for QTBIPOC participants
This workshop, facilitated by Jenny Lin (B&D Press), is an introduction to zine-making in combination with augmented reality (AR) technology, exploring the subject of visibility / invisibility as experienced by QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) individuals and…A zine workshop with Eloisa Aquino and Jenny Lin (B&D Press)
Lists are strangely seductive and addictive, for many reasons: They are predictable: the numbered or ordered information allows us to develop “schemata” —mental maps drawn from experience. They make things look easy and finite, so they help you to focus.…Cut | Paste - Collage workshop in the collection
For the 2018 edition of Nuit blanche à Montréal, presented in collaboration with the Casino de Montréal, join us for a collage workshop in our reading room, open to all ages. Through the use of different materials (magazines, papers, documents,…Musical performance by Devin Brahja Waldman
Dear DB, I have been thinking about what you said on the phone last week, which I wrote down at the time. It’s really stayed with me. “When I look for something that’s lost, first I look in all the…The title is a quote from Joseph Beuys. [1]
Opening: Wednesday February 14, 6 pm to 8 pm Artist talk and deposit of documents at 6:30 pm Curator: Maude Johnson Objects aren’t very important any more is an exhibition that retrospectively assesses Thierry Marceau’s performative project entitled 1/100…an installation by Stanley Février
EXHIBITION: I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Ralph Ellison, Invisible man, 1952 The invisibility at issue here stems from a critical assessment of museum institutions and reflects on the system of recognition within the Quebecer…Around Computerese
This edition of Artexte on Air will feature an online conversation with Toronto artist William Perry, a pioneer of Telidon art which used a pre-internet interactive technology in the early 1980s. We will be discussing the mystery surrounding Computerese :…no 2 – sci-fi
For the second edition of Artexte on Tap, we invite you to join us for a glass of beer and conversation about science-fiction in contemporary art ! Occupying an important place in popular culture, sci-fi is also present in a…Our beloved annual fundraiser is back!
For sale: rare books, artists’ publications, art magazines, beautiful catalogues, and so much more! A selection of publications by Artexte Editions will also be on sale at a 20% discount. What is a Duplicate Book Sale? Every year, Artexte receives…Discussions around the exhibition Reading Performance: An Annotated Bibliography in Real Time III
This discussion brings together historians, artists and curators that have participated in bibliographic research projects at Artexte dedicated to various artistic and performance based practices. Presenting their points of view and themes, these individual and collective researchers ask how the…Discussions around the exhibition Reading Performance: An Annotated Bibliography in Real Time III
This discussion brings together historians, artists and curators that have participated in bibliographic research projects at Artexte dedicated to various artistic and performance based practices. Presenting their points of view and themes, these individual and collective researchers ask how the…The Harvest
Artexte on Tap is an ongoing series at which takes place every two months, providing an occasion to engage in dialogue and share a drink in the library. Guided by specific themes and introduced by Artexte’s librarians and invited guests,…The 7th Sense + More Caught in the Act
Join us to celebrate a double-launch of More Caught in the Act and The 7th Sense: two new and indispensable books about performance art by women in Canada and Quebec. Editors, authors and artists of both books will host an…Creative workshop in the library
We thrilled to welcome multidisciplinary artist Yen-Chao Lin for this year’s edition of Les journées de la culture! Join us for a bookmaking workshop in the library. This activity is an opportunity to reinterpret our collection and explore simple folding…10 Years of Underground Queer Visual Culture in Montreal
Guided tour on August 16 from 6 to 8 PM. Poster exhibition from August 16 to August 30, Wednesday to Friday from noon to 5 PM Join Montreal artist Jamie Ross for a guided tour of a selection of radical…A panel discussion on the EAHR @ Artexte research residency
Ethnocultural Art Histories Research (EAHR) is a student-driven research community based within the Art History Department of Concordia University (Montreal, QC). Since summer 2011, EAHR has been facilitating opportunities for exchange and creation in the examination of and engagement with…A live streamed conversation
From 1PM to 2PM (EST) We are thrilled to present the first of what will hopefully become a series of digital hangouts to foster an ongoing dialogue between arts organizations and the general public in Canada and internationally! Join us…Additional content in conjunction with Anne Ramsden's project
The following video interviews featuring Anne Ramsden with artists and curators speaking about their experience working on retrospective or survey exhibitions provide a glimpse of how modern art institutions have formalized the contemplation of past artistic achievements through the form…A talk by Luc Courchesne
A new inhabitable space has opened. It is virtual, infinitely expandable and malleable, accessible from everywhere at all times. Artists, whatever their creative medium, leave traces, artefacts and eventually artworks which are representative of the processes they are engaged in.…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…
