Belgo News – The Belgo Report http://www.thebelgoreport.com News and reviews of art exhibitions in the Belgo Building Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:49:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 Nuit Blanche 2020 in the Belgo http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2020/02/nuit-blanche-2020-in-the-belgo/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:49:33 +0000 http://www.thebelgoreport.com/?p=6076 Every year, the Belgo is a hive of activity for Nuit Blanche à Montréal, and the 2020 edition is no exception. Here is your guide of participating venues.
Featured image: Sarah Hatton at Visual Voice Gallery

1st Floor

Diss Torsion, space 122
https://disstorsion.com
5pm – 2am

2nd Floor

Espace 230, space 230
www.espace230.com
5pm – 1am

Le Gobelin d’argent, space 216
https://silvergoblin.cards/
5pm – 1am

3rd Floor

Studio 303, space 303
www.studio303.ca
9pm – 1am

Centre des arts actuels Skol, space 314
www.skol.ca
5pm – 1am

Luis Fernando Suarez, space 325
5pm – 1am

Shauna Roberts Dance, space 330
http://shaunarobertsdancecenter.com
5pm – 3am

4th Floor

Galerie Laroche Joncas, space 410
www.larochejoncas.com
5pm – 9pm

Galerie La Castiglione, space 416
www.lacastiglione.ca
5pm – 10pm

Galerie Luz, space 418
www.galerieluz.com
8pm – midnight

Visual Voice Gallery, space 421
www.visualvoicegallery.com
6pm – midnight

Circa Art Actuel, space 444
www.circa-art.com
5pm – 9pm

5th Floor

SBC Galerie d’art contemporain, space 507
www.sbcgallery.ca
8pm – midnight

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Soirée Belgo – Edition 5 http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2017/10/soiree-belgo-edition-5/ http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2017/10/soiree-belgo-edition-5/#respond Thu, 05 Oct 2017 04:05:38 +0000 http://www.thebelgoreport.com/?p=5942 Soyez des nôtres pour la Soirée Belgo !

Les centres d’artistes et les galeries d’art contemporain du Belgo ont le plaisir d’annoncer la cinquième édition de la Soirée Belgo, le jeudi 5 octobre de 17 h à 22 h.
Encore une fois, ce rassemblement convivial vous permettra d’apprécier le dynamisme de ce lieu centenaire. Pôle important de l’art contemporain depuis de nombreuses années, le Belgo est, encore aujourd’hui, le seul lieu où il est possible de visiter autant
de centres d’artistes et de galeries d’art contemporain à une seule et même adresse au centre-ville.
Profitez des visites guidées, en français à 18h30 et en anglais à 20 h, pour entendre l’histoire singulière du Belgo et connaître les différents lieux d’exposition qui l’animent! Le départ des visites se fera dans le hall, au rez-de- chaussée. Toutes les portes seront
grandes ouvertes pour vous faire découvrir la riche offre culturelle qui se cache dans cet édifice au cœur du Quartier des spectacles.

Coordonnées et accès : 372, rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Métro Place-des- Arts, sortie
de Bleury Sud. Accessible aux personnes à mobilité réduite et en fauteuil roulant.

 

Join us for La soirée Belgo!

The artist-run centres and the contemporary art galleries of the Belgo are pleased to announce the fifth edition of La soirée Belgo, on Thursday, October 5th from 5 to 10 p.m.

Once again, this friendly gathering will highlight the dynamic nature of this hundred-years-old building. As an important axis in contemporary art for many years, the Belgo continues to be the only place in the city where so many galleries and artist-run centres can be visited at a single address in Montreal’s downtown area.
Guided tours will be offered, in French at 6:30 p.m and in English at 8:00 p.m, to know more about the building’s history and its tenants, vibrant art spaces eager to show you the rich cultural life of the Belgo, at the heart of Quartier des spectacles ! The visits will start in the hall, on the ground floor.

Directions and accesibility : 372 Ste-Catherine St. West, Place-des- Arts Metro station,
de Bleury exit. Accessible to people with reduced mobility or using a wheelchair.

 

Participants:

Atelier 230 
Open Studio Artists
Recent works by Kara Williams & Max Wright

Arprim, centre d’essai en art imprimé
Home staging, modernités, charmes et sortilèges
Jacinthe Loranger
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Posture / Imposture
Marilyn Farley (espace Magasin)

Galerie B-312
Profile
Artie Vierkant
Other Hauntings: A Geography Beloved
Jin-me Yoon
Dans le cadre de Momenta | Biennale de l’image
Commissaire invité : Ami Barak

La Castiglione
Open Passport
John Max
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La maquette/livre photographique
Denis Farley, Myriam Gaumond, Lise Latreille, Isa Lausas, Louis Perreault et Normand Rajotte

CIRCA Art actuel
Exposition bénéfice 2017 
Deux Poissons
This is Water / C’est de l’eau (2005-2016)
Patricia Walton

Galerie Dominique Bouffard
Rondes
François Vincent

Galerie Hugues Charbonneau
Performance via la caméra
Maria Hupfield et Lum-Desranleau
Dans le cadre de Momenta | Biennale de l’image
Commissaire invité : Ami Barak

Galerie Laroche Joncas
This time around
Jean-Philippe Harvey

Galerie Luz
Krasi Dimtch, Dana Edmonds et Pierre Tousignant

Projet Pangée
The Far Off Blues Places
Anjuli Rathod + Vanessa Brown

SBC galerie d’art contemporain
Wood Land School : Kahatenhstánion tsi na’tetiatere ne Iotohrkó:wa tánon Iotohrha /
Traçant des lignes de janvier à décembre
Quatrième geste des oeuvres de Billy-Ray Belcourt, Maggie Groat, Rita Letendre, Annie Pootoogook, Walter Scott, Joseph Tisiga, Charlene Vickers et Zotom.

Centre des arts actuels Skol 
Point de fuite
Kristi Ropeleski
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Petites scènes vides 
Jean-Philippe Luckhurst-Cartier

Galerie Trois Points
Le point aveugle
Natascha Niederstrass
Programmation satellite de Momenta | Biennale de l’image

Visual Voice Gallery
Dead Soon (Bientôt mort)
Gabriela Reyes Fuchs

Les Expositions Ymuno
Way of the Cross
Allen Ball

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Soirée Belgo – 4e Édition http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2017/06/soiree-belgo-4e-edition/ http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2017/06/soiree-belgo-4e-edition/#respond Thu, 01 Jun 2017 20:34:39 +0000 http://www.thebelgoreport.com/?p=5918 Soyez des nôtres pour La soirée Belgo !
Join us for La soirée Belgo 

Le jeudi, 8 juin 2017 | Thursday, June 8, 2017
17h – 22h | 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.

(English follows below)

Les centres d’artistes et les galeries d’art contemporain du Belgo ont le plaisir d’annoncer le retour de la soirée Belgo pour une quatrième édition ! Le jeudi 8 juin, entre 17h et 22h, joignez-vous à nous pour une soirée estivale d’art, d’expositions et de performances musicales.

Ce rassemblement convivial vous permettra d’apprécier, dans une ambiance festive, le dynamisme de ce lieu centenaire. Pôle important de l’art contemporain depuis de nombreuses années, l’édifice du Belgo est, encore aujourd’hui, le seul lieu où il est possible de visiter autant de centres d’artistes et de galeries d’art contemporain, à une seule et même adresse au centre-ville. Avec l’arrivée de nouveaux lieux d’exposition dans les derniers mois et la venue prochaine de plusieurs autres,  le Belgo gagne plus que jamais a être découvert ou redécouvert !

Laissez vous charmer par la riche offre culturelle présentée dans cet édifice situé au cœur du Quartier des spectacles !

Coordonnées et accès : 372 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Métro Place-des-arts, sortie Bleury. Accessible aux personnes à mobilité réduite et en fauteuil roulant.

Espaces Participants
Participating spaces

 2e étage / 2nd floor
Atelier Kara Williams

3e étage / 3rd floor 
Galerie Hugues Charbonneau

4e étage / 4th floor 
Galerie B-312
Galerie Laroche/Joncas
Projet Pangée
La Castiglione
Galerie Visual Voice
Arprim, centre d’essai en art imprimé
Circa arts actuel

5e étage / 5th floor 
SBC galerie d’art contemporain
Galerie Dominique Bouffard
Galerie Trois Points
Galerie Ymuno

The artist-run centres and the contemporary art galleries of the Belgo are pleased to announce the fourth edition of La soirée Belgo ! On Thursday, June 8, join us between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m for an evening of art, exhibition and live music, with a summer vibe.

This friendly gathering will highlight, in a lively atmosphere, the dynamic nature of the Belgo. As an important centre for contemporary art for many years, the Belgo continues to be the only place in the city where so many galleries and artist-run centres can be visited at a single address in Montreal’s downtown area. With the arrival of new art spaces and the upcoming opening of a few others, the Belgo is now more than never worth discovering or rediscovering !

Surrender to the charm of the rich cultural life of the Belgo building, at the heart of Quartier des spectacles !

Directions and accessibility: 372 Ste-Catherine St. West, Place-des-arts metro station, Bleury exit. Accessible to people with reduced mobility or using a wheelchair. 

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Thursday, November 17, 2016
5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
15 participating spaces | live music | refreshments | free entry

Following the popularity and success of the first editions of La Soirée Belgo, the artist-run centres and contemporary art galleries of the Belgo building invite you to take part in an evening of art and exhibitions on Thursday, November 17th 2016.
Join us in the heart of the Quartier des Spectacles, where the many artistic spaces of the Belgo will open their doors to the public. (Re) discover the dynamism of this century-old space in the festive atmosphere of La Soirée Belgo!
There will be live music by Sandrine Desrochers, Lucia Sanchez, Coralie Gauthier & Lilah Woods.
Facebook Event

Participating Spaces

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Max Wright Art Atelier
Suite 230
Portes ouvertes avec Tony De Melo
et Kara Williams

Galerie Hugues Charbonneau
Suite 308
Karen Tam
Silk Road: Storm-Detectors,
Blood-Sweating Horses, and Constellations

Centre des arts actuels SKOL
Suite 314
Kelly Andres
The Ancestry of Objects

L’association des galeries
d’art contemporain (AGAC)
Suite 318
Vente du guide Collectionner,
un outil indispensable pour l’amateur d’art

Galerie B-312
Suite 403
Dominique Sirois
Indice éternité

Julie Tremble
La capacité du télescope
à choisir parmi les modéles de l’univers

Laroche/Joncas
Suite 410
Ted Barker
legacy

Projet Pangée
Suite 412
The Digital Cliff

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La Castiglione
Suite 416
Normand Rajotte
Le Chantier

Visual Voice
Suite 421
The Selenic Institute
The Moon Museum

Arprim, centre d’essai en art imprimé
Suite 426
Myriam Dion
Accessoires décoratifs

CIRCA art actuel
Suite 444
Dong-Kyoon Nam
Recycled Sensations

SBC galerie d’art contemporain
Suite 507
La répétition mise à l’épreuve

Galerie Dominique Bouffard
Suite 508
Étienne Lafrance
Migraine

Galerie Joyce Yahouda
Suite 516
Rétrospective Pierre Ayot
Push and Pull
Laurent Mulot
+ – 49° 29’

Galerie Trois Points
Suite 520
Milutin Gubash
Long Way Gone

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Melanie Hoff: 15,000 Volts at Visual Voice Gallery http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/10/melanie-hoff-15000-volt-at-visual-voice-gallery/ http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/10/melanie-hoff-15000-volt-at-visual-voice-gallery/#respond Sun, 11 Oct 2015 22:25:05 +0000 http://www.thebelgoreport.com/?p=5286 Melanie Hoff
15,000 Volts
PASSAGE AND CONTROL: ELECTRIC MOVEMENTS IN WOOD
Visual Voice Gallery
September 10 – October 18, 2015
www.visualvoicegallery.com

Visual Voice Gallery is delighted to present the exhibition 15,000 Volts by American artist Melanie Hoff. The 15,000 Volts – Passage and Control series is the result of years of experimentation with directing fractal burns in wood. Hoff manipulated variables such as the species of wood, the composition of the conductive solution, and the placement of electrodes. From these experiments, she learned how to control specific variables to create compositions. No pattern realized in this way can be exactly replicated. These artworks are a collaboration between the artist and the laws of electricity. The fractal patterns, called Lichtenberg figures, were discovered by 18th Century physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. They were first noted when dust in the air settled on the surface of electrically-charged plates of resin. Hoff’s work fuses scientific and artistic practices by enlisting principles of physics and chemistry as mediums of art.

Melanie Hoff was born in Washington D.C. and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She is a graduate of the Pratt Institute where she earned a BFA in sculpture and is currently pursuing a masters degree from New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. Hoff’s work has been exhibited in galleries and on screens internationally. The artist has been featured on the Radiolab podcast’s live show “Apocalyptical”, Discovery Channel’s “Outrageous Acts of Science”, Vice’s “The Creators Project” and on National Public Radio’s “Science Friday”. Hers is a research-based practice that investigates the intangible forces that shape our environment. Though she began her studies as a photography student, after her foray into sculpture, Hoff became increasingly interested in chemistry and electricity, harnessing her knowledge of these scientific fields for her art. She intends to broaden her practice with acquired skills in technology to further investigate our modern environment by exploring not only the hidden behaviors of materials but of one of the most elusive aspects of our environment: humans.

(Text: Visual Voice Gallery)

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Art after hours at the Soirée Belgo http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/09/art-after-hours-at-the-soiree-belgo/ http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/09/art-after-hours-at-the-soiree-belgo/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:28:51 +0000 http://www.thebelgoreport.com/?p=5248 La Soirée Belgo

Thursday September 24, 2015,  6 pm to 10 pm

The artist-run centres and the contemporary art galleries of the Belgo are pleased to announce a special event on Thursday, September 24: the Soirée Belgo.

This friendly gathering will allow the public to (re)discover, in a lively atmosphere, the dynamic nature of the Belgo. As an important centre for contemporary art for many years, the Belgo continues to be the only place in the city where many galleries and artist-run centres can be visited at a single address in the heart of Montreal’s downtown area.

Arprim, Centre d’essai en art imprimé, CIRCA art actuel, Galerie B-312, SBC Galerie d’art contemporain, Centre des arts actuels Skol, and Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, will be open until 8 pm every Thursday.
Galerie Dominique Bouffard and Laroche/Joncas will be open every Sunday throughout the fall.

Participating galleries

Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain, space 216
Résonances
Roberto Pellegrinuzzi

Art45, espace 220
Cohen – Ruwedel – Grauerholz

Galerie Hugues Charbonneau, space 308
L’image signée
Benoit Aquin, Alain Paiement, Jonathan Plante,
Chloe Lum & Yannick Desranleau (Séripop)

Centre des arts actuels SKOL, space 314
Les personnes sur cette photo sont sur les restes de ce qui était une jolie demeure 
Christina Battle
Mois de la Photo à Montréal
Invited curator: Joan Fontcuberta

Galerie B-312, space 403
Texting Syria — Messages textes pour la Syrie
Liam Maloney
Mois de la Photo à Montréal
Invited curator:: Joan Fontcuberta

Laroche/Joncas, space 410
Inhabited Likeness
Lesley Anderson

Visual Voice Gallery, space 421
15,000 Volts 
Melanie Hoff

Arprim, centre d’essai en art imprimé, space 426
Basé sur une histoire vraie, 2e partie
Tara Cooper & Terry O’Neill
Espace Magasin  Finalistes of Expozine 2014

Galerie POPOP, space 442
And Elsewhere
Lise Latreille et Krystel Marois

CIRCA art actuel, space 444
Galerie 1
A Modern Cult of Monuments / Colin Lyons
Galerie 2
Été, Paysages-Vêtements / Carole Baillargeon

SBC Galerie d’art contemporain, space 507
Tous décavés
Isabelle Le Minh
Mois de la Photo à Montréal

Galerie Dominique Bouffard, space 508
L’inquiète forêt
Stéphanie Morissette

Galerie Joyce Yahouda, space 516
Paul Wong
Mois de la Photo à Montréal

Galerie Trois Points, space 520
Ordinary Folk
Milutin Gubash

Les Territoires, space 527
Le Polygraphe
Curated by Myrabelle Charlebois and Safia Belmenouar

Galerie Donald Browne, space 528
Éphémérides
Sara A. Tremblay

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Out of Town at Laroche/Joncas http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/08/out-of-town-at-larochejoncas/ http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/08/out-of-town-at-larochejoncas/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2015 19:42:29 +0000 http://www.thebelgoreport.com/?p=5223 Exhibition: August 8 – September 5, 2015

Lesley Anderson, Benjamin King, Sean Montgomery, François Simard
Out of Town

For our summer exhibition Out of Town, we have selected a group of paintings by artists that live elsewhere than Montreal. Lesley Anderson (Vancouver), Benjamin King (Brooklyn NY) Sean Montgomery (Ithaca NY) and François Simard (Québec city) whose paintings all realized with contrasting and diverse approaches: all use colors and movement in diverse ways. Two artists present an interpretation of reality, King’s Untitled 2011 a landscape painting which oscillates between figuration and abstraction and Montgomery’s Spring Thaw, which is part of a larger body of work inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s Life in the Woods. Montgomery also has a series of 14 small Tartans paintings 12”x12”also on view. Presented for the first time in the gallery, the tartan series explores notions of identity. Lesley Anderson’s Untitled 2015 and François Simard’s very large triptych (84” x 240”) titled Spectrum from 2011-12, completes the exhibition. François Simard presented his first solo-exhibition with the gallery in June 2015.
Both artists explore color and it’s expressive potential. The approach Simard used to create his work which he qualifies as ‘soft edge’ using only color without any reference to figuration.The painter is interested in the vibration and kinetic space created with color and at the same time questioning these tensions, while Lesley Anderson’s favors a hard edge technique where complex composition uses geometric forms to structure the color. This spontaneous grouping allows the spectator to be surrounded with works that co-exist together for a few weeks, and to construct their own narratives that these mostly abstract works inspire. Lesley Anderson will be presenting her first solo exhibition with the gallery in September. For more information please contact the gallery.

Text: Galerie Laroche/Joncas
More info: http://larochejoncas.com

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Viva! Art Action: Jacqueline van de Geer et Jean-Philippe Luckhurst-Cartier http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/07/viva-art-action-jacqueline-van-de-geer-et-jean-philippe-luckhurst-cartier/ http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/07/viva-art-action-jacqueline-van-de-geer-et-jean-philippe-luckhurst-cartier/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:07:35 +0000 http://www.thebelgoreport.com/?p=5191 Du 14 au 24 juillet, dans le cadre d’une résidence pré-VIVA!, Skol accueille Jacqueline van de Geer et Jean-Philippe Luckhurst-Cartier. Les deux artistes travaillent et échangent sur leur pratique respective dans cet espace-temps commun.

Semblerais-t-il que pour le moment, les artistes s’intéressent à la première Sainte du Nouveau Monde Rose de Lima, dont la rue adjacente aux ateliers Jean Brillant porte le nom. Histoires, recherches et reliques s’accumulent déjà à Skol…à suivre.

Ce qui en résultera de cette résidence sera présenté à VIVA! Art Action.

Jacqueline van de Geer expérimente le clown, le jeu, le butoh, pour créer des performances loufoques et décalées qui impliquent souvent la participation du public.

En tant que performeur et flâneur, Jean-Philippe Luckhurst-Cartier s’infiltre dans le quotidien par le biais de manœuvres immersives et contextuelles, pour provoquer subtilement l’empathie et l’altérité.
Chaque artiste présente une nouvelle performance, élaborée durant une résidence d’été à Skol.

Crédits photo: Kimura Byol (gauche) et Fanny Latreille (droite)

Texte : Centre Skol
Plus d’infos : http://skol.ca

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Surfaces at Galerie Lilian Rodriguez http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/07/surfaces-at-galerie-lilian-rodriguez/ http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/07/surfaces-at-galerie-lilian-rodriguez/#respond Wed, 01 Jul 2015 15:13:17 +0000 http://www.thebelgoreport.com/?p=5195 June 3 – July 25, 2015

Surfaces

Roger Bellemare, Daniel Lahaise, Jennifer Lupien, José Luis Torres, Monica van Asperen

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Hank O’Neal at Galerie Joyce Yahouda http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/06/hank-oneal-at-galerie-joyce-yahouda/ http://www.thebelgoreport.com/2015/06/hank-oneal-at-galerie-joyce-yahouda/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2015 23:29:31 +0000 http://www.thebelgoreport.com/?p=5198 Exhibition: June 27 – August 8, 2015
Vernissage: Saturday June 27, 2015, 4 – 6 pm

Hank O’Neal
The Golden Age of Jazz

In tandem with the Montreal Jazz Festival, New York-based photographer Hank O’Neal presents The Golden Age of Jazz, a photography exhibition linked to the international world of jazz. Since 1964 to the present-day, Hank O’Neal has photographed some of the biggest names in jazz, including Ray Charles.
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Melomania

Raymonde April, Alain Chagnon, Claire Beaugrand-Champagne, Roger Charbonneau, Réjean Meloche, Susan Moss, Gabor Szilasi

To echo the exhibition The Golden Age of Jazz by renowned New York-based photographer Hank O’Neal, presented in conjunction with the Montreal Jazz Festival, curators Lara Orsoni, Yan Romanesky, and Joyce Yahouda present Melomania, a photography exhibition, by Montreal-based artists, which depicts an enthrallment for music.
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Text: Galerie Joyce Yahouda
More info: www.joyceyahoudagallery.com
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