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.
Screening Playtime, a film by Jacques Tati
This year, the Artexte team offers you free screenings of Playtime (1967), a beautifully choreographed comedy by Jacques Tati about the rise of high technology and the confusion it engendered. For one night the reading room will be transformed into…A conversation with Nicole Jolicoeur and Denis Lessard
In connection to Anne Ramsden’s current exhibition Objects in mirror are closer than they appear, we are pleased to present a conversation between artists Nicole Jolicoeur, Denis Lessard and Anne Ramsden. Jolicoeur and Lessard will each give a presentation about…A research residence on themes of exteriority and exile
This winter, we are pleased to welcome Montreal-based artist, Adam Kinner, for a research residency. Kinner is looking at works and artistic practices, which engage with themes of exteriority, exile, borders and the figure of the alien. He is interested…An event co-presented with the Art Libraries Society of North America – Montréal, Ottawa, Québec (ARLIS/NA MOQ)
In English and in French Join us for a round table discussion on copyright and the visual arts, addressing questions related to digital collections in libraries, archives and museums. By bringing together artists, cultural workers, librarians, and copyright experts to…
Six Formats: Lecture-performance
We are pleased to welcome Six Formats research group at Artexte. In early 2017 a group of artists, curators, and art-based researchers will gather for a week to think about and experiment with Lecture-performance as a format of communication of…Your friendly neighborhood annual fundraiser
For sale: rare books, artists’ publications, art magazines, beautiful catalogues, and some “vintage” publications from the Artexte vault! A selection of publications by Artexte Editions will also be on sale at a 20% discount. What is a Duplicate Book Sale? …Continuous broadcast of a sound art work
Let yourself be bewitched by the minimalist charm of the 1976 opera Einstein on the Beach, composed by Philip Glass and directed by Robert Wilson. On this Journée de la Culture 2016, this sound work will be broadcasted in Artexte’s…Roundtable
We are pleased to present a round table related to the current exhibition, Canadian Photography Magazines, 1970-1990, organized in collaboration with Serge Allaire, historian of Quebec art and photography and research resident at Artexte. This round table discussion will bring…Special exhibition
We have prepared an exhibition of documents on mail art exploring the idea of mobility, the theme of the 34th edition of the Symposium international d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul. The exhibition will be on view at the Symposium from July…An artist’s talk presented in collaboration with the Queer Between the Covers Bookfair and Qouleur
(in English with bilingual a question period) The Artexte team is pleased to host an artist’s talk by Vancouver-based artist Ho Tam, who will give a talk on his serial artist’s publication projects. This artist’s talk is presented in…A research residency on the photobook
We are pleased to welcome historian of Quebec art and photography Serge Allaire as a research resident at Artexte. The primary goal of this research residency is to locate and identify photobooks in Artexte’s holdings and to propose a rigorous…A round table on Art, Agency and Homelands
We are pleased to present a round table moderated by Dr. Alice Ming Wai Jim, the recipient of the 2015 Artexte prize. This round table discussion will bring together curator Srimoyee Mitra and artists Patrick Beaulieu and Leila Sujir, who…Screenings of the classic film Fahrenheit 451 by François Truffaut
This year for Montreal’s Nuit blanche, the Artexte team offers free screenings of François Truffaut’s classic science-fiction film Fahrenheit 451, based on Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel, which imagines a world where all books are destroyed. For one night the reading…Publication launch and performance by Francys Chenier with Sylvie Cotton
During the winter of 2015, artist Francys Chenier carried out a research residency at Artexte. Following the joint reading by Chenier and interdisciplinary artist Sylvie Cotton of Michel Foucault’s Le Corps utopique, the two came together in March 2015 for…Public conference presented in collaboration with the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery
The result of a close collaboration between Artexte and the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, this public seminar aims to deepen reflections on the epistemological, cultural, social, political and ethical issues pertaining to reading as methodology. Presented at Artexte…Great publications, even better prices!
For sale: artists publications, beautiful catalogues, rare books, art magazines, posters, and much more! A selection ofpublications by Éditions Artextes will also be on sale at a 20% discount. What is a Duplicate Book Sale? Each year, Artexte receives numerous…A talk to accompany the exhibition Dualité / Dualité
As part of Artexte’s One Hour, One Book lecture series and to accompany the exhibition on view, we are pleased to present a public conversation between Françoise Sullivan and Leisure (Meredith Carruthers and Susannah Wesley). The starting point for the…
Videos of exhibition-related talks
Talks within the frame of the exhibition: Sylvie Lacerte: Poésie et storytelling: un itinéraire de la performance chez Vera Frenkel, de la graphie aux nouveaux médias (in French) Jacob Wren: An apology that I have not properly documented my…
The artists discuss their selection of documents
In this series of videoclips, several artists discuss their selection of documents for the exhibition An Annotated Bibliography: Performance Art in Quebec and Canada. Johanna Householder Johanna Householder has been making performances, videos and other artworks since the late…Special event on counter-culture
For this edition of One Hour, One Book, Louis Rastelli will present one issue of davinci, a short-run periodical published in Montreal in the mid 1970s that featured the work of dozens of local poets, writers and visual artists of…Discover recent additions to our e-artexte database, freely accessible online!
We are proud to collaborate with many contemporary art galleries, artist-run centres, authors and editors to promote research and provide access to information on contemporary art. Our digital repository, e-artexte, now contains over 530 publications, exhibition catalogues, periodicals, artist’s books…Montreal artist and writer Nelson Henricks has been invited to investigate Artexte’s audio-visual holdings.
Though widely known as a resource centre for print documentation, Artexte also possesses a significant collection of audio-visual materials: films, videotapes, and DVDs; vinyl records, audiocassettes and CDs. The status of these objects varies: some are actual artworks and others…An off-site exhibition curated by Collectif Blanc
Opening – June 5, from 5 PM to 10 PM Artexte is proud to participate in an off-site exhibition lead by Collectif Blanc. NEWSPAPER EDITION is an exhibition organized by Collectif Blanc around the newspaper as new platform…A performance by Thierry Marceau
On the walkways of the 2-22, facing Ste-Catherine street MONTRÉAL MAGIQUE is phase 3 of Thierry Marceau’s project 1/100 de 2-22, J’aime Montréal et Montréal m’aime, the art and architecture integration work (1%) for the 2-22. This large-scale performative work…
