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.
L'art et le sport
My favourite memories as a child are of playing. A game of throwing pennies with my father, a wrestling throwdown with my mother, shooting the bow and arow with my uncle or losing a tennis match to my great aunt.…An artwork of Hooria Rahini
In parallel to the exhibition Toward Freedom presented at Projet Casa [February 24 – March 26, 2023] curated by Mojeanne Behzadi [curator, research and programming at Artexte], the Artexte reading room is hosting the installation Landscape of Unity: Building a…Wikipedia edit-a-thon and conference
As part of the Art+Feminism campaign and mission, Artexte is collaborating with Articule to invite you to join us for another Wikipedia edit-a-thon aimed at representing the work of artists, authors, and cultural workers from underrepresented groups on Wikipedia, including…In collaboration with the Atwater Poetry Project
Toronto-based Poet Liz Howard will perform a commissioned response piece to an issue of quarterly feminist magazine Fireweed, founded in 1978 by an editorial collective. Titled Fireweed 22: Native Women Issue, this magazine was published by a guest editorial collective…Artexte's new podcast series curated by Mojeanne Behzadi
As part of the Sonic Fields of Reflection exhibition, curator Mojeanne Behzadi invites you to our exhibition space – now transformed into an experimental research room specifically imagined to meditate on sound – to attend recordings of Sonic Lab; Artexte’s…Language Classroom: Synthesis
The starting point of “Language Classroom: Synthesis” is based on Rad Hourani’s own experience, who, as a dyslexic, ADD and dysphonic person, has felt socially excluded from a young age because of his difficulties in reading and writing. Starting from…2022 Duplicate Book Sale and more
We are pleased to partner again with Volume MTL to host your favorite annual Artexte event: the Duplicate Book Sale! As you may already know, Artexte receives numerous donations from cultural organizations and individuals throughout the year. At times, some…Co-organized by 7A*11D International Festival of Performance and Artexte
In partnership with the 7A*11D International Festival of Performance, Toronto Performance Art Collective and Artexte are pleased to invite you to the virtual launch of the digital reissue of w.o.r.k.s.c.o.r.e.p.o.r.t on September 10, 2022, at 11:00 am (EDT) on Zoom.…Guided tours: collection + Blackity
From May 12th to 22nd, 2022, the Montreal Printed Art Festival will be in full swing across the island, with a vast programming of satellite activities for its second edition. Artexte will take part of it on Saturday, May 14!…Presented by the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, Concordia University
This virtual gathering will be an opportunity to explore the questions raised by Dr. Joana Joachim in Blackity, through dialogue with key actors present in this exhibition and research. This event will offer a rich reflection on the past, present…Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Schedule: 12:30 – 13:00 pm: guided tour of “Créer à rebours vers l’exposition : le cas d’Art et féminisme” with the curators, Geneviève Marcil and Valérie Morin at VOX (space 401); 1:00 – 1:30 pm: guided tour of Blackity with…Presented by Contemporary Arts X Wiki virtual Workshops
For years, many artistic projects have been taking place on the Web, the pandemic has acted as an accelerator of this type of dissemination. Virtual exhibitions and digital publications are multiplying on all sides! But what about the preservation of…In collaboration with Volume MTL
Your favorite annual Artexte event, the Duplicate Book Sale, is finally back! As you know, Artexte receives numerous donations from cultural organizations and individuals throughout the year. At times, some of these publications are already listed in our collection. Thanks…Contribute to the presence of Quebec and Canadian visual arts on Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia
ARTEXTE Information Centre, the RCAAQ / Réseau Art Actuel and Repaire – Regroupement de pairs des arts indépendants de recherche et d’expérimentation (previously known as the Conseil québécois des arts médiatiques, the Regroupement des arts interdisciplinaires du Québec) are partnering…Blackity
This spring Joana Joachim returns to Artexte’s stacks for a research residency focused on Black Canadian art histories. To date there has only been one art historical anthology written with the express purpose of mapping Black Canadian art history across…with Gabrielle Larocque and Le Broke Lab
During the week of June 14, Gabrielle Larocque and members of the Le Broke Lab collective will meet in Artexte’s exhibition space (currently closed to the public) for a three-day laboratory that revisits the collective’s archives in response to research…Listen, read, educate and engage
Over the years, Artexte’s vocations have evolved, yet we have always been determined to preserve and share reliable information sources and support the growth of knowledge. In support of the Palestinian people: Its for this reason, in support of…with Klara du Plessis and Kadie Salmon
Researching the artists’ book in Artexte expansive archival collection during a month-long, virtual residency in May 2021, visual artist Kadie Salmon (London, U.K.) and poet Klara du Plessis (Montreal) have responded with their own —conceptualizing the artists’ book as a…
Congratulations to Joana Joachim
The Artexte team would like to congratulate our collaborator and former Research and Exhibitions Coordinator, Joana Joachim, who was recently appointed Assistant Professor in Black Studies in Art Education, Art History and Social Justice at Concordia University. We wish a…Archiver le vivant : un laboratoire méthodologique
How does the encounter between the document collection and live or performative arts inform the subject of collaboration? My residency draws from Artexte’s material documents —a literature primarily donated by a community of artists and cultural workers— so as to…Wayside Archive
The artefacts and narratives of black queer women rarely surface in archives and art historical canons. Yet, as Katherine McKittrick notes in “Mathematics Black Life,” the genealogies of the black folks—of black life—are to be found in archives. At Artexte,…Narrative of process: activating the artist’s book
Kadie and Klara first met in 2018 while together at an artist- and writer-in-residency program in Montserrat, Spain. They have continued to work together since, using their respective practices to create dialogues between moving-image and poetic works. Drawing on a…Online
Schedule : 2:15 PM: Initial training offered in French and English for people with no prior experience editing Wikipedia articles; 2:15 – 4:00 PM : Edit-a-thon; 4:00 – 5:00 PM : Discussion with Geneviève Wallen and Michaëlle Sergile; As…Online
Artexte is proud to support the Art Gallery of York University in presenting the Desire Lines: Mapping the Metadata of Toronto Arts Publishing speaker series as a prequel to our future exhibition Lignes de désir // Desire Lines: Displaced Narrative…
Hello out there ! Greetings from the Artexte library !
On behalf of everyone here, I wish you good health and the stamina to find what brings you happiness and fulfillment during these times. Back in the days when we could be in the same room, we had been thinking…
Discover the Artexte's collection here and on our Instagram from another perspective
Throughout 2021, Artexte will unveil a series of unboxing videos featuring members of our team, guest artists, curators, researchers. The Artexte Unboxings series will feature each invitee as they search through our shelves and choose a box, a file, a…
Looking back on our activities during a very unusual year
As we come to the end of this very unusual and challenging year, we continue to forge ahead in our mission to provide reliable information sources for research on contemporary visual arts. We would like to highlight some of the…
