But an article last month in Montreal daily Le Devoir suggested that Choinière was following in the illustrious artist-as-hacker footsteps of Banksy, who famously smuggled a stuffed rat wearing sunglasses into London's Natural History Museum and hung his own artwork in New York's Museum of Modern Art.
"To be amongst such illustrious artists is a privilege.
He was totally unpleasant, yet totally charming, the old contradictory makeup of many illustrious artists and hooligans.
Referring to the more illustrious artists, he added: "Even though I work on these pieces, nothing is more important than family portraits.
James Levine, on his night off from a performance of Wagner's "Ring" at the Metropolitan Opera this week, showed up, as well as Sherrill Milnes, Anna Moffo, Lucine Amara, Licia Albanese and other illustrious artists.
The classical music world bade farewell to some of its most illustrious artists in 2007, even as it greeted new technologies and broader cultural forces that would be crucial to its future.
It was through ACE and Northern Arts specialist panels that I, with more illustrious artists as my role models, learned how to contribute usefully to such discussions and to make and stand by those difficult arts funding decisions.
In her mid-60's, and having attained near legendary status, this mezzo-soprano continues to make occasional concert appearances, often tributes to illustrious artists of the past, like a recital tonight in homage to Marian Anderson.
(Chinen) ★ A GREAT NIGHT IN HARLEM (Thursday) The Jazz Foundation of America, a nonprofit musicians-aid organization, stocks this edition of its annual gala with illustrious artists like the pianists Randy Weston and Dave Brubeck; the singers Nnenna Freelon and Norah Jones; and the saxophonists Jimmy Heath, Frank Foster and Phil Woods.
He did it by dazzling the collectors with visions of an Elysium through which they would stroll hand in hand with the illustrious artists of the past, and by making other dealers emulate him.
There are prints by other illustrious artists, including José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros, plus graphic art by the TGP, an avant garde workshop specialising in cheap prints that supported trade union campaigns and fought international fascism.
