Work by Miss Me. New works at Fresh Paint Gallery.
Guys, Nuit Blanche is nearly here. Galleries across town have been prepping their special Nuit Blanche programming for months already, so most of the week’s activities are centred around Saturday night’s festivities. Before we get to that though, there are a few events happening Thursday and Friday that are worth your attention.
If you’re curious about the temporary gallery we told you about earlier this week, it’s now open to the public it will open next week. Go check out work by Emmanuel Laflamme in the repurposed hardware store turned architect’s creative space before the whole thing is razed to make way for condos.***UPDATE*** The gallery will open to the public officially next Wednesday, March 4. Check the link above for opening hours and location.
Thursday, the English Language Arts Network (ELAN) is offering you the chance to meet with gallerists and curators from NYC and Boston with a special 5 à 7 at Parisian Laundry. Also present will be the team behind the upcoming Art Souterrain festival. While you’re there, take a look at the exhibit Collision 11, showing work from graduating MFA students at Concordia and UQAM. 3550 St-Antoine W., Thursday, Feb. 26, free. RSVP to admin@quebec-elan.org
A major highlight of the week is going down Thursday at the Darling Foundry with the video installation Unground by Luxembourg artists Gast Bouschet and Nadine Hilbert, curated by Kevin Muhlen. This multi-dimensional work will take you to the edge of humanity’s increasing alienation from nature in the face of the modern metropolis and relentless capitalist consumerism, with a glimmer of hope when anger can be purposefully channelled into creativity. 745 Ottawa, Thursday, Feb. 26, 5–10 p.m.
Also on Thursday, a screening and artist talk will be held at CK2 Gallery with Matt Goerzen discussing life in the digital realm, and Loreta Lamargese talking about how we relate to one another, with and without mediation through art, film or other forms of expression. BFFA3AE‘s short film “Live [EXPLICIT]” will be screened between the talks. 6560 Esplanade, #203, Thursday, Feb. 26, 6:30 p.m., RSVP to info@ck2gallery.com
I don’t know of any new shows opening on Friday (seems most of the galleries have scheduled openings this week to coincide with Nuit Blanche), but there IS a cocktail party on Friday at Galerie D to celebrate Steben Alexander’s Ma muse m’amuse, inspired by the legendary Belle Epoque art muse Marchesa Luisa Casati, which opened earlier this month. Don’t miss the chance to see this great show in a party atmosphere worthy of the Marchesa herself. 1200 Amherst, #102, Friday, Feb. 27, 5–10 p.m.
Also on Friday, Studio XX launches their urban wilderness mapping project, Wild City Mapping, which will be an open-source website with Montreal’s wild green spaces mapped along with records of community members’ connections to the spaces. The Sierra Club’s Floris Ensink will be on hand to give a presentation. 4001 Berri, #201, Friday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m., $5 suggested or free for members.
In conjunction with Art Souterrain, which opens during Nuit Blanche, Joyce Yahouda Gallery will host a panel discussion on Friday relating to the festival’s theme of security and personal freedom. The panel includes Israeli artists Maya Landman, Merav Svirsky and Inbal Hofman who will discuss their works to be presented during the festival. 372 Ste-Catherine W.,#516, Friday, Feb. 27, 4–6 p.m.
Alright, now obviously Nuit Blanche means there’s tons of stuff going on all over town Saturday night, and among those events is a biggie that your BFFs over here at Cult MTL have been collaborating on with the Phi Centre. La Nuit Tribe is set to be a huge party with a major musical line-up headlined by A Tribe Called Red. Throughout the night, artists Swarm and Red Bandit will be live-creating, and you’ll also have a chance to check out some of their previous work as well as some special video projections by Bear Witness, on exhibit for one night only.
For a comprehensive list of other recommended Nuit Blanche activities of all kinds, check out our curated round-up of highlights. As usual there’s an overwhelming array of options, but you can’t go wrong with going door to door at the Belgo building (372 Ste-Catherine W.). Highlights there include SBC Gallery’s launch of their Talk Show project, with special guests all night, and Atelier Circulaire’s Vinyl Scratching Workshop.
Bonus, just down the street from the Belgo, you can check out Fresh Paint’s new satellite space on Nuit Blanche with their first official exhibit, Saints of Soul : Beauty Through Hardship by prolific street artist Miss Me. Her beautifully illustrated wheat pastes of musical icons like Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Tupac, Nina Simone and Amy Winehouse can be found on walls all around the world as well as in her home base of Montreal, but word is that she’s pulled out all the stops to create a unique indoor exhibit with some special touches that can’t be done outside on the fly. This special Nuit Blanche vernissage will include a street dance performance from Urban Identity Crew and DJ sets from Stram and Adass. 256 Ste-Catherine E., Saturday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.
Don’t forget to check out the full listings below, put on an extra pair of socks and get out and see some art!
Vernissages:
Feb. 26, 6 p.m. Fashion Show + Exhibit
Galerie 203 – 203 Notre-Dame W.
Fashion So Arts – Malou Cadet
To March 1
Feb. 26, 6–8 p.m.
Galerie Mile End (Ame-Art) – 5345 Parc
Créations de femmes – Group Show
To March 8
Feb. 26, 5–10 p.m.
Darling Foundry – 745 Ottawa
Unground – Gast Bouschet + Nadine Hilbert
To March 15
Feb. 26
Eleanor London Côte-Saint-Luc Public Library – 5851 Cavendish
Jugs and Mixed Media – Valeriya Khomar
To March 29
Feb. 26, 5 p.m.
Galerie Thomas Henry Ross – 5445 de Gaspé, #423
Capitalism in the 21st Century
To June 19
Feb. 28, 3 p.m.
Diagonale – 5455 de Gaspé, #110
Prix Diagonale – Group Show
To March 14
Feb. 28, 8 p.m.
Fresh Paint 256 – 256 Ste-Catherine E.
Saints of Soul : Beauty Through Hardship – Miss Me
To March 25
Feb. 28, 3–6 p.m.
VOX Centre de l’Image Contemporaine – 2 Ste-Catherine E., #401
Faire des histoires – Nikki Forrest, Kim Kielhofner and GIV
To March 28
Feb. 28, 2–5 p.m.
Galerie d’Este – 4396 St-Laurent
Pass It On – Marigold Santos + Véronique La Perrière M. + Joani Tremblay
To March 29
Feb. 28, 3 p.m.
Galerie Nicolas Robert – 10 King
Through the Scapes of Your Memory – Andréanne Godin
To April 11
Feb. 28, 7 p.m.–2 a.m.
SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #507)
Talk Show – El Instituto
To April 18
Last Call:
E. K. Voland Art Gallery – 4710 St-Ambroise, #100
Tremors – Dego (Detlaf Gotzens)
To Feb. 26
Galerie l’Agora – Cégep du Vieux Montréal – 255 Ontario E.
MTL ZOO – Group Show
To Feb. 27
Montreal Center for Contemporary Textiles – 5800 St-Denis, #501
Le sort, le destin et l’autodétermination – Line Dufour
To Feb. 27
La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse – 4296 St-Laurent
Se partager les eaux – Marie-France Tremblay
To Feb. 27
Le repaire des 100 talents – 5867 St-Hubert
Touski – Group Show
To Feb. 27
Atelier Circulaire – 5445 de Gaspé, #105 & #517
Centaur – Konstantinos Meramveliotakis
To Feb. 27
Galerie ABYSS – 1520 Notre-Dame W.
Last Year’s Fears – Group Show
To Feb. 28
Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain (PFOAC) – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #216)
Strangers in a Strange Land – Ed Pien
To Feb. 28
Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran – 1892 Payette
Out of This Light, Into This Shadow – Juan Ortiz-Apuy
Balancing Zing – Les Ramsay
To Feb. 28
Galerie Lilian Rodriguez – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #405)
Espaces illusoires – Blanche Louise-Michaud + Sarah Osborne + Amélie Riendeau
To Feb. 28
Galerie Laroche/Joncas – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #410)
Places – Lynne Cohen + Sylvie Readman
To Feb. 28
CIRCA art actuel – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #444)
The Uneasy Sleep of the Operator – Sébastien Cliche
Soulèvement social – Sayeh Sarfaraz
To Feb. 28
Art Mûr – 5826 St-Hubert
Otherworldly – Betino Assa + Matthew Thomson
Reticence – Michelle Lundqvist
Fields – Neil Harrison
Paysage financier – François Raymond
La revente – Group Show
To Feb. 28
Usine 106U – 160 Roy E.
Inoculation – Group Show
To Feb. 28
The McClure Gallery (Visual Arts Centre) – 350 Victoria
Megalopolis – Dennis Ekstedt
To Feb. 28
Café Touski – 2361 Ontario E.
Le jour de la marmotte – Adeline Lamarre
To Feb. 28
Galerie Dominique Bouffard – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #508)
Art and Narrative – Group Show
To Feb. 28
Galerie Donald Browne – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #528)
Out of Shape – Paul Bureau
To Feb. 28
Articule – 262 Fairmount W.
Prestige – Articule Members’ Show
To March 1
Maison de la culture Frontenac – 2550 Ontario E.
Riopelle: Les migrations du bestiaire – au pays des ouaouarons
To March 1
Monastiraki – 5478 St-Laurent
Lumen – Laura Madera
Mere Phantoms – Shadow Installation
To March 1
Ongoing Shows:
Espace Mushagalusa – 533 Ontario E.
Les Héritiers – Séadé + Ma’Liciouz + The Kevin Calixte
To March 4
Boulangerie Chez Fred – 5338 Sherbrooke W.
Montréal – A Photo Exhibition – Steve Walsh
To March 6
Galerie LUZ – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #418)
Sacré – Profane : Samy Elmaghribi – The Museum of Jewish Montreal Pop-Up
To March 6
Occurrence – 5455 de Gaspé, #108
Vert voisin III – Stéphanie Beaulieu
L’image-matière – Benoit Blondeau
Les Inéluctables – CLUCA
To March 7
Visual Voice Art Gallery – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #421)
Generative Methods – Deskriptiv
To March 7
Galerie Graff – 963 Rachel E.
39 – 45 – Jean-Pierre Séguin
To March 7
Phi Centre – 407 St-Pierre
y2o – Dominique T. Skoltz
To March 7
Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges – 5290 Côte-des-Neiges
Barcelone: Cinq regards Montréalais – Group Show
To March 8
Galerie ROCCIA – 5692 St-Laurent
Love, l’amour exposé! – Group Show
To March 8
Montreal City Hall – 275 Notre-Dame E.
Montréal, ville de hockey
To March 14
Joyce Yahouda Gallery – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #516)
Causalité – Marc Dulude
À la lueur de BéBé Lune – zipertatou
Incubator – Inbal Hoffman – Roundtable Feb. 27, 4 p.m.
To March 14
Beaux-Arts des Amériques – 3944 St-Denis
Still Life: Revisited – Group Show
To March 14
Parisian Laundry – 3550 St-Antoine W.
Collision 11 – MFA Group Show
To March 14
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) – 185 Ste-Catherine W.
The Forgotten Space
To March 15
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.
Warhol Mania: A Brand-New Look at his Advertising Posters and Magazine Illustrations
To March 15
McCord Museum – 690 Sherbrooke W.
Frédéric Lavoie – Artist in Residence
To March 15
Galerie D – 1200 Amherst, #102
Ma muse m’amuse – Steben Alexander
To March 18
Eastern Bloc – 7240 Clark, 2nd Floor
Funeral Parlour // Embalm Your Digital Data – Audrey Samson (Residency)
To March 20
Arprim – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #426)
Mathieu Grenier
To March 21
Centre des Arts actuels Skol – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #314)
Feast – Maude Bernier-Chabot
To March 21
Galerie B-312 – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #403)
The Sound of Empty Space – Adam Basanta
LSS (Life Support System) – Ana Rewakowicz
To March 21
Montréal, arts interculturels (MAI) – 3680 Jeanne-Mance, #103
To Rebel is Justified – Chun Hua Catherine Dong
To March 21
Galerie Bernard – 3926 St-Denis
Continuum – Margit Hideg
To March 21
Optica – 5455 de Gaspé, #106
Études préparatoires. Dessins d’explosions 2012-2015 – Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf
Palazzo Chupi – Michael Blum
To March 21
Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery – Dawson College, 4001 de Maisonneuve
Trade / Gift / Purchase: Artists Collect – Group Show
To March 21
L’Atelier-Galerie A.Piroir – 5333 Casgrain, #802
Albert Dumouchel
To March 21
Galerie Division – 2020 William
You Won’t Believe (…) – Group Show
To March 21
Musée du Rock’n’Roll – 2222 Ontario E.
Révolution Rock: The Emergence of Quebecois Rock’n’Roll 1964–1968
To March 24
Galerie Trois Points – 372 Ste-Catherine W. (Belgo Bldg #520)
Ensemble Opératoire – Michael Daigneault
Everything is Going Swimmingly – Nicolas Fleming
To March 28
La Lumière du Mile End – 214 Bernard W.
Crystal Souls – Waxhead + Starkey
To March 31
Galerie Simon Blais – 5420 St-Laurent, #100
Intrications – Jean-Sébastien Denis
Espaces momentanés – Jessica Peters
Tribute to Jacques Hurtubise
To April 4
Centre de design de l’UQAM – 1440 Sanguinet
24 hours in the life of a Swiss cuckoo clock
To April 12
McCord Museum – 690 Sherbrooke W.
Love in Fine Fashion
To April 12
ARTVstudio – 1600 St-Urbain
Montréal Créative
To April 18
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery – 1400 de Maisonneuve W., Ground Floor
World of Matter: Exposing Resource Ecologies
To April 18
Dazibao – 5455 de Gaspé, #109
Reynold Reynolds (Gallery Space)
Chantal du Pont (Screening Room)
To April 18
Musée du costume et du textile du Québec (MCTQ) – 363 de la Commune E.
Chic & Choc
To April 18
Fondation Guido Molinari – 3290 Ste-Catherine E.
Multi noirs, 1997–2014 – Francine Savard
Goguen, Molinari, Drawings 1954–1959
To April 26
Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History – 350 Place Royale
The Greeks – Agamemnon to Alexander the Great
To April 26
Canadian Centre for Architecture – 1920 Baile
Rooms You May Have Missed – Bijoy Jain + Umberto Riva
To April 29
Arsenal Montreal – 2020 William
PRISM – David Spriggs
To May 9
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) – 185 Ste-Catherine W.
Sophie Calle: For the Last and First Time
Simon Starling: Metamorphology
To May 10
Espace VERRE – 1200 Mill
Semina Percurrenta: From Both Sides of the Border – Jean-Simon Trottier + Montserrat Duran Muntades
To May 15
Galerie Lounge TD – 307 Ste-Catherine W., Second Floor
La vie est déjà ailleurs – Pierre Gauvreau + Janine Carreau
To May 24
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.
Mégantic in Pictures – Benoit Aquin
To May 24, 2015
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1380 Sherbrooke W.
Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism – Benjamin-Constant in His Time
To May 31