Staff Previously on Strike at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Secure New Agreement
Though most are working from home right now due to COVID-19, they are at last receiving their augmented back pay for 2015 to 2020 after working five years without a contract
Eva and Franco Mattes
Phi Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, November 8, 2019, to March 15, 2020
Strike Ends Early at MAC Montreal—but Uncertainty Continues
A four-day strike, planned to coincide with a major performance-art event, ended after a tentative agreement was reached 24 hours in. Negotiations resume December 17
Curators and Registrars at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Stage One-Day Strike
Artists expressed support for professional staff of the museum, who have been without a contract since 2015
Professional Staff at MAC Montreal Vote for Strike Mandate
Curators, registrars and others have been without a collective agreement since 2015, and they’ve voted unanimously for a 10-day strike mandate
How to Break a Painting
Cindy Phenix condenses feminism and desire into paintings that take sexist tropes head-on
Sherry Walchuk
CIRCA Art Actuel, Montreal, March 16 to April 27, 2019
Living with Crisis
Art, anxiety and vulnerability in the age of late capitalism.
Montreal Report: Darkness in Summer
Summer has arrived in Montreal—and with it a carnival air—so naturally, I've fled indoors to watch hours of video art.
6 New Montreal Art Spaces to Watch
Montreal has a long history of DIY spaces, but a new generation places an increasing emphasis on international networking.
Marie-Michelle Deschamps: The Art of the Untranslatable
This Montrealer’s unique brand of abstraction—on view now in Paris—responds to our excess of images by gesturing at the intimacy of private communication.
Saelan Twerdy’s Top 3 of 2014: Shifting Landscapes
Saelan Twerdy's top three picks of 2014 highlight surges in video art, increased international notoriety and biennials that foreground strong young talent.
Notes on the Art of Writing—and Rewriting
Recently, artists gathered in a Montreal gallery to make a famously bleak book "a little bit happier"—now, Jacob Wren and Saelan Twerdy chat about the edit.
Sherry Walchuk: For My Dad
Articule, Montreal May 3 to June 9, 2013
Karen Kraven’s Magic Evident at Centre Clark
Centre Clark, Montreal January 24 to March 2, 2013
How Luc Paradis’s First Big Show Rocked the White Cube
Parisian Laundry, Montreal November 8 to 29, 2012
Laurent Grasso Creates Must-See Labyrinth in Montreal
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal February 7 to April 28, 2013
Jon Rafman: Mapping Google
Jon Rafman’s work enjoys a deservedly high profile at this year’s Contact Festival. As Saelan Twerdy observes in this review, Rafman’s stunning, and often funny, Google Street View scenes demonstrate how the Internet is making everything public, from information to intimacy.
