Summer 2019

Lexicon on happiness and well-being

In 2018, Michèle Champagne examined the broad concept of happiness by questioning its silhouette, industry, vocabulary and legibility in our society. Through this exploration, Champagne conducted a critical and nuanced reflection on happiness and well-being when they get mixed up…
February 6 - April 13, 2019

Winter garden

Greenhouses represent the dream of an open roof, a space where the longing for a never-ending summertime and the reconciliation with nature converge.   Artexte’s little Sunroom evokes this imaginary paradise that synthesizes humans and nature, while relating to Victorian…
November 9 - 10, 2018

Dr. Philip S. S. Howard and Camille Turner : Installation, Performance, Conversation

To celebrate the first anniversary of the traveling project Arts Against Postracialism, we welcome Dr. Philip Howard, professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University and Camille Turner, multidisciplinary artist, to review the project, the exhibition…
13 October, 2018 - 2 PM to 5 PM

A conversation with Anthea Black, Kama LaMackerel (Our Bodies, Our Stories), and Jenny Lin (B&D Press)

Please join Queer Publishing Project at Artexte to celebrate the launch of HANDBOOK: Supporting Queer and Trans Students in Art and Design Education edited by Anthea Black and Shamina Chherawala. The launch will begin with a brief conversation between artists…
Fall 2018
Join us this Fall in our pop up reading nook! During the coming weeks, we will dedicate space for our visitors to enjoy some highlights from the collection. The area will feature a rotating selection of publications from the collection…
Summer 2018

a particular case. «J’en ai fait un cas particulier et non un cas d’espèce» Marguerite Duras, La vie matérielle

During her residency, Céline Huyghebaert will act as a researcher and occupy the Artexte documentation center to extract discourses about contemporary artists. Expanding on a residency at La Chambre Blanche in Quebec City in 2016, she will compile documents, collect…
Spring - Summer 2018
Michèle Champagne’s residency follows the contours of happiness, its industry, vocabulary and legibility. Happiness. An emotion? A feeling? Or an object of measure? Facial recognition. Criticize? Smile! “Let us not be afraid of words”. Psychologists, office managers, and data scientists…
Spring - Summer 2018

Who Was Who Was Who in Contemporary Canadian Art

Eric Metcalfe and Kate Craig / Dr. Brute and Lady Brute; Vincent Trasov / Mr. Peanut; Camille Turner / Miss Canadiana; Kent Monkman / Miss Chief Eagle Testickle; etc. Since the 1960s, numerous Canadian artists have created artist personas or…
June 2018
There were times when I thought of myself as a Canadian artist and that I might move to Canada. In some ways this trip is about re-visiting that hidden Canadian artist and re-engaging with the Canada’s unique artist-run network. When…
May 2018

Cite on Site - A research residency presented in partnership with KAPSULA

What if the bibliography was formatted as a network? How might we order a bibliography rhizomatically? Citing, Siting & Sighting Solidarity explores the use of this rhizomatic digital bibliographic form to map ‘solidarity’ in Canadian art history. Expanding on current…
April 14, 2018 - 12 PM to 4 PM

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.…
March 3, 2018 - 7 PM to 12 AM

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,…
January 24 - 27, 2018

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…