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…An event co-presented with the Art Libraries Society of North America – Montréal, Ottawa, Québec (ARLIS/NA MOQ)
In English and in French Join us for a round table discussion on copyright and the visual arts, addressing questions related to digital collections in libraries, archives and museums. By bringing together artists, cultural workers, librarians, and copyright experts to…Your friendly neighborhood annual fundraiser
For sale: rare books, artists’ publications, art magazines, beautiful catalogues, and some “vintage” publications from the Artexte vault! A selection of publications by Artexte Editions will also be on sale at a 20% discount. What is a Duplicate Book Sale? …Continuous broadcast of a sound art work
Let yourself be bewitched by the minimalist charm of the 1976 opera Einstein on the Beach, composed by Philip Glass and directed by Robert Wilson. On this Journée de la Culture 2016, this sound work will be broadcasted in Artexte’s…Roundtable
We are pleased to present a round table related to the current exhibition, Canadian Photography Magazines, 1970-1990, organized in collaboration with Serge Allaire, historian of Quebec art and photography and research resident at Artexte. This round table discussion will bring…Special exhibition
We have prepared an exhibition of documents on mail art exploring the idea of mobility, the theme of the 34th edition of the Symposium international d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul. The exhibition will be on view at the Symposium from July…An artist’s talk presented in collaboration with the Queer Between the Covers Bookfair and Qouleur
(in English with bilingual a question period) The Artexte team is pleased to host an artist’s talk by Vancouver-based artist Ho Tam, who will give a talk on his serial artist’s publication projects. This artist’s talk is presented in…A round table on Art, Agency and Homelands
We are pleased to present a round table moderated by Dr. Alice Ming Wai Jim, the recipient of the 2015 Artexte prize. This round table discussion will bring together curator Srimoyee Mitra and artists Patrick Beaulieu and Leila Sujir, who…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…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…
