Francois-Marc Gagnon is a professor in teh Department of Art History at the Universite de Montreal, where he has taught since 1966. His career has included teaching appointments at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, Universite Laval, Concordia University, and the Universities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. He received the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction for his book Paul-Emile Borduas and is a Member of the Order of Canada.