Montreal Cultural Calendar

The 2026 edition of the PHI residency welcomes Eva Quintas, and Spoonful of Dirt, a collective formed by Andrea Williamson and Nina Pariser. Throughout the month of June, the public is invited to discover the emerging forms of their research and to contribute to them through this exhibition, as well as during a series of free public activities. While distinct in their approaches, the works presented here converge around shared concerns: questioning the environments we inhabit and shape, assessing the effects of human constructions on a diversity of living beings, and dreaming up futures in which more equitable modes of organization might emerge. In resonance with each other, these projects reveal different ways of inhabiting, perceiving, and relating to the territories we share, while opening onto the imagination of new configurations and modes of existence.

Festival MURAL du 4 au 14 juin sur le boulevard Saint-Laurent, entre Laurier et Sherbrooke

Multisatures en vestiges is Mathieu Lacroix's second solo exhibition with McBride Contemporain. This exhibition brings together a new series of drawings on recycled paper and hybrid installation techniques, the exhibition reflects on the monumental presence of discarded objects in everyday life. Abandoned furniture, empty boxes, and other residual items that persist within our environments even as they disappear from collective attention, simultaneously occupying space while remaining overlooked by the collective gaze.

Ceremony is a presentation of the recent painting and drawing works of Alexei Kolakis-Landon and Tomas Dessureault, curated by Thomas-Antoine Girard. Together, the two artists envision painting as a site where gesture, material, and colour come together to create a lived aesthetic experience not solely contained to the canvas.

We have learned to observe living organisms through devices designed to stabilize them: Petri dishes, incubators, monitoring screens. Within this biomedical framework, life becomes observable, isolatable and measurable. Unstable Ecologies proposes a shift. The exhibition, featuring work by Jacqueline Beaumont, Alizée Armet, and Yue Cheng, examines how the life sciences are transforming our perception of the biological realm no longer as a static entity, but as a constantly evolving relational system. Drawing on the concept of biomedia, it reveals continuities between organisms, materials, and technical infrastructures. Against a backdrop shaped by industrial legacies and the promise of technological remediation, Unstable Ecologies invites viewers to rethink the living as a shared, unstable, and evolving environment. Rather than providing answers, Unstable Ecologies invites viewers to inhabit uncertainty and to think of life as relation, process and latency.

The pieces that make up this exhibit were salvaged over the years and repurposed in the present time. They were found and taken on worksites, in the shade of rising structures, the dust of sanded plaster, the smell of wood being chopped.

Honouring the past and yet looking forward, Art Sur Papier celebrates Galerie ERGA's 10th anniversary and brings together the work of 49 artists whose practices resonate with the spirit and vision of the gallery. Using paper as a material connection, each artist varies medium, style and approach to their work, creating a dynamic but cohesive exhibition.

Ateliers Belleville and Eastern Bloc are celebrating the opening of LAB-545: a new independent creative space in Montreal. This massive group exhibition, curated by Ariane Plante and Alexis Bellavance, highlights the diversity of members of Ateliers Belleville and invites the public into the heart of their workspaces. A selection of works is freely accessible on the first floor; to discover the other works, reserve a spot for one of the guided tours.

A Rope and a Wheel, A Dress and a Squeal opens with a loon calling out to a potential mate, or perhaps to the other species that appear in Molly Bertheaud's work; bird, cetacean, human and otherwise. Through painting, industrial knit tapestry and hand embroidery, Molly's work explores interspecific ways of imagining responsibility, desire, love and folly.

Joignez-vous à nous le 11 juin dès 18h pour le vernissage de l'exposition Vent bleu. Maude Arès, Guido Molinari, Anne-Marie Proulx. À cette occasion, les revues Espace, art actuel et Sabor seront églement des nôtres pour vous présenter leurs plus récent numéro ! L'exposition, qui se déroulera du 11 juin au 23 août 2026, s'accompagne d'une riche programmation d'événements en arts vivants avec une performance de Erin Hill et Nina Vroemen (Horizon Factory), en musique avec Mykalle Bielinski, ainsi qu'en poésie avec une résidence d'écriture de Vanessa Bell et de Catherine Cormier-Larose.

Scaffold is a collection that seeks to anchor itself through the rituals of everyday use. Developed through local fabrication, the series places material and formal honesty at the centre of each object. Restraint shapes the collection. Forms are derived from practical requirements, and production remains intentionally straightforward. The intention is to maintain clarity of purpose and to stay close to the scale of the body and its movements. Shown In-Situ this collection aims to gather friends, family, neighbours, and community in an informal familiar setting where life can unfold alongside it.

Fonderie Darling kicks off its summer program with a festive evening for the opening of the group exhibition "A Light That Never Goes Out", featuring works by Omar Castillo Alfaro, Camille Charbonneau, Jesús Hilario-Reyes, Simon Petepiece, Jeremy Shaw, and James Webb. Dedicated to the glimmers of light that refuse to fade in the face of the darkness that surrounds us, this exhibition pays tribute to those lights that nourish the hope of healing. To those that, in the dead of night, watch over the celebration, rebuild connections, and teach us to no longer be alone together, as well as to those moments of dazzling brilliance that offer a glimpse of the beyond and carry the promise of shared transcendence. Bar service until the end!

À Flots is a bilingual student magazine that provides a platform for emerging artists of all disciplines through its printed publications. On June 20th, À Flots invites you to Parc Laurier for the opening and launch of their latest issue, which centers on the theme of noise. Designed to celebrate emerging creativity, the event allows for friendly encounters between artists, works, and the public in an open and accessible space for everyone. By using the park as a venue, À Flots demonstrates its commitment to making art more accessible and encouraging new ways to discover, share, and experience it collectively.

Visit the studios of Alia Aluma, Bastik, Bronwyn Garden-Smith, Christelle Saint-Julien, Dana Sulit, Flore de Ris, Gemma Else, Linsey Myriam Bain, Lovestruck Prints, Pascha Marrow, Rebecca Munce, Sadé Huh, and Sloane Sherman! Take a sneak peek at the process, browse prints, and meet the artists!

Master's students in Visual and Media Arts at UQAM, from all cohorts, invite you to their summer group exhibition. Over 30 artists will showcase the results of their recent research-creation work.

Treat it like birding. Bird's Eye is a trio show with work by Gabor Bata, Emma Cross, and Fiona Ruth, on a pine tree path in Jarry park (coordinates 45.5347910,-73.6249403).

Adeu x Olivier Rodrigue is a collaborative exhibition and immersive experience, marrying visual art and gastronomy. The exhibition features ten paintings by Montréal artist Olivier Rodrigue, including six works never before exhibited, alongside a site-specific installation created for the occasion. The culinary collective ADEU will present a series of bites inspired by the artworks, creating a conversation between image, material, and taste. Risk lies at the heart of Rodrigue's practice. His paintings are built within a fragile balance between intention and accident, embracing uncertainty as a creative force. Rather than seeking complete control, he allows each work to emerge through experimentation, resistance, and discovery. This exhibition brings together two disciplines united by a shared openness to process, intuition, and the unknown.