Guide to Creative Montreal

10 tours
through the city’s cutting-edge arts scene
Visual Arts - design - Performing Arts - music - Digital arts
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Research and Writing: Jérôme Delgado
Text and Research Contributors: Emmanuelle
Bouet, Marie-Eve Corbeil, Fabien Fauteux, Rémi Leroux,
Nicolas Roy
Translator: Matthew McLauchlin
Editors: Pierre Ledoux, Claude Morneau
Editorial Assistants: Annie Gilbert, Judy Tan
Graphic Design and Layout: Philippe Thomas
Cover Page Design: Pascal Biet, Philippe Thomas
Cartography: Annie Gilbert, Philippe Thomas
Iconographic Research: Julie Brodeur
Cover Page Photo:
Les Disciplines artistiques, work by the Département
studio on the screen mosaic at the Espace Culturel
Georges-Émile-Lapalme of Place des Arts. Photo:
© MatteraJoly / Quartier des Spectacles Partnership
This work was produced under the direction of Olivier Gougeon and Claude Morneau.
Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Claude Morneau, Olivier Gougeon and the whole Ulysses team for their confidence and open-mindedness,
as well as all those whose comments and suggestions helped improve each of this guide’s tours. The author also wishes to thank Mr.
François-Marc Gagnon for his historical precisions, as well as all the people, artists and cultural workers who, week after week, month
after month, stimulate and inspire us to shake up the monotony of our daily routines. Finally, warm thanks to Josée, Iris, Lucas and Manuel
for tolerating my absences and anxieties.
This guide is part of a larger initiative promoting Montréal’s contemporary art venues and events. Information on more than 200 venues
and events is available on Tourisme Montréal’s Website (www.tourisme-montreal.org).
This initiative was made possible in part by the financial support of Québec’s Ministère de la Culture et des Communications and the Ville
de Montréal under the ‘‘Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal’’ agreement.
Tourisme Montréal, Tourisme Québec and the Conférence régionale des élus de Montréal also participated in this project.
Ulysses Travel Guides acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) for this
project.
Ulysses Travel Guides would also like to thank the Government of Québec – Tax credit for book publishing – Administered by SODEC.
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Guide to creative Montréal
Translation of: Guide du Montréal créatif.
Includes index.
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Mile End, Outremont, Little Italy
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Plateau-Mont-Royal31
Milton–Parc, McGill Ghetto, Mount Royal
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Quartier des Spectacles, East End of Downtown75
Quartier Concordia, West End of Downtown 99
Sud–Ouest, Lachine
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Quartier International,
Old Montréal, the Islands
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Quartier Latin, the Faubourgs, HoMa
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Côte–des–Neiges, Notre–Dame–de–Grâce,
Saint–Laurent181
Petite–Patrie, Rosemont, Saint–Michel,
Villeray195
Calendar of Festivals and Events
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Index222
Resources to Learn More and Stay Informed224
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How to use this guide
This guide presents ten routes through Montréal’s neighbourhoods, highlighting the many faces
of contemporary creativity in the city. Each tour begins with an introduction and an original
photo diptych by Denis Farley to spur your curiosity.
Next, a detailed map shows the route as well as the main artistic spaces and works of public
art along the way. These locations are identified in an accompanying list and categorized with
symbols.
Digital arts Performing arts Public art Design Visual arts Music Each tour also has a table indicating the relative importance of the various categories of
creativity in the area using the following scale:
««««« Very high concentration, including several important sites/events. Leading area.
«««« High concentration or some important sites/events. Strong area.
«««
Significant presence or an important site/event. Noteworthy area.
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Some presence or a significant site/event. Mentioned in the area.
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Slight presence. Mentioned in passing in the area.
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No presence. Absent in the area.
The table will also tell you how much time you need to cover the whole tour, as well as offer
suggestions for subsections of the tour you can take if you have less time; it also lists public
transit routes in the area.
At the end of each tour, a creative directory gives the full address and contact information for
each cultural site along the tour. The directory also features cafés, restaurants, boutiques, and
bars that are favoured by local artists or give a taste of life à la montréalaise.
At the end of the book, you’ll find a calendar listing the many annual creative events that showcase
Montréal’s diverse forms of artistic expression, as well as a list of cultural organizations in the
city.
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Jérôme
Delgado
© Jean-François Rollinger
Journalist Jérôme Delgado developed this guide’s 10
tours of Montréal’s contemporary arts scene. An art and
film critic for the daily newspaper Le Devoir and the film
magazine Séquences, in 2010 he was the “reflection and
writing” artist-in-residence at 3e Impérial, a contemporary
art research centre in Granby, Québec. A graduate of the
art history program at the Université de Montréal, he has
been a member of the Association québécoise de critiques
de cinéma since 2004. He is also a translator, working
chiefly with museums, galleries, and art magazines.
Denis Farley
www.denisfarleyphoto.com
Denis Farley contributed many of the photographs in this
guide, including the original diptychs at the beginning of
each chapter. With a master’s of fine arts from Concordia
University, Denis has been working as an artist and a visual
arts, design, and architecture photographer since the
1980s. His works, particularly his photographs, have been
shown in Québec, across Canada, and abroad, and are held
by several important public and private collections such as
those of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the
Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, the Canadian Museum
of Contemporary Photography in Ottawa, the Musée de
la photographie de Charleroi in Belgium, and the Fonds
national d’art contemporain in Paris.
© Denis Farley
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ontréal on foot, by bike, by metro. Montréal underground or
out of doors. Montréal dining, shopping, living. So why not
Montréal through your eyes, your ears, all your senses? That’s
what this guide gives you: the city’s thousand facets, sparkling and
singing with creativity. Whether hung on a wall or sung from a stage,
in a concert hall or on the street, solid and enduring as concrete or
ethereal and ephemeral as light.
Montréal is a city of art. Of the arts, plural. A capital of dance and
circus, home to countless festivals all year round, from wintry
Montréal en Lumière to the sultry sounds of the Jazz Festival. Home
to dozens of theatres and four universities swarming with tomorrow’s
artists. A technological hotbed at the cutting edge of video game
design and digital arts.
The city’s architecture, whether religious, industrial, or vernacular,
cherishes the past even as it races towards an innovative future. It’s
had its Place des Arts for decades, has just inaugurated its Maison
Symphonique, and will soon host a brand-new centre for new music.
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And beyond these major complexes, it’s home to one of the most
energetic indie music scenes in the world.
Montréal is firmly established as Canada’s most artistic city. Its
indefinable spirit seeps into its artists’ songs, stories, and designs.
Its neighbourhoods are dotted with museums of history and art,
galleries both august and offbeat. Its public spaces are embellished
with acclaimed public artworks and extravagant graffiti murals.
Montréal’s kaleidoscopic cultural menu is a match for the world’s
great metropolises. The author has kept that in mind, including the
sort of things he’d like to be shown when visiting other cities: the
best places to see, the liveliest neighbourhoods to visit, the most
interesting spots to hang out. You don’t have to see everything, you
just have to know where to look.
Ten different tours are offered, making their way through one or more
of the city’s neighbourhoods. You can use your own creativity and
decide what you want to discover.
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Cada gotita cuenta, mural produced by the MU organization in partnership with
ONE DROP, realised by Julio Cesar Moreno. © Photo: MU
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Art and Vitality
Mile End, Outremont, Little Italy
Atelier Circulaire and Centre Clark.
© Denis Farley
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hen you visit Mile End, probably only one thing is certain: you won’t
be bored. Considered “Canada’s most artistic neighbourhood,” this
part of town packs in a dizzying diversity of cultural life. In terms of
contemporary art alone, Mile End is home to five of the city’s most renowned
artists’ centres and one of its most successful private galleries. And you’ll
probably bump into some of the artists as well, as many of them live and work,
eat and play right in the neighbourhood. One of the best examples is Mordecai
Richler, a towering figure in English Québec literature (The Apprenticeship of
Duddy Kravitz, 1959), for whom Mile End was both his childhood stomping
grounds and the fertile soil for his artistic maturity.
Neighbouring Outremont and Little Italy have their own identities, but they’re
inevitably marked by the closeness of Mile End’s creative spirit. However,
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Outremont keeps its own contrasting colours, with well-to-do French speakers
interspersed with a highly visible Hassidic Jewish community. It’s easier to feel
the relaxed, inventive influence of Mile End in the Italian neighbourhood. While
its old-country identity still shows through in its shops and restaurants and the
conversations you’ll hear in its streets, Little Italy has been changing, moving
towards a blending of communities like that of Mile End. And artists are an
important part of that mix.
By day, Mile End’s galleries and artists’ centres are an important destination for
art lovers; at night, music buffs flock to the neighbourhood’s bars. More than
one of Montréal’s legendary festivals has been born here, and more than one
theatre has drawn cultured crowds. But the main attraction here is that there’s
something to see, hear, or taste in practically every street: Mile End is rich with
public and urban art, as well as great places to eat and drink.
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Mile End, Outremont,
Little Italy
 How long?
Segments
For the whole tour: 1 day
How to get around
Mile End: 3hrs 30min
On foot
Outremont: 1hr
Optional bus ride
(line 161–Van Horne)
Little Italy: 3hrs
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19e Lacerte Art Contemporain
20a L’Hémisphère gauche
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Mile End
[intense cultural activity, contemporary art, urban art]
ÔÔ The tour starts at the corner of Rue Saint-Urbain
and Avenue Van Horne. (Take Bus 161 from Rosemont metro station.)
Mile End is bounded to the north by a railway line,
but it developed over the 20th century by turning
its back on the rails following the closure of its
train station in the 1930s. Despite the dilapidated
condition of some of the lands surrounding the
tracks, some locals have taken advantage of
them, in particular artist Glenn Le Mesurier, whose
workshop (135 Avenue Van Horne) is almost always
open to the public.
In the vacant lot near his studio, he has created
a remarkable sculpture garden all his own: the
Twilight Sculpture Garden (1 c) (next to 101
Avenue Van Horne). An unofficial symbol of Mile
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End, this set of artworks made from scrap metal
and industrial debris is the perfect spot to kick off a
tour of the neighbourhood.
The Twilight Sculpture Garden began to sprout up
around the year 2000. The open-air gallery—the
sculptures are for sale—exemplifies the creativity
and resourcefulness of Mile End, not to mention
its freewheeling, bohemian atmosphere. But above
all, the dozen freestanding sculptures are the
perfect example of how, with a bit of initiative, an
abandoned, desolate lot can reveal its potential
as an inviting urban space. After strolling among
Glenn Le Mesurier’s sculptures, take a step back:
the garden is worth taking in as a whole, as well.
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1. Dieu pourvoit (2010) mural by Monk-e off Boulevard Saint-Laurent, with a mural by Zek in the background. © Photo: Denis Farley
2. Twilight Sculpture Garden by artist Glenn Le Mesurier. © Photo: Denis Farley
ÔÔ Walk east along the viaduct toward Boulevard
Saint-Laurent, until you get to the corner of Rue
de l’Arcade and Boulevard Saint-Laurent.
Raised viaducts here don’t just speed up car traffic;
they also stimulate creativity. Under this stretch of
roadway over Boulevard Saint-Laurent are several
beautiful examples. A series of murals on the
pillars enliven this grey concrete environment even
as they draw on it for inspiration. Despite being
done clandestinely, several of them show excellent
technique and intricate detail. Wait for a break in
the traffic to cross Boulevard Saint-Laurent for a
closer view.
While you’re at it, climb the staircase onto the
viaduct for an excellent view of the neighbourhood.
Notice the flatiron-shaped building to your
northeast. This vestige of the area’s industrial
past, known as Entrepôt Saint-Laurent or Van
Horne Warehouse Incorporated, features a huge,
conspicuous cistern on its roof.
ÔÔ Continue south along Boulevard Saint-Laurent to
Rue Bernard, where you will turn left.
Before turning onto Rue Bernard, consider a stop
at Style Labo (5765 Boulevard Saint-Laurent),
half antique dealership and half interior design
boutique, where you run a good chance of finding
something fascinating.
Rue Bernard Est runs along the railway, offering
a view of industrial remnants such as the vacant
lot still crowned with a large rusting sign promising
“Textiles.” Rue Bernard leads onto Avenue De
Gaspé, once the heart of Montréal’s garment
industry; and a former factory, at 5455 De Gaspé,
now serves as a hub for the artistic production in
the neighbourhood. As you make your way there,
you’ll pass a recently opened bistro, Le Falco
(5605 Avenue De Gaspé), where design, espresso,
and Japanese food go together wonderfully.
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Centre Clark
[artist-run centre, contemporary art, cultural complex]
Mile End, Outremont, Little Italy
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Rather than going in the main door of Le Plaza
(5455 Avenue De Gaspé), continue about 15
metres on, past the yellow stairs. To your right,
on the west side of the street, notice the brick
building covered in graffiti. This “decoration,”
featuring a variety of exotic monsters, is a
microcosm of the neighbourhood: built on
industrial foundations, its face turned toward the
imaginary.
Head back to the yellow stairs which mark
the entrance to Centre Clark (2 e) (5455
Avenue De Gaspé, suite 114), one of the leading
exemplars of Québec’s unique centres d’artistes
autogérés (self-managed arts centres). The Clark,
as it’s commonly called, is often listed as one of
Montréal’s top attractions. It’s known as much
for its rich arts programming as for its midDecember auction, a celebrated holiday season
event.
Born downtown on the street that gave it its
name, the Clark has been a leader in the arts
world for more than 20 years. In that time, it’s
hosted numerous seminal shows, such as Les
Bricolos in 1998. Leading lights of the 1990s’
generation of artists, such as David Altmejd,
Nicolas Baier, Mathieu Beauséjour, Valérie Blass,
and many others, spent their early years at the
Clark.
In 2001, Centre Clark innovated by moving into
this building on Avenue de Gaspé, where they
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were followed shortly thereafter by the Atelier
Circulaire (2 e), an arts centre specializing
in printed media, and by Diagonale (2 e), a
unique site dedicated to artistic practices using
textiles. Today, the building is a hive of artists’
workshops and a wellspring of creativity in the
neighbourhood.
In 2013, two of Montréal’s most renowned artists’
centres also moved into the Plaza: Dazibao (2
e), devoted to the photographic arts but also
branching out into film and contemporary art,
and Optica (2 e), open to all artistic pursuits.
As this guide was going to press, the building’s
new configuration had not yet been permanently
established, but it was obvious that Avenue de
Gaspé was well on its way to becoming one of
the city’s creative hotspots.
ÔÔ Backtrack to Rue Saint-Viateur, and follow it
back to Boulevard Saint-Laurent.
This area hosts a wide variety of popular cafés
and shops, such as Le Cagibi (3 a) (5490
Boulevard Saint-Laurent), a friendly hippie-style
café/restaurant, the delicious Asian cuisine of
Soy (5258 Boulevard Saint-Laurent), the eclectic
bazaar and art gallery Monastiraki (4 e) (5478
Boulevard Saint-Laurent), and the retro fashions
of Citizen Vintage (5330 Boulevard SaintLaurent).
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1. Centre Clark: Sophie Jodoin / De peine et de misère, 2010. © Photo: Bettina Hoffmann
2. Centre Clark: Pierre Bourgault / JENESAISPASVRAIMENTOUJEVAISMAISJEMENVAIS, 2012. © Photo: Sébastien Lapointe
3. Dazibao: images from mécaniques affectives, Manon Labrecque, 2009. © Photo: Dazibao
4. Centre Clark: Dominique Pétrin / POMPÉII MMXII, 2011. © Photo: Sébastien Lapointe
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Galerie Simon Blais
[private gallery, contemporary art, great masters]
Mile End, Outremont, Little Italy
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Galerie Simon Blais (5 e) (5420 Boulevard
Saint-Laurent), a leader in the Québec art
market, is in the heart of Mile End. It built its
reputation on the quality and diversity of the
works it offers, representing both contemporary
and historical artistic currents, as well as African
art.
church is best known for its richly baroque
facade and its interior decoration. Most visitors
come for the paintings around the dome and in
the chapel, created between 1917 and 1919
by Ozias Leduc, a forerunner of the modernist
movement in Québec and mentor to the great
artistic reformer Paul-Émile Borduas.
Its temporary exhibits showcase many of
the key figures of today’s Québec art world,
such as painters Marc Séguin and Françoise
Sullivan, photographers Michel Campeau and
Éliane Excoffier, and engravers François-Xavier
Marange and Catherine Farish.
ÔÔ To return westward to the heart of Mile End,
you can choose between Avenue Laurier,
famous for its stylish boutiques, and Avenue
Fairmount further to the north.
Fans of the great modernist masters will also
find something to enjoy here. The gallery’s stock
includes works by the likes of Piet Mondrian and
Antoni Tàpies, as well as Québec masters such
as Jean Paul Riopelle, Alfred Pellan, and Guido
Molinari.
ÔÔ Take Rue Maguire to Rue Saint-Dominique.
Since the late 1990s, Bain Saint-Michel (6
af) (5300 Rue Saint-Dominique) has played
host to a plethora of artistic events of all kinds.
This former public bath, with its huge, striking
circular window, is the home stage of Infinithéâtre,
at the cutting edge of English-language Québec
theatre; it also presents events in the madcap
FRINGE Festival, performances of the VIVA! Art
action festival, and contemporary and electronic
music concerts.
ÔÔ Continue south on Rue Saint-Dominique to
Avenue Laurier.
Next to Parc Lahaie, once considered the
gateway to the neighbourhood, stands the
Église Saint-Enfant-Jésus du Mile-End
(5039 Rue Saint-Dominique). This 19th-century
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Those who want to take in the multicultural feel
of the neighbourhood should choose Avenue
Fairmount. One after another, you’ll pass
Au papier japonais (24 Avenue Fairmount
Ouest), an origami studio; Wilensky (34 Avenue
Fairmount Ouest), a celebrated Polish restaurant
of bygone days; Caffè Grazie Mille (58 Avenue
Fairmount Ouest), a quintessentially Italian
café; the legendary Fairmount Bagel (74
Avenue Fairmount Ouest); Barros Luco (5201
Rue Saint-Urbain), home of authentic Chilean
empanadas; a variety of kosher and halal food
stores; and just over the border into Outremont,
the famed Middle Eastern restaurant Rumi
(5198 Rue Hutchison).
Amid this panoply of businesses, Avenue
Fairmount also has its little secrets. A littleknown sculpture by modern master Armand
Vaillancourt, Écritures (7 c), is suspended
from one of the buildings of the Collège
Français (162 Avenue Fairmount Ouest) at the
corner of Avenue de l’Esplanade. This private
school’s other building, across the street (172
Avenue Fairmount Ouest), conceals a majestic
former synagogue behind an unfortunate facade
that was added when the building changed
hands in the 1960s.
Calendar of Festivals and Events
Calendar
of Festivals
and Events
© Conception photo
1. The main stage at Igloofest. © Photo: Miguel Legault
2. Les Sœurs Boulay performing
during the Francouvertes. © Photo: Michel Pinault
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January
Wildside Theatre Festival
www.centaurtheatre.com/wildsidefestival.php
Two weeks of audacious, avant-garde and emergent English-language theatre
to discover.
Igloofest
www.igloofest.ca/en
Electronic music festival under the snow covering the last three weekends of
January and early February.
February
Francouvertes
www.francouvertes.com
A singer-songwriter festival and a competition
where 21 artists perform their work in one of
seven weekly shows (February to May).
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March
Edgy Women Festival
www.edgywomen.ca/en
Feminist festival featuring performances by
remarkable artists, video screenings, launches for
out-of-the-ordinary books, lectures by artists and
popular parties.
SAT Fest
www.sat.qc.ca
Lying down on couches set in the middle of the
Satosphere, spectators are treated to a dozen short
films projected 360 degrees around them (MarchApril).
Calendar of Festivals and Events
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1. Edgy Women Festival. © Photo: Heather Cassils and Robin Black, courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
2. International Digital Arts Biennial (BIAN): Ulf Langheinrich [DE/CN] –
Hemisphere. Society for Arts and Technology [SAT] / BIAN 2012. Production:
Epidemic, Paris | Muffathalle Munich. With grants from Kulturstiftung des
Bundes, Germany. © Photo: Conception photo
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Art Matters
www.artmattersfestival.org
A showcase for new talent at Concordia University, in
visual arts, dance, music, film, theatre, and video art.
Art Souterrain
www.artsouterrain.com/en/home
During this art show event, several kilometres of the
downtown underground city are filled with works of art.
International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA)
www.artfifa.com/en
A competitive event and the world’s biggest art film
festival, with round tables, openings, performances, and
installations.
Nuit blanche à Montréal
www.montrealenlumiere.com/nuit-blanche-en
During the Nuit blanche event, the metro stays open all
night and no fewer than 170 activities—most of them
free—showcase every branch of culture.
Under the snow / Sous la neige
www.underthesnow.ca
This five day festival for all budgets promotes and
supports up-and-coming musicians in all genres.
D’un œil différent
www.exeko.org/en/dod
This event explores the creativity of artists with an
intellectual disability through a series of visual arts
exhibits, forums, workshops, and artistic performances.
April
International Digital Arts Biennial (BIAN)
http://bianmontreal.ca/en
Biennial event focusing on installation pieces that combine art with multimedia (April-June).
Dérapage
www.derapage.ca
Screenings of short films lasting less than three minutes each at the UQAM’s Centre de design.
Festival temps d’images
www.usine-c.com
A hybrid festival at the intersection of the arts of the stage and the screen.
Papier – Contemporary Art Fair of Works on Paper
www.papiermontreal.com/welcome-to-the-papier12-art-fair
Held under a huge white tent near Place des Festivals, Québec’s only art fair aims to democratize
the collection of works on paper.
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May
Festival TransAmériques (FTA)
www.fta.qc.ca/en
Some thirty shows in contemporary dance and theatre,
as well as workshops, debates, round tables and film
screenings (May-June).
MUTEK
www.mutek.org/en
Digital music and visual arts festival offering some
100 concerts and other events in various venues and
galleries over five days (May-June).
OFFTA
www.offta.com/en
Festival showcasing dance, performance art, and
theatre revisited by audacious emerging artists (MayJune).
Sight & Sound
http://sightandsoundfestival.ca
Technological, digital and multimedia art festival
featuring innovative audiovisual performances and
installations.
Elektra
www.elektramontreal.ca/?l=en
Live performances in robotics, video, dance and
digital technology, blended with electronic and
electroacoustic music.
Design Montréal Open House
www.portesouvertesdesignmontreal.com/en
This biennial event helps visitors understand the
creative processes behind designers’, developers’, and
artists’ creations trough exhibitions, video clips, and
interactive installations.
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1. International Digital Arts Biennial (BIAN):
Bill Vorn [QC-CA] – DSM-VI. Black Box
Hexagram-Concordia / BIAN 2012. © Photo: Conception photo
2. Elektra: Yan Beuleux [QC-CA] – TEMPÊTES,
2012. © Photo: Gridspace
3. Festival TransAmériques: Alexis, Una tragedia greca. © Photo: Pierre Borasci
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SIDIM
www.sidim.com/en.html
A major showcase for industrial and interior design,
showing off the best of the field in Canada and around
the world.
Piknic Electronik
www.piknicelectronik.com/en
In Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène, the Piknic
Électronik is a Sunday ritual for electronic music lovers
and picnickers with hungry ears (May-September).
Kinetik Festival
www.festival-kinetik.net
This electro-industrial-noise-hardcore happening
promotes the electro-industrial scene in Montréal and
encourages cultural exchange between countries.
La Biennale de Montréal
www.biennalemontreal.org/en
This biennial festival with no fixed address finds a
space and transforms it into an exhibition hall with
art of all kinds, from painting to multimedia, from
immersive installations to delicate drawings.
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June
Festival de théâtre de rue de Lachine
www.theatrederue.com
Multidisciplinary arts performances in the streets of the
borough of Lachine.
The St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival
www.montrealfringe.ca/en/home
In the Plateau and Mile End areas, this bilingual festival
presents a stunning kaleidoscope of music, dance,
theatre and comedy.
L’Écho d’un fleuve
www.peristylenomade.org/fr/realisations/lecho-dunfleuve
Performance art, outdoor dance, installations, alley
gatherings, collective sculptures and music shows in
the public spaces of the Faubourgs neighbourhood.
Festival international de Montréal en arts
(FIMA)
www.festivaldesarts.org/index_eng.htm
A section of Sainte-Catherine Street is closed to traffic
and transformed into a large open-air art gallery
that also offers multimedia performances, short film
screenings, and live creation.
Nuit blanche sur tableau noir
www.tableaunoir.com
Popular night festival on Mont-Royal Avenue with
free concerts, poetry readings, and other creative and
original activities.
Suoni Per Il Popolo
www.casadelpopolo.com/suoniperilpopolo
The latest discoveries of the Montréal music scene with
established big names in modern music, including jazz,
underground rock, noise, and electronica.
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Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
www.montrealjazzfest.com
Indoor and outdoor concerts by local up-and-comers
and the biggest names in jazz (June-July).
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1. Suoni Per Il Popolo. © Photo: Eddie Rodgers
2. L’Écho d’un fleuve: Nicolas Bonnet, Antéfacts
performance, 2011. © Photo: L’Écho d’un fleuve
3. L’Écho d’un fleuve: Pénélope St-Cyr
Robitaille, Responsive bodies in situ dance
project, 2012. © Photo: L’Écho d’un fleuve
4. Montréal Complètement Cirque. © Photo: Rénald Laurin
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July
Montréal Complètement Cirque
http://montrealcompletementcirque.com/en
A celebration of the circus arts with a host of ticketed and free events throughout
the city.
MEG (Montréal Électronique Groove)
www.megmontreal.com/en
Urban music festival showcasing Canadian (chiefly Montrealers) electronic, pop,
rock, and hip-hop musicians (July-August).
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September
Les Escales improbables
www.escalesimprobables.com
Various venues host numerous installations, shows, and
performances, including theatre, dance, music, puppetry
and live creation of works of art.
Transatlantique Montréal / Festival Quartiers
Danses
www.transatlantiquemontreal.com
Contemporary dance festival held in both indoor and
outdoor locations.
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Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal
www.moisdelaphoto.com
Biennial contemporary photography festival presenting
still images, videos and films in a variety of genres, from
traditional documentary photography to abstraction
(September-October).
POP Montréal
http://popmontreal.com
In five days, this music festival presents nearly 600
artists as well as events like FilmPop, ArtPop, and
KidsPop.
August
Under Pressure Festival
www.underpressure.ca
In the Latin Quarter, this street art festival has multitalented
artists working on collective or individual projects, with the
public looking on.
Montréal Fashion & Design Festival
www.festivalmodedesign.com/homepage
Numerous outdoor runway shows accompanied by amazing
music and other wild events like a high heels race.
Osheaga
www.osheaga.com
A huge music and art festival with an enviable international
reputation, this three day outdoor event attracts more than
80,000 festival-goers to Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Île SainteHélène.
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1. Montréal Fashion & Design Festival. © Photo: Jimmy Hamelin
2. Plants and Animals performing at Osheaga
in 2012. © Photo: Patrick Beaudry
3. Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal: installation
view of Arrangements From Life by Alain
Paiement, Darling Foundry, 2009. © Photo: Véronique Lépine
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Phénomena
www.festivalphenomena.com/phenomena/en
A celebration of alternative culture and new techniques for artistic expression, with an eclectic mix of
hands-on artistic techniques: cabaret, magic, tableaux vivants, theatre of objects, and shadow plays.
Festival du nouveau cinéma
www.nouveaucinema.ca/en
An innovative film festival offering an audacious programme of international films, exploring longs and
shorts, videos, animation, installations, performances, and interactive works.
Viva! Art Action
http://vivamontreal.org/en
This event is devoted to performance art and all its recent variations (manoeuvre, public intervention,
and participatory art), where action’s main medium of expression is the human body.
1. VIVA! Art Action: performance by Martine
Viale, 2011. © Photo: Guy L’Heureux
2. M for Montréal. © Photo: Alexandre Bédard
3. Danse Danse: Louise Lecavalier / “I” Is
Memory. © Photo: Angelo Barsetti
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Coup de cœur francophone
www.coupdecoeur.ca
A showcase for French-language song with a fine
blend of established and emergent artists.
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The HTMlles
www.htmlles.net
This biennial event presents an eclectic portrait of feminine artistic innovation through multimedia and
technological artworks in multiple forms.
Souk@SAT
http://souk.sat.qc.ca/english
A lively bazaar with local artisans and creators selling their latest wares at affordable prices (NovemberDecember).
M for Montréal
www.mpourmontreal.com/en.html
M for Montréal shows off Montréal’s up-and-coming musical acts with 40 performances in just three days.
Year-round
Danse Danse
www.dansedanse.net
This organization works to spread contemporary dance and
encourage its development by presenting new choreographic
voices from abroad, linked only by their well-deserved
success in their home country and around the world.
Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal
www.bjmdanse.ca/?lg=en
Choreographies brought to life by contagiously energetic
dancers from a variety of artistic backgrounds.
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index
Design
Bonsecours Market 148
Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) 109
Centre de design de l’UQAM 163
Espace Verre 145
Galerie Créa 148
Le Chat des artistes 172
Maison de l’architecture du Québec 139
Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles 200
Ruelle Land 172
Zone Orange 142
Digital Arts
DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art 141
Eastern Bloc 28
Oboro 41
Perte de Signal 173
SAT 82
Société des arts technologiques 82
Studio XX 41
Usine C 169
William Notman House 66
Music
Bain Mathieu 173
Bain Saint-Michel 18
Bibliothèque Saint-Sulpice 164
Bourgie Hall 105
Cabaret du Mile-End 19
Café Chaos 165
Casa Del Popolo 48
Centre Pierre-Charbonneau 177
Centre Pierre-Péladeau 161
Centre St-Ambroise 123
Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur 160
Club Lambi 50
Club Soda 82
Coop Les Katacombes 80
Corona Theatre 118
Divan Orange 51
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste 42
Île Sainte-Hélène 150
Il Motore 27
Inspecteur Épingle 41
L’Astral 90
La Tulipe 46
Le Cagibi 16
Le Gesù 90
Le National 167
L’Entrepôt 125
Le Petit Medley 202
Le Savoy 81
L’Escalier 166
L’Esco 44
Les Foufounes Électriques 81
Le Vivier 160
L’Hémisphère Gauche 24
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Lion d’Or 170
L’Olympia 167
Maison de la culture Frontenac 171
Maison de la culture Maisonneuve 176
Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay 123
Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan 90
Maison symphonique de Montréal 86
Métropolis 81
New Music Building 68
O Patro Výš 42
Place des Arts 86
Place des Festivals 89
Pollack Hall 68
Quai des brumes 44
Redpath Hall 68
Sala Rossa 48
Salle Claude-Champagne 188
Salle Émile-Legault 193
Théâtre Outremont 23
Théâtre Plaza 202
Théâtre Rialto 20
Théâtre Saint-Denis 164
Théâtre Sainte-Catherine 163
Théâtre St-James 140
Performing Arts
Agora de la danse 36
Bain Mathieu 173
Bain Saint-Michel 18
Centaur Theatre 140
Centre Pierre-Péladeau 161
Cirque du Soleil 205
Corona Theatre 118
Édifice Jean-Pierre-Perreault 172
Espace La Risée 207
Espace Libre 172
Grande Bibliothèque 165
La Licorne 46
Le National 167
L’Entrepôt 125
L’Illusion 46
L’Olympia 167
MAI - Montréal arts interculturels 65
MainLine Theatre 52
Maison de la culture Frontenac 171
Maison Théâtre 160
Montréal Science Centre 147
Monument-National 84
National Circus Schoo 205
Parc La Fontaine 37
PHI Centre 141
Place des Arts 86
Place des Festivals 89
Segal Centre 188
Théâtre Aux Écuries 206
Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui 39
Théâtre Denise-Pelletier 176
Théâtre de Quat’Sous 54
Théâtre du Nouveau Monde 85
Théâtre du Rideau Vert 47
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Théâtre Espace Go 49
Théâtre La Chapelle 52
Théâtre Outremont 23
Théâtre Plaza 202
Théâtre Prospero 170
Théâtre Rialto 20
Théâtre Saint-Denis 164
Théâtre Sainte-Catherine 163
TOHU 205
Usine C 169
Public Art
21 balançoires 85
Acer Concordiae 106
After Babel, a Civic Square 85
À la croisée des mots 118
Allegrocube 147
Autoportrait 95
Bonsecours Market 148
Botanical Garden 177
Bouillon de culture 206
Boulevard Monk 123
Cailloudo 193
Carrés gris 166
CCA Garden 109
Centre CDP Capital 133
C’est sûrement des Québécois qui ont fait ça 86
Champ-de-Mars 149
Comme si le temps... de la rue 86
Comme un poisson dans la ville 44, 161
Cultiver l’imaginaire 186
Diorama 134
Écho 90
Éclosion – Une autre journée au paradis 176
Écritures 18
Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts
Integrated Complex 106
Entre nous 146
Espace fractal 165
Espace vert 23
Give Peace a Chance 70
Grande Bibliothèque 165
Gratte-ciel, cascades d’eau/rues, ruisseaux... une
construction 166
Habitations Jeanne-Mance 160
Île Notre-Dame 151
Île Sainte-Hélène 150
Isocèle 207
Laboratoire-échantillon 47
La Bourrasque 191
Lac/Fontaine 20
La Fermière 176
La Joute 137
La (Les) Leçon(s) plurielle(s) 176
La Montagne des jours 71
La Peur 142
La Puerta de la Amistad 151
L’Arc 151
La Voie lactée 89
Le 2.22 82
Le Malheureux magnifique 55
Le Mélomane 204
Les Allusifs 120
Les conteurs 47
Les Enjeux 39
Les grandes formes qui dansent 149
Les Leçons singulières 38
Les Lieux communs 192
Les Moments magiques 68
L’homme est un roseau pensant II 54
L’homo urbanus 191
L’Île des commencements 146
Lipstick Forest (Nature Légère) 138
Lumière et mouvement dans la couleur 85
Machine consciente 36
Man, Three Disks (L’Homme) 151
Mélangez le Tout 173
Mémoire ardente 148
Miroirs 192
Montréal Eaton Centre 94
Monument à la Pointe 121
Mouvements 86
Murals 124
Musée de Lachine 124
Neuf couleurs au vent 37
Ondes 68
Our Lady of Grace 190
Palais de justice 147
Palais des congrès 137
Parallélépipède 188
Parc La Fontaine 37
Parvis et portail # 22 192
Patro Le Prévost 207
Peel station 104
Phare du Cosmos 151
Place Émilie-Gamelin 166
Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle 137
Porte du jour 149
Révolutions 170
Signatures 147
Solstice 104
Sommeil (ou les séjours sous terre) 135
Source 190
Square Cabot 110
Stratifications pariétales 133
Système 191
Tables 135
Tango de Montréal 44
Temps d’arrêt 203
Temps présents 192
The artist is the one who unveils the other side
of things 86
The Eye 105
Together 207
Topographie/Topologie 188
Twilight Sculpture Garden 14
Un jardin à soi 177
Untitled 108
Vanités 3. Les miroirs du temps 146
Ventis et soupiraux, turbulences et essoufflements 188
Voix sans bruit 165
Visual Arts
Ancienne-Douane 146
Arprim 93
Arsenal 118
Art 45 93
Artexte 82
Articule 19
Art Mûr 201
Atelier Circulaire 16
Bain Mathieu 173
Banque Nationale 132
Battat Contemporary 26
Belgo 92
Bigué Art Contemporain 24
Centre Clark 16
Centre Dare-Dare 80
Centre de diffusion et d’expérimentation 163
Centre d’exposition de l’Université de Montréal
188
Centre d’histoire de Montréal 142
Centre St-Ambroise 123
Centre Vox 82
Château Dufresne 177
Cinéma Beaubien 203
Cinéma du Parc 66
Cinémathèque québécoise 161
Circa 92
Contemporary Art Galleries Association 93
Coopérative Lézarts 172
Darling Foundry 143
Dazibao 16
Diagonale 16
Division Gallery 118
Écomusée du fier monde 168
Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts
Integrated Complex 106
Espace Cercle Carré 144
Espace projet, art contemporain + design 28
Espacio México 104
Excentris 52
FoFA 107
Fondation Molinari 174
Fresh Paint! 163
Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran 118
Galerie B-312 92
Galerie Bernard 39
Galerie Christian Lambert 92
Galerie Crystal Racine 46
Galerie D 168
Galerie d’art d’Outremont 23
Galerie de Bellefeuille 111
Galerie de l’UQAM 164
Galerie d’Este 111
Galerie Dominique Bouffard 167
Galerie Donald Browne 92
Galerie Espace 50
Galerie Hugues Charbonneau 93
Galerie Laroche/Joncas 93
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez 93
Galerie Mile-End AME-ART 20
Galerie MX 137
Galerie Nicolas Robert 92
Galerie Nuances 146
Galerie René Blouin 145
Galerie Roger Bellemare 92
Galerie Simon Blais 18
Gallery Gora 67
Graff 42
Grover building 172
Hôtel des Encans 122
Joyce Yahouda 92
La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse 51
Lacerte Art Contemporain 24
L’Endroit indiqué 42
L’Entrepôt 125
Le 2.22 82
Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery 106
Le repaire des 100 talents 202
Les Ateliers Jean-Brillant 121
Les Impatients 160
Les Territoires 92
MAI - Montréal arts interculturels 65
Maison de la culture Côte-des-Neiges 186
Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal 45
Maison de la culture Frontenac 171
Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay 123
Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce 190
Maison de la culture Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
202
Maison Kasini 93
McClure Gallery 123
McCord Museum 68
Monastiraki 16
Montréal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) 105
Montréal Science Centre 147
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MACM)
88
Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec 193
Occurrence – Espace d’art et d’essai contemporains 20
Optica 16, 92
Parisian Laundry 122
Pavillon J.-A.-DeSève 188
PHI Centre 141
Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain 93
Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum
of Archaeology and History 146
Projet Beaumont 27
Quartier Latin 164
[sas] 93
SBC 92
Skol 93
Studio 303 93
Trois Points 92
Usine 106U 54
VAV Gallery 108
Visual Voice Art Gallery 93
William Notman House 66
Yves Laroche Galerie d’art 24
Zéphyr, lieu d’art 168
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Resources
to Learn More
and Stay Informed
To learn more and to keep on top of what’s happening in Montréal’s dynamic arts
scene, here’s a non-exhaustive list of the city’s cultural initiatives, associations and
organizations:
ÔÔ Accès culture Montréal
www.accesculture.com
ÔÔ MAP // Make Art Public
makeartpublic.wordpress.com
ÔÔ ArtsScène Montréal
en.artsscenemontreal.com
ÔÔ MASSIVart
massivart.ca
ÔÔ Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM)
www.artsmontreal.org/en
ÔÔ Montreal Arts-Business portal
montrealartsaffaires.org/en
ÔÔ Contemporary Art Galleries
Association (AGAC)
new.agac.qc.ca
ÔÔ Montréal Créative (CRÉ de Montréal)
montrealcreative.org
ÔÔ Culture Montréal
www.culturemontreal.ca/en
ÔÔ Culture pour tous
www.culturepourtous.ca/index_en.htm
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ÔÔ Montréal, Cultural Metropolis
montrealmetropoleculturelle.org
ÔÔ Montreal Galleries
galeriesmontreal.ca/?lang=en
ÔÔ District Montréal
www.districtmontreal.com/en
ÔÔ Pied carré (PI2) – Regroupement des
créateurs du secteur Saint-Viateur Est
www.regroupementpi2.org
ÔÔ Diversité artistique Montréal (DAM)
www.diversiteartistique.org
ÔÔ Quartier des Spectacles Partnership
www.quartierdesspectacles.com/en
ÔÔ English-Language Arts Network
(ELAN)
www.quebec-elan.org
ÔÔ Réseau Art Actuel (an initiative
of RCAAQ)
www.rcaaq.org/index_en.php
ÔÔ La Ligne Bleue
www.lalignebleue.ca
ÔÔ Voies culturelles des faubourgs
voiesculturelles.qc.ca
ÔÔ La Vitrine
www.lavitrine.com
ÔÔ The Montréal Buzz
(Tourisme Montréal blog)
www.tourisme-montreal.org/blog
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