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 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…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…
