Photographie couleur format portrait d'un « selfie » d'une personne aux cheveux bourgogne portant un chapeau noir avec des plumes noires, un collier avec une fleur en diamant et une camisole noire. Un rideau en velour turquoise est derrière la personne.
Fall 2024
“Lesbian and queer women artists often remain invisible within Canadian art history. Even when their artworks are included, their sexuality is often effaced, and no survey book has ever been written about Canadian lesboqueer artists. For my research residency at…
October 26, 2024 – 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

As part of their research residency (fall/winter 2023)

After completing their research and writing residency with an unpublished essay, script, and costume illustrations, writer and artist Katsitsanoron Dumoulin-Bush makes a long-awaited return to the recording booth with cherished colleagues and collaborators to present the second installation in their…
Landscape black and white photo taken from a black metal shelf in the Artexte collection. The right and left sections of the photo are occupied by the open shelves of the documentary collection and the document storage boxes, in shades of grey and beige, which occupy all the available shelves. The black-painted floor reflects the neon lights that illuminate the row of shelves. At the end of the row is a partial view of the Artexte reading room. Wooden tables with documents on them suggest research in progress.
October 15 – November 29, 2024

Artexte's annual fundraising campaign – 2024 edition

Campaign’s goal: $6 000   Over the past 40 years, Artexte documentation centre has amassed a collection of over 36,000 printed documents. Artexte plays a unique role within the visual arts ecosystem by preserving a collective memory. We are eager…
Mor November 16, 2024 – 2 PM to 4 PM @ Artexte's reading room

Theme: Arab Futurism and Care Practices in the Arab World

Artexte invite you to a brand-new series of educational activities bringing together contemporary visual arts and literature. Artexte’s Book Club offers three seasonal activities, during which independent Montreal bookstores are invited to choose a theme that will be embodied and…
Photographie couleur format carré d'une oeuvre installée sur un mur blanc. On peut y lire « ennui brûlant » en typographie gothique autour d'une photographie du pare-choc d'une auto ayant l'air brûlé.
Fall 2024
“Despite a distance that often leads us to differentiate, or at least compare, ourselves, a certain proximity exists between the millennial experience and the revolutionary youth of the 1970s. Since 2016, my research has looked at the resurgence of countercultural…
Photo of the chapbook by Yaniya Lee. The minimalist blue cover is marked by the title of the book in white. Written in capital letters, the title reads "A Black art history project by Yaniya Lee" at the top of the cover. In the centre, it says "Buseje Bailey" in larger font. Finally, at the bottom of the cover, it written in medium font "reasons why we have to disappear every once in a while". The blue cover contrasts with the clarity of the uniform white background.
May 2, 2024 — 5:00 PM @ Artexte

As part of Yaniya Lee’s research residency

As part of her research residency Wayside Archive at Artexte (summer 2021), writer and critic Yaniya Lee was interested by the artefacts and narratives of Black queer women, which rarely surface in archives and historical canons. The researcher was hoping…
Winter 2024
“South Asian people form the largest visible minority group in Canada—however, given that only 6% of this population reside in Québec, and as a response to its ongoing invisibilization, many have come to describe this community as “invisible” [1]. As…