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.
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…A marathon reading of Edward Said’s texts regarding politics of representation
If you would like to read at the marathon reading, please sign up to this calendar Through a shared interest to confront questions around the politics of representation, in images as well as words, and in response to discussions with…A warm welcome for students!
During reading week, Artexte invites students to come study and do research in our sunlit spaces and enjoy free tea and coffee! In addition to the usual consultation room, the conference room will be open for extra study space. As…Uncovering Asian Canadian and Black Canadian Artistic Production
April 2 to April 30 – Vitrines on display in the consultation room April 2, from 5 PM to 7 PM – Exhibition and catalogue launch Founded in 2011, The Ethnocultural Art Histories Research group (EAHR) is a student-led research…Nothing More Than Murder (1949) by Jim Thompson.
On the occasion of his second exhibition at Artexte, Jason Simon will sample scenes and dialogues from the crime novel Nothing More Than Murder to frame a discussion around his exhibition in the Artexte gallery. Written by American author and…Rober Racine : Fantasmes Fragiles
For this third edition of One Hour, One Book, artist and graphic designer Emmelyne Pornillos will present Rober Racine : Fantasmes fragiles (2005) by Louise Déry, Rober Racine and Julie Bélisle, a monographic publication which explores the universe of the…Special presentation during the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective’s Iakwé:Iahre Colloquium
This month, Artexte is pleased to welcome members of the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective (ACC). The ACC will be in Montreal for their annual meeting, which will be held at Concordia University (October 16-18). This colloquium, called Iakwé:Iahre [we remember], focuses…Highlighting Open Access material from e-artexte
Organizations make their publications accessible online using the e-artexte digital repository, which currently holds more than 350 public digital documents. To celebrate Open Access Week, Artexte is highlighting Open Access material from e-artexte. The Centre des arts actuels Skol …Bookbinding workshop
Recto-Verso-Quattro-Octo is a workshop that combines graphic design layout processes with hand binding techniques to show how a single sheet of paper can become a multipage publication. Participants will use tools from content layout to production – a process that…As part of this fall's research residency program, Artexte welcomes two inspiring researchers
Louis Rastelli (Montréal) Writer, editor, DJ, musician and important figure of the local artistic community, Louis Rastelli participated in the making of multiple independent publications and co-founded Expozine in 2009. He is also co-founder of Archive Montréal, a non-profit organization…Rethinking the new Biennial of Montreal
Artexte and the UQAM Department of Art History invite you to a roundtable organized by the students in the course Analyse des œuvres d’art sur le site : la biennale comme format d’exposition à New York, Montréal et Québec. This…Bruno Schulz’s fantastical autobiography, Sklepy cynamonowe (1934)
For the second edition of One hour, one book, and on this day marking the anniversary of his father, René Canty de Lachine (1928-2013), Daniel Canty has chosen to read from Bruno Schulz’s (1892-1942) fantastical autobiography,Sklepy cynamonowe (1934), translated as…Thinking Through “Enquête sur les modes d’existence” by Bruno Latour
Art historian, Christine Ross, in collaboration with Artexte, will hold a seminar gathering a dozen contemporary art historians affiliated with Montreal’s four universities. This seminar aims to give an account of current research practices in contemporary art. As an orientation…
