October 21 - December 23, 2022

An exhibition curated by Mojeanne Behzadi

Opening — Thursday, October 20, 2022 – 5:30 p.m. @ Artexte   Sonic Fields of Reflection focuses on the legacies and potentialities of sound as a carrier of information, histories, and experiences in the field of contemporary art. The exhibition…
September 28 - October 7, 2022 @ Artexte's reading room

A library exhibition curated by Anabelle Chassé and Jessica Hébert in collaboration with Volume 5 MTL

Since the 1960s and the emergence of movements such as Fluxus and Conceptual Art, the artists’ book has gradually established itself as an artistic medium in the visual arts. Rather than maintaining its status as a container to showcase art,…
online as of October 7, 2021

An exhibition curated by Joana Joachim

Blackity delineates the trajectory of contemporary Black Canadian art as witnessed by Artexte’s collection between the 1970s and the 2010s. The exhibition gathers some key moments and people to consider the thematic, aesthetic or conceptual threads linking them. By placing…
January 10 - March 28, 2022 @ Webster Library, Concordia University

An exhibition curated by Hélène Brousseau and Jessica Hébert, with assistance from Alessandra Iavarone

Off-site exhibition In Webster Library’s vitrines @ Concordia University Sir George Williams Campus – J.W. McConnell Building, LB-2 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Montreal, QC   We invite you to discover a new exhibition of documents from the Projet MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE…
February 5 - April 18, 2020

An exhibition organized in collaboration with Videographe

Opening reception : Wednesday, February 5, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm   Magnetic Sequences is an exhibition exploring the self-organization of video communities, particularly artist-run centres, in Canada during the 1970s. This second collaboration between Artexte and Vidéographe combs…
From October 30, 2019 - January 25, 2020

An exhibition by Angela Grauerholz

Opening reception: Friday, November 1st from 6 pm to 8 pm   The Empty S(h)elf is an exhibition by artist Angela Grauerholz that explores the book’s space through texts, typographies and pictures. It is a research-exploration on the object of…
September 11 - October 12, 2019

* An incomplete exhibition of performance posters

In[dispensable]* is an exhibition that presents collective musings by Artexte’s team in efforts to question dominant discourses in art history.  Through performance ephemera, we examine the notion of “indispensability” in art history. How do these absences inform the collection and…
May 1st - July 19, 2019

An exhibition curated by Francesca Ekwuyasi

Opening reception: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 from 6 PM to 8 PM   What if colonization and trans-Atlantic slavery had never occurred? What if victims of horrific violence came back to haunt us? What if humans make it another 3000…
March 21 - May 19, 2018

An exhibition by Michael Blum

Opening reception: Wednesday, March 21 from 6 PM to 8 PM   Join us for the opening reception of L’underground à la loupe, the conclusion of Michael Blum’s research residency at Artexte. Working with periodicals from the 1960s to the…