Montreal Cultural Calendar

In her first solo exhibition, Arta Ajeti presents a new body of intimate graphite drawings based on a personal archive of photographic references. Feminine figures appear in shadowy, dreamlike scenes populated by wrecked cars, theatrical curtains, static-filled screens, stairwells, storm clouds, and ornamental surfaces, where glamour and decay sit in uneasy proximity. Using graphite, Ajeti pushes the image toward both clarity and breakdown, creating works suspended between memory, fantasy, and desire.

Carrefour is opening on Wednesday, April 8th with histamine, Shahan Assadourian's first solo exhibition. Located in Family's former gallery space on Laurier West, Carrefour is the brainchild of Sophie présente and Family. The show brings together an entirely new body of work that investigates Shahan's previous exploration of infection, emotional freedom, and cuteness overload.

Jérôme Nadeau will present his solo show A GOOD SLEEPER. The paintings in the exhibition were developed through multiple phases. Images shift and transform from one state to another: drawings and photographs are digitized, compressed, translated into sound, then reconverted, printed, altered, scanned, and digitally reconfigured before being screen-printed at the limits of legibility. The works do not seek to illustrate or stabilize, but to probe what wavers: blurred thresholds of perception, zones of noise, surfaces shaped by error and uncertainty.

Patience is a solo presentation by Ontario-based artist Tony Romano. Carrefour is pleased to host Romano's work in Montreal, revisiting a selection of video and sculptural works produced between 2022 and 2024. This exhibition is made possible thanks to Franz Kaka.

As Concordia rounds out the academic year the VAV gallery is hosting a finissage for Idyll and Labour, a group show featuring works by Renée Rothe, Kelly Halseth, Gemma Else and Laure-Charlotte Côté.

Le Jeu is a photographic exhibition that explores the perceptions of day, the temporality of night. The intimacy of the body. The gazes cast upon the other that teach us about ourselves. How we look, what we feel. Lussier's work often employs experimentation, fragmentation and distortion to highlight feelings and spaces of intimacy surrounding the body. The opening reception is BYOB.

Event by OBORO

OBORO vous invite au vernissage de sa programmation du printemps 2026, présentant les expositions "Common Absurd" d'Adam Basanta et "LUCABOT" de Julie Tremble.
Joignez-vous à nous pour découvrir des oeuvres qui interrogent notre relation au monde, du microscopique au numérique, à travers la vidéo, la sculpture et l’installation.
L’équipe d’OBORO et les artistes seront sur place pour accueillir le public dans une atmosphère chaleureuse. Une belle occasion de célébrer le début de la belle saison, d’échanger et de rencontrer les artistes.
Entrée libre, bienvenue à toustes.
Plus d'informations sur les expositions ici :
oboro.net/exhibition/common-absurd
oboro.net/exhibition/lucabot
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OBORO invites you to the opening of its Spring 2026 Programming, featuring the exhibitions "Common Absurd" by Adam Basanta and "LUCABOT" by Julie Tremble.
Join us to discover new works that question our relationship to the world, from the microscopic to the digital, through video, sculpture, and installation.
The OBORO team and the artists will be on hand to welcome the public in a warm atmosphere. A great opportunity to celebrate the start of spring, exchange ideas, and meet the artists.
Free admission, everyone is welcome.
More information about the exhibitions here:
oboro.net/en/exhibition/common-…

The Open House series, presented by Collection Collection, invites viewers to see the private collection as a space for exchange and reflection. The works chosen from within the collection reflect the collectors' singular perspective and shape an exhibition in their own image. This curatorial gesture explores collecting as a living practice, made up of correspondences, affinities, and shared narratives. This edition features works from the private collection of artist Anne-Renée Hotte and Martin Schop of Schop Framing.

Blind Field Shuttle (2010–aujourd'hui) est une performance de marche collaborative où Carmen Papalia guide de grands groupes de participant·es lors d'un parcours non visuel à travers des environnements urbains ou ruraux. Placé·es en file derrière l'artiste, les participant·es tiennent le bras de la personne devant eux·elles et acceptent de garder les yeux fermés pendant toute la durée de la marche, d'environ une heure. Prolongement de la pratique personnelle de marche de Papalia, cette performance invite les participant·es à mobiliser leurs sens non visuels tout en négociant collectivement les déplacements, les obstacles et le contexte culturel dans lequel la vision est dominante. À mesure que les participants avancent ensemble, l'œuvre révèle à la fois les barrières créées par la primauté du visuel et les réseaux de soutien interdépendants qui sous-tendent la culture du handicap. Blind Field Shuttle remet en question les idées reçues sur le handicap et l'accessibilité en considérant le handicap comme une expérience révélatrice et précieuse, et l'accessibilité comme un « espace temporaire et collectif ». Rendez-vous au Café du MAI – Parcours de marche à déterminer. Événement en français & anglais. Cet événement fait partie de la programmation public +.

Vernissage for A Taste of Queer Montreal: A Multi-lingual Exhibition of 2SLGBTQ+ Food and Drink History. See the new exhibition, hear talks from the curators, and enjoy the newly composed Exhibition House Mix Track interweaving oral histories, Montreal's historical house music, and new compositions. Talk/speeches will start at 2:30 pm. Free coffee, sparkling wine, and sparkling water provided. The physical exhibition includes materials from the Archives gaies du Québec, the Archives lesbiennes du Québec, and private collections. This digital exhibition available at cafequeermontreal.com compliments the physical exhibition. A free walking tour related to the exhibition is available at: https://www.cafequeermontreal.com/p/walking-tour-visite-guidee.html A database with 2SLGBTQ+ food and drink spaces in Montreal over time is available at: https://www.cafequeermontreal.com/p/directory-of-montreals-2slgbtq-food-and.html Exhibition curators and creators of the walking tour are Alex D. Ketchum, Al Dervisevic, and Kerrilee Commier.

Organized by Jarrah Csunyoscka and Rosy Hanna, A Set of Favours is a group exhibition presenting sculptures, paintings and works on paper by Jarrah Csunyoscka, Joss D'Alton, Rosy Hanna, Stéphanie Alèxe Hébert, Beatrix Prior.