toronto
Equinox Gallery - Vancouver
Espace Robert Poulin - Montreal
Feheley Fine Arts - Toronto
Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran - Montreal
Galerie BAC - Montral
Galerie Bernard - Montreal
Galerie Division - Montreal et Toronto
Galerie Dominique Bouffard - Montreal
Galerie Donald Browne - Montreal
Galerie d'Este - Montreal
Galerie Eric Devlin - Montreal
Galerie Graff - Montreal
Galerie Hugues Charbonneau - Montreal
Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron - Ottawa
Galerie Joyce Yahouda - Montreal
Galerie Michel Guimont - Québec
Galerie Nicolas Robert - Montreal
Galerie René Blouin - Montreal
Galerie Simon Blais - Montreal
Galerie Trois Points - Montreal
Galerie Valentin - Montreal
General Hardware Contemporary - Toronto
Georgia Scherman Projects - Toronto
Jessica Bradley Gallery - Toronto
Lacerte art contemporain - Montreal and Québec
Laroche / Joncas - Montreal
Lisa Kehler Art + Projects - Winnipeg
Macaulay & Co. Fine Art - Vancouver
Monte Clark Gallery - Vancouver
Parisian Laundry - Montreal
Patrick Mikhail Gallery - Ottawa et Montreal
Paul Petro Contemporary Art - Toronto
Pierre Ouellette art contemporain - Montreal
Republic Gallery - Vancouver
Susan Hobbs Gallery - Toronto
Trépanier Baer - Calgary
Yves Laroche - Montreal
Mission
AGAC’s mission is to defend the moral and economic interests of its members and to ensure the recognition and prosperity of the contemporary art market Canada. The Association currently comprises 43 members based in Montreal, Québec, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
Projects
Projects run by the AGAC include Papier Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper in Montreal as well as the Feature : Contemporary Art Fair in Toronto.
Papier
Dedicated exclusively to the promotion of art on paper, “Papier” is one of the most important fairs of its kind in North America. The event is an essential catalyst for the contemporary Canadian art market and constitutes a unique meeting ground for the greater public, art enthusiasts, and professionals alike.
Feature
“Feature Contemporary Art Fair” is dedicated exclusively to preeminent contemporary art and brings together artists whose practices are outstanding in their ability to innovate, challenge, and inspire.
Awards
AGAC also presents the following awards in association with the Ville de Montréal: Prix Louis-Comtois and Prix Pierre-Ayot.
Prix Louis-Comtois
The Prix Louis-Comtois was created in 1991 by the Contemporary Art Galleries Association to recognize excellence in visual arts and craft. The award, which is overseen jointly by AGAC and the Ville de Montréal, supports and promotes the work of an artist who has distinguished himself or herself in Montreal’s contemporary art scene throughout the past 15 years.
Prix Pierre-Ayot
The Prix Pierre-Ayot was created in 1996 by the Ville de Montréal, in partnership with the Contemporary Art Galleries Association, to promote excellence among Montreal’s new visual arts creators, to foster the dissemination of the work of young artists in the city’s galleries and artist-run spaces, and to recognize the efforts of presenters to support up-and-coming artists. This award is intended for artists who are in the early stages of their career. It honours their exceptional workmanship and original contribu¬tion in painting, printing, drawing, illustration, photography or other mediums.
Members
Art Mûr - Montreal
Art 45 - Montreal
Battat Contemporary - Montreal
Beaux-arts des Amériques - Montreal
Birch Contemporary - Toronto
Clint Roenisch - Toronto
dc3 Art Projects - Edmonton
Diaz Contemporary - Toronto
Equinox Gallery - Vancouver
Espace Robert Poulin - Montreal
Feheley Fine Arts - Toronto
Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran - Montreal
Galerie BAC - Montral
Galerie Bernard - Montreal
Galerie Division - Montreal et Toronto
Galerie Dominique Bouffard - Montreal
Galerie Donald Browne - Montreal
Galerie d'Este - Montreal
Galerie Eric Devlin - Montreal
Galerie Graff - Montreal
Galerie Hugues Charbonneau - Montreal
Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron - Ottawa
Galerie Joyce Yahouda - Montreal
Galerie Michel Guimont - Québec
Galerie Nicolas Robert - Montreal
Galerie René Blouin - Montreal
Galerie Simon Blais - Montreal
Galerie Trois Points - Montreal
Galerie Valentin - Montreal
General Hardware Contemporary - Toronto
Georgia Scherman Projects - Toronto
Jessica Bradley Gallery - Toronto
Lacerte art contemporain - Montreal and Québec
Laroche / Joncas - Montreal
Lisa Kehler Art + Projects - Winnipeg
Macaulay & Co. Fine Art - Vancouver
Monte Clark Gallery - Vancouver
Parisian Laundry - Montreal
Patrick Mikhail Gallery - Ottawa et Montreal
Paul Petro Contemporary Art - Toronto
Pierre Ouellette art contemporain - Montreal
Republic Gallery - Vancouver
Susan Hobbs Gallery - Toronto
Trépanier Baer - Calgary
Yves Laroche - Montreal
Norman Barry Cass was a partner in the London Law Firm of Lipkin Gorman. Norman Barry stole £220,000 from the firms client accounts and used it to feed his gambling habit at the Playboy Club 45 Park Lane, London<nowiki/>which was owned by Karpnale Ltd. He fled to Israel in 1980.
On Sept 14, 1982 a warrant was issued at Marlborough Street Court to extradite Cass back to London for trial facing 21 specimen charges.
In November 1982 The Israeli Justice Ministry agreed to start the proceedings for extradition of Mr Norman Barry Cass who was 34 at the time. He was incarcerated for 3 years sentence in 1984.
The firm Lipkin Gorman sued the Playboy Club to return the stolen funds because at that time gambling contracts were void under the Gaming Act 1845 section 18. The case was Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd
The case was a significant case as it was the first time in English law and it succeeded as a partial defense.
On Sept 14, 1982 a warrant was issued at Marlborough Street Court to extradite Cass back to London for trial facing 21 specimen charges.
In November 1982 The Israeli Justice Ministry agreed to start the proceedings for extradition of Mr Norman Barry Cass who was 34 at the time. He was incarcerated for 3 years sentence in 1984.
The firm Lipkin Gorman sued the Playboy Club to return the stolen funds because at that time gambling contracts were void under the Gaming Act 1845 section 18. The case was Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd
The case was a significant case as it was the first time in English law and it succeeded as a partial defense.
The president fiction originated in Taiwan's romantic novel. It is like a modern Cinderella story. Now, this is a notable genre in Chinese romance novel. It meet the most woman's fantasy of love. Some of its features is applied to Chinese soaps. Thought its content are about the same. It is also a popular genre in romance novels in China.
Hero
Such a hero of this kind of story is the President of the international group, rich, handsome, a little male chauvinism are what they have in common. but the heroes have different quality
1.Some of the hero character are cold-blooded and never care about others.
2.Some of the hero character are typical playboy who has a lot of affair and lovers.He think the woman just "toys".
And recently years, the hero even with the Mafia background.
Heroine
The heroine are usually very naive,kind-hearted,beautiful,ordinary or even poor. If she is not beautiful, she must be cute that makes other people want to protect she or she must be temperament conspicuous that makes other people impressive.
Story content
the story content roughly divided into the following
1.The two of the gap of status will meet with each other dramatically and sometimes have a sex mistakenly. After that, the hero find that the heroine is "tasty" and want to force her to stay with him to maintain a long-term sex relationship Because the heroine is poor and happen to be need the money (family have serious disease or young family members want to complete their studies ),she has to say yes to the hero. Finally, they fell in love .
2.A small number of cases, the heroine is very rich.But their family company is facing a major crisis, she had to have a commercial marriage with the hero. At first, they don’t like each other, even hate to see each other . Finally, they fell in love.
Hero
Such a hero of this kind of story is the President of the international group, rich, handsome, a little male chauvinism are what they have in common. but the heroes have different quality
1.Some of the hero character are cold-blooded and never care about others.
2.Some of the hero character are typical playboy who has a lot of affair and lovers.He think the woman just "toys".
And recently years, the hero even with the Mafia background.
Heroine
The heroine are usually very naive,kind-hearted,beautiful,ordinary or even poor. If she is not beautiful, she must be cute that makes other people want to protect she or she must be temperament conspicuous that makes other people impressive.
Story content
the story content roughly divided into the following
1.The two of the gap of status will meet with each other dramatically and sometimes have a sex mistakenly. After that, the hero find that the heroine is "tasty" and want to force her to stay with him to maintain a long-term sex relationship Because the heroine is poor and happen to be need the money (family have serious disease or young family members want to complete their studies ),she has to say yes to the hero. Finally, they fell in love .
2.A small number of cases, the heroine is very rich.But their family company is facing a major crisis, she had to have a commercial marriage with the hero. At first, they don’t like each other, even hate to see each other . Finally, they fell in love.
Raoul III of Valois, (c.1015 - 1074), count of Valois, Vexin, vitry, Bar-sur-Aube, Amiens and Crépy. He was also called "Ralph III" and was sometimes referred to as "Raoul II". He was the eldest son of Raoul II, Count of Valois, and Alix of Breteuil.
Whilst on pilgrimage to Rome, Raoul met his recently widowed cousin, Adele, daughter of Count Nocher III of Bar-sur-Aube, and having secured a promise of marriage continued on to Rome. Upon his return he found that Adele's vassals, fearing his authority, had attempted to marry her to Renard, Count of Joigny.
Raoul immediately begins pillaging Joigny's county until Adele is returned to him. They marry and have four children:
*Gautier, Count of Bar-sur-Aube d.1067
*Simon, Count of Amiens, d.1080
*Elisabeth, marries Barthélemy, Lord of Broyes and Beaufort
*Adele of Valois, married firstly, Herbert IV of Vermandois, secondly, Theobald III, Count of Blois.
Whilst on pilgrimage to Rome, Raoul met his recently widowed cousin, Adele, daughter of Count Nocher III of Bar-sur-Aube, and having secured a promise of marriage continued on to Rome. Upon his return he found that Adele's vassals, fearing his authority, had attempted to marry her to Renard, Count of Joigny.
Raoul immediately begins pillaging Joigny's county until Adele is returned to him. They marry and have four children:
*Gautier, Count of Bar-sur-Aube d.1067
*Simon, Count of Amiens, d.1080
*Elisabeth, marries Barthélemy, Lord of Broyes and Beaufort
*Adele of Valois, married firstly, Herbert IV of Vermandois, secondly, Theobald III, Count of Blois.