Expo 67: Avant Garde!
Two events highlighting avant-garde art at Expo 67:
Exhibit opening, June 1, 5 – 8 pm, Casa del Popolo, 4873 St-Laurent, exhibit runs June 1 – 30, free admission.
Arcmtl is proud to present Expo 67: Avant Garde! 50 years ago this month, Montreal hosted the largest gathering of avant-garde art and design ever seen! Expo 67 was the 20th century’s most successful World’s Fair, taking place during a time of both social and artistic upheaval around the world. Visit Arcmtl for more information, and check out Arcmtl’s interviews on this website’s blog such as this one with François Dallegret about their Expo involvement and the 1967 Montreal arts scene. Part of the Suoni per il Popolo festival.
Screening and exhibit, May 19, Cinémathèque québecoise, 335 de Maisonneuve E.. Exhibit runs from May 19 – 31.
Recent Articles
GRANDE Print Art Fair 2017 ARCMTL/ Expozine is proud to present the GRANDE Print Art Fair, gathering more than 60 artists and organizations selling posters and printed art, meet and mingle with the public and showcase the incredible vitality of this artistic community in Montreal. Silkscreen prints, letterpress, engravings, every form and every new trend in printed art will be on display! It’s your only chance each year to discover
Continue Reading >
A recent documentary film, Montreal New Wave, to which Archive Montreal contributed archival materials, gave us a great excuse to pull out rare and mostly forgotten gems from the New Wave years. Over the course of four special programmes leading up to and during the film’s premiere and current theatric run, Montreal Sound Ark featured thematic shows presented here in music-only podcasts with a photo gallery after the playlists and
Continue Reading >
It’s with much pleasure that ARCMTL helps celebrate the 30th anniversary of Le Cheval Blanc. It is around a table at this very brew pub that Archive Montreal was founded in October, 1998, by several writers, artists and publishers who had often taken part in launch parties at the venue. Benoit Chaput had launched several publications from his publishing house Oie de Cravan, for example. For my part, I had
Continue Reading >