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.
Memory, consciousness, imagination: art and politics
« All anyone needs to aspire to politically is to do what they can, and to do their best. To change an opinion, or an attitude, or to modify a knee-jerk response, or to catalyze an ongoing process of personal…a particular case. «J’en ai fait un cas particulier et non un cas d’espèce» Marguerite Duras, La vie matérielle
During her residency, Céline Huyghebaert will act as a researcher and occupy the Artexte documentation center to extract discourses about contemporary artists. Expanding on a residency at La Chambre Blanche in Quebec City in 2016, she will compile documents, collect…Who Was Who Was Who in Contemporary Canadian Art
Eric Metcalfe and Kate Craig / Dr. Brute and Lady Brute; Vincent Trasov / Mr. Peanut; Camille Turner / Miss Canadiana; Kent Monkman / Miss Chief Eagle Testickle; etc. Since the 1960s, numerous Canadian artists have created artist personas or…Cite on Site - A research residency presented in partnership with KAPSULA
What if the bibliography was formatted as a network? How might we order a bibliography rhizomatically? Citing, Siting & Sighting Solidarity explores the use of this rhizomatic digital bibliographic form to map ‘solidarity’ in Canadian art history. Expanding on current…A zine workshop with Eloisa Aquino and Jenny Lin (B&D Press)
Lists are strangely seductive and addictive, for many reasons: They are predictable: the numbered or ordered information allows us to develop “schemata” —mental maps drawn from experience. They make things look easy and finite, so they help you to focus.…Cut | Paste - Collage workshop in the collection
For the 2018 edition of Nuit blanche à Montréal, presented in collaboration with the Casino de Montréal, join us for a collage workshop in our reading room, open to all ages. Through the use of different materials (magazines, papers, documents,…Musical performance by Devin Brahja Waldman
Dear DB, I have been thinking about what you said on the phone last week, which I wrote down at the time. It’s really stayed with me. “When I look for something that’s lost, first I look in all the…The title is a quote from Joseph Beuys. [1]
Opening: Wednesday February 14, 6 pm to 8 pm Artist talk and deposit of documents at 6:30 pm Curator: Maude Johnson Objects aren’t very important any more is an exhibition that retrospectively assesses Thierry Marceau’s performative project entitled 1/100…an installation by Stanley Février
EXHIBITION: I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Ralph Ellison, Invisible man, 1952 The invisibility at issue here stems from a critical assessment of museum institutions and reflects on the system of recognition within the Quebecer…Around Computerese
This edition of Artexte on Air will feature an online conversation with Toronto artist William Perry, a pioneer of Telidon art which used a pre-internet interactive technology in the early 1980s. We will be discussing the mystery surrounding Computerese :…no 2 – sci-fi
For the second edition of Artexte on Tap, we invite you to join us for a glass of beer and conversation about science-fiction in contemporary art ! Occupying an important place in popular culture, sci-fi is also present in a…Our beloved annual fundraiser is back!
For sale: rare books, artists’ publications, art magazines, beautiful catalogues, and so much more! A selection of publications by Artexte Editions will also be on sale at a 20% discount. What is a Duplicate Book Sale? Every year, Artexte receives…Discussions around the exhibition Reading Performance: An Annotated Bibliography in Real Time III
This discussion brings together historians, artists and curators that have participated in bibliographic research projects at Artexte dedicated to various artistic and performance based practices. Presenting their points of view and themes, these individual and collective researchers ask how the…Discussions around the exhibition Reading Performance: An Annotated Bibliography in Real Time III
This discussion brings together historians, artists and curators that have participated in bibliographic research projects at Artexte dedicated to various artistic and performance based practices. Presenting their points of view and themes, these individual and collective researchers ask how the…The Harvest
Artexte on Tap is an ongoing series at which takes place every two months, providing an occasion to engage in dialogue and share a drink in the library. Guided by specific themes and introduced by Artexte’s librarians and invited guests,…The 7th Sense + More Caught in the Act
Join us to celebrate a double-launch of More Caught in the Act and The 7th Sense: two new and indispensable books about performance art by women in Canada and Quebec. Editors, authors and artists of both books will host an…Creative workshop in the library
We thrilled to welcome multidisciplinary artist Yen-Chao Lin for this year’s edition of Les journées de la culture! Join us for a bookmaking workshop in the library. This activity is an opportunity to reinterpret our collection and explore simple folding…10 Years of Underground Queer Visual Culture in Montreal
Guided tour on August 16 from 6 to 8 PM. Poster exhibition from August 16 to August 30, Wednesday to Friday from noon to 5 PM Join Montreal artist Jamie Ross for a guided tour of a selection of radical…The Future is Created in the Past: Special exhibition
The Future is Created in the Past: Science Fiction in Contemporary Art from 1967 to Now. For the 35th edition of the Symposium international d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, under the theme Pasts in the Present, we have prepared an exhibition…
