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…
October 19-25, 2015

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…
September 3, 2015
Come see us on for a culturally-packed evening! Take this opportunity to see the new signage that brings together and makes more visible the cultural organizations of the 2-22. Artexte : Reopening of the exhibition An Annotated Bibliography in Real…
Fall 2015

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…
June 5-7, 2015

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…
May 28, 2015 - 9:30 PM and 10:30 PM

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…
March 27, 2015 - 12 PM to 9 PM

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…
Winter 2015
From February to April 2015, Artexte welcomes Montreal based artist Adam Kinner for a research residency exploring the intersection of the dancing body and the state. With Artexte’s support, he will pursue research for an upcoming project titled The Gesture…
Winter 2015
Artexte accueille l’artiste, écrivain et commissaire Francys Chenier dans le cadre d’un projet ponctuel. Suite à une lecture conjointe avec l’artiste interdisciplinaire Sylvie Cotton du Corps utopique de Michel Foucault, les deux se réuniront au mois de mars afin de…
March 4-6, 2015 - 12 PM to 7 PM

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…
Winter 2015

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…