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Le Diamant General Manager and Programmer, Bernard Gilbert, and director and project initiator, Robert Lepage, presented a report on the progress of Le Diamant’s construction. A guided tour through the site followed, led by Bernard Gilbert and architect Alain Tousignant, a representative of the consortium Coarchitecture/In Situ/Jacques Plante architectes. Four months ahead of the completion date and as planned in the final project schedule, more than 70% of the future Diamant has now been completed.

Le Diamant General Manager and Programming Director Bernard Gilbert and director and project initiator Robert Lepage announced the artist chosen as part of the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communication Integration Policy for the Arts in Architecture and the Environment. The selected artist is Claudie Gagnon, a well-known multidisciplinary artist originally from Montreal and based in Quebec City. Her work Atome ou le fruit des étoiles will be installed on the building’s facade above the main entrance on Saint-Jean Street.