Our permanent collection is alive! It is activated through public events supporting writing, new artworks and publications around visual and print culture. We aim to be inclusive of all cultures existing across Canada in contemporary art. Our offers include conferences, workshops, readings, artist talks, performances, film screenings and many off site activities such as Papier art fair and the International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul.
Launch organized by TRUCK Contemporary Art and Artexte
Please join us and TRUCK Contemporary Art on the evening of November 28, 2019 for the Montreal launch for Rita McKeough: Works, a monograph publication on Rita McKeough’s contributions to the Canadian art milieu, produced in partnership with EMMEDIA Gallery…
Fall 2019
We are proud to welcome Camille Larivée as the first Wikipedian in residence at Artexte for the month of October. She will also participate in the roundtable discussion that will take place on November 9, 2019, during the third edition…Artist performance followed by a conversation with Jessica Hébert
For the second edition of VOLUME, Art and the Book, Artexte has invited artist Pascaline Knight for a micro-residency in the collection, which centers around three clickable keywords chosen by the artist : Map, Feminine, Bird. The results of her…A research residency for the 2019 edition of VIVA! Art Action
For the seventh edition of VIVA! Art Action, Simon Brown will part-take in a playful, multilingual writing residency at Artexte. On-site use of various collaborative and experimental approaches, in dialogue with the performances. Publication of produced texts in real time…Join us for an afternoon with the Queer BETWEEN the COVERS (QBTC)
As part of the 12th Montreal Queer Book Fair, the QBTC collective and Artexte invites you to an afternoon of projections on queer publishing cultures around the world through a selection of short documentaries and clips. Featuring slam poets in…Lexicon on happiness and well-being
In 2018, Michèle Champagne examined the broad concept of happiness by questioning its silhouette, industry, vocabulary and legibility in our society. Through this exploration, Champagne conducted a critical and nuanced reflection on happiness and well-being when they get mixed up…Organized by Le laps and Artexte
The publishing house Le laps is pleased to announced the launch of Les confessions by Sophie Jodoin. The launch will take place at Artexte in presence of the author. Les confessions is a recent project that reflects Sophie Jodoin’s…A research residency presented as part of the exhibition SPECULATIONS
Within the context of the exhibition SPECULATIONS, we are thrilled to welcome writer and filmmaker Francesca Ekwuyasi for a research residency in the collection. Ekwuyasi was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, and currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During…Panel discussion with John Tain (Asia Art Archive), Sara Nicole England and Mikhel Proulx (Indigenous Digital Art Archive), and Jessica Hébert (Artexte)
A Conversation on Indigenous/Asian Art Archives is a panel bringing together representatives from Artexte, Asia Art Archive (AAA), and Indigenous Digital Art Archive (IDAA) to discuss some of the issues raised when documenting and preserving contemporary art and visual culture,…
