Artexte’s permanent collection is alive! It is activated through public events in support of new research, writing, as well as creating new artworks and publications around visual and print culture. Artexte aims to be inclusive of all visual cultures existing across contemporary art communities. Our on-site and virtual offerings include conferences, workshops, artist talks, performances, film screenings, as well as many interinstitutional collaborations and off-site activities.

March 25th - April 25th, 2026

A library exhibition

We drew inspiration from the roundtable discussion Housing Justice and the Arts Today, featuring Stefan Christoff, Parker Mah, Jules Bugiel, and David Austin, to select materials from the collection that address issues of dislocation, housing insecurity and gentrification, as they…
March 2026

A library exhibition by Rebecca Lawrence Lynch

The world of contemporary poetry can at times appear ill at ease in its relationship with visual art. Although happy enough to sit alongside the work of photographers and other artists, if you were to open the majority of literary…
Winter 2026

Writing residency

With the support of the Indigenous Arts Committee of the Conseil des arts de Montréal, Artexte offers a research and writing residency, where for a period of three to six months, where Artexte invites an Indigenous artist, curator or researcher…
Friday, November 21, 2025 – 10h:00 am to 12:00 pm @ Artexte reading room

As part of the Networks of the Black Atlantic symposium by Nigra Iuventa

The Networks of the Black Atlantic: Heritage, Knowledge and Solidarity symposium, organized by Nigra Iuventa, invites you to a workshop-talk in the Artexte collection. This activity will explore collective memory made possible by donations of documents from and by artists,…
Saturday, November 29, 2025 — 2:00 pm @ Artexte's reading room

As part of the exhibition The Photobook in Quebec: Current Perspectives

As part of the public programming surrounding the exhibition The Photobook in Quebec: Current Perspectives, on view at Artexte until December 13, 2025, join us for a conversation on Saturday, November 29th at 2:00 pm in the Artexte reading room.…
Fall 2025
When’s the last time you made a mistake with language? How did you correct it–or did you? Depending on the context, there are centuries-old printing protocols for this. The prefix “err” originates in the Latine word “errare,” meaning to wander…
October 30, 2025 — 6:00 pm @ Artexte's reading room

As part of the exhibition The Photobook in Quebec: Current Perspectives

As part of the public programming surrounding the exhibition The Photobook in Quebec: Current Perspectives, join us for a conversation with artist photographer Anne-Marie Proulx and publisher Éric Cez, who will discuss with curator Serge Allaire the current dynamics between…
October 16 – December 5, 2025

Artexte's annual fundraising campaign – 2025 edition

Campaign’s goal: $6 000   Founded 45 years ago, Artexte is a library, an information and exhibition centre dedicated to contemporary art, with a documentary collection of over 38,000 printed and catalogued documents accessible to all. Artexte plays a unique…
Landscape photo in which the books, from left to right, Peur Pietà by Nicholas Dawson, Je regarde de la porno quand je suis triste by Sayaka Araniva-Yanez and Un carré de poussière by Jessica Tapiero, the subjects of the third Cercle de lecture presented in collaboration with librairie L'Euguélionne, The bottom of the photo is occupied by a light mauve band featuring the logos of the Ville-Marie borough of the City of Montreal and the feminist bookshop and cooperative L'Euguélionne, both on the right.
May 3rd, 2025 – 2 PM to 5 PM @ Artexte's reading room

Theme: sacred bodies, oozing bodies, a look at the poetry of queer bodies

Artexte invite you to the third edition of its new educational activity series, which pairs contemporary visual arts and literature. Artexte’s Book Club offers three seasonal activities, during which independent Montreal bookstores are invited to choose a theme that will…
Landscape photo on which a Moebius magazine and the two excerpts of texts from the second Cercle de lecture, presented in collaboration with the bookstore Un livre à soi, are positioned randomly on a white and black background created by the all-over pattern of the bookmarks of the bookstore Un livre à soi. At the bottom of the photo is a light mauve band featuring the logos of the City of Montreal's Ville-Marie borough and Un livre à soi bookstore, both on the right.
February 15, 2025 – 2 PM to 5 PM @ Artexte's reading room

Theme: Influential correspondences

Artexte invites you to the second edition of its new educational activity that pairs contemporary visual arts and literature. Artexte’s Book Club offers three seasonal activities during which independent Montreal bookstores are invited to choose a theme that will be…
Photographie couleur format portrait d'un « selfie » d'une personne aux cheveux bourgogne portant un chapeau noir avec des plumes noires, un collier avec une fleur en diamant et une camisole noire. Un rideau en velour turquoise est derrière la personne.
Fall 2024
“Lesbian and queer women artists often remain invisible within Canadian art history. Even when their artworks are included, their sexuality is often effaced, and no survey book has ever been written about Canadian lesboqueer artists. For my research residency at…