Art this week

The vernissages, closing shows and ongoing exhibitions you need to know about.

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Le Diamantaire

This week will see a number of graff and street-art related projects on display, with vernissages at Station 16 and British Blue Print, and culminating with the 19th annual Under Pressure festival this weekend. You’ll also have a chance to check out the Qouleur Festival’s resident exhibition at Articule.

Professional artists take note: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has put a callout for artists to apply for their upcoming residency program, Impressions, to run from Nov. 3 to Dec. 12. The deadline for applications is Aug. 29. Check their website for more details.

Here’s a rundown of vernissages and ongoing shows to check out this week. Get out there and see some art!

 

Vernissages

 

Thursday, Aug. 7, 6–9 p.m.

Station 16 – 3523 St-Laurent

Le Diamantaire

To Aug. 28

 This Paris-based street artist gives new life to found broken mirrors by repurposing them into diamond-shaped artworks, installing them in unexpected places across the urban landscape.

Work by Shane Watt
Work by Shane Watt

Thursday, Aug. 7, 6 p.m.

Centre d’Art BBP (British Blue Print) – 1831 Ste-Catherine W.

Billboards – Shane Watt

To Aug. 30

 

For this exhibit, semi-fictional-map maker Shane Watt teams up with several like-minded colleagues from Miami, Oakland, Montreal, and New York to round out his installation at British Blue Print.

 
 
 

Friday, Aug. 8, 6 p.m.

L’Espace Créatif – 2031 Parthenais

Nuances et Compositions – Marie-Christine Lessard + Patrick Foisy

To Aug. 21

 

Friday, Aug. 8, 5-8 p.m.

Galerie D – 1200 Amherst, #102

Karine Léger + Joanna Chelkowska

To Sept. 17

 

Last Call

 

Galerie D – 1200 Amherst, #102

Pierre Fortin / Guy Hamelin

To Aug. 5

 

Galerie 203 – 203 Notre-Dame W.

Métamorphosis – Michel Mercé

To Aug. 7

 

Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran – 1892 Payette

Playlist – Philippe Caron Lefebvre + Doyon-Rivest + Dominique Pétrin + Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf + Les Ramsay

Extended to Aug. 9

 

Articule – 262 Fairmount W.

Legacy – Laila Ait Bouchtba + Soleil Launière

To Aug. 10

In conjuction with the Qouleur Festival, highlighting expressions by people of colour who identify as 2-spirit, queer, or trans, Articule has been hosting an artist residency with Laila Ait Bouchtba & Soleil Launière, whose work “explores the topic of Legacy and what that means in a 2QTPOC context.”

 

Ongoing Shows

 

Espace Robert Poulin – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg. #411)

Décompensation chromatique

To Aug. 16

 

TOHU (Espace BOHU) – 2345 Jarry E.

Underworlds – Isabelle Hayeur

To Aug. 21

 

Centre for Sustainable Development – 50 Ste-Catherine W.

Festive Bangladesh – Claudio Cambon

To Aug. 21

 

Centre des Arts actuels Skol – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg. #314)

SKOOL 2014, Marking Space: A Drawing Research Lab

To Aug. 22

 

Okwari Arts / Rapid River Gallery – Old Malone Highway, Kahnawake

River Views – Group Show in conjunction with Présence Autochtone

To Aug. 22

 

Galerie Trois Points – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg. #520)

Entrelacs – Group exhibition

To Aug. 23

 

Maison de la culture Frontenac – 2550 Ontario E

La grande traversée – Paul Brunet

Rhopographie – Étienne Lafrance

To Aug. 23

 

Les Territoires – 372 rue Sainte-Catherine O (Belgo Bldg Suite #527)

Something in the Way – Creation Workshop III

To August 23

 

Fonderie Darling – 745 Ottawa

Barré – Christina Zurfluh

To Aug. 24

 

Galerie Youn – 5226 St-Laurent

Black Rainbow – Jay Dart

To Aug. 24

 

Maison de la culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal – 465 Mont-Royal E.

Point de chute – Mathieu Lacroix + Excavations – Maude Bernier Chabot + David Butler

To August 24

 

Fonderie Darling – 745 Ottawa

Of Crimes and Dreams – Dora García

To Aug. 27

 

La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse – 4296 St-Laurent

Girlhood – The Coven

To Aug. 29

 

Centre PHI – 407 St-Pierre

Ephemeralphi – Magazinez autrement. Sortez autrement.

To Aug. 30

 

Canadian Guild of Crafts – 1460-B Sherbrooke W.

Reliques et passages – Eruoma Awashish

To Aug. 30

 

Art Mûr – 5826 St-Hubert

Fresh Paint / New Construction

To Aug. 30

 

DHC/ART – 451 & 465 St-Jean

Come and See – Jake & Dinos Chapman

To Aug. 31

 

Galerie d’Arts Contemporains – 2140 Crescent

Transparent Overtures – Roy Lerner

To Aug. 31

 

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.

Dreamscapes – 30 years of Innovative Performances – Michel Lemieux + Victor Pilon

To Aug. 31

 

Galerie Elena Lee – 1460 Sherbrooke W.

Secondary Market

To Sept. 6

 

Galerie Simon Blais – 5420 St-Laurent, #100

À une déception près de finir ma vie avec 300 chats – Isabelle Guimond

Dark Matter – Group Show

To Sept. 6

 

Atelier Circulaire – 5445 ave de Gaspé, Suite #105

Le Salon des membres

To Sept. 6

 

Beaux-Arts des Amériques – 3944 St-Denis

Semi-Precious Things – Craig Hood

To Sept. 6

 

Galerie Division – 2020 William

Nicolas Baier + Hors Champs II – Richard Marx Tremblay

To Sept. 7

 

Arsenal Montreal – 2020 William

Next

To September 7

 

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal – 185 Ste-Catherine W.

Pulse Room – Interactive installation by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Citizens Band + Prepared Piano for Movers (Haussmann) – Angelica Mesiti

The Grace of a Gesture

To Sept. 7

 

Battat Contemporary – 7245 Alexandra, #100

Sophie Jodoin + Jacinthe Lessard – L

To Sept. 13

 

Dazibao – 5455 de Gaspé, #109

Electronic Sound in a Shifting Landscape

Artists Like Us – The Otolith Group

To Sept. 13

 

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal – 185 Ste-Catherine W.

A Matter of Abstraction

To Sept. 14

 

Canadian Centre for Architecture – 1920 Baile

The Mound of Vendôme

To September 14

 

Galerie René Blouin – 10 King

Blancs – Marie-Claire Blais + Geneviève Cadieux + Chris Kline

To September 20

 

Galerie Gora – 279 Sherbrooke W., #205

Paul Lefebvre + Marko + Orner

To Sept. 27

 

TOHU (Espace BOHU) – 2345 Jarry E.

Trésors de cirque

To Sept. 28

 

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal – 185 Ste-Catherine W.

Na ślepo/Blindly – Artur Zmijewski

To Sept. 28

 

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.

Fabulous Fabergé, Jeweller to the Czars

To Oct. 5

 

Canadian Centre for Architecture – 1920 Baile

Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines

To Oct. 5

 

Maison de l’Architecture du Québec – 181 St-Antoine W.

Architecture as Landscape – Retrospective of Pierre Thibault

To Oct. 5

 

McCord Museum – 690 Sherbrooke W.

Music – Quebec: From Charlebois to Arcade Fire

To Oct. 13

 

McCord Museum – 690 Sherbrooke W.

Strolling Through Montreal – Harry Sutcliffe

(Photography Exhibit along McGill College Boulevard)

Until Oct. 19

 

McCord Museum – 690 Sherbrooke W.

Bens, The Legendary Deli

To Nov. 23