Meet Sera Kassab, a talented videographer, graphic designer, and graduate of the Fine Arts Program at Concordia University. Sera is also a member of the Deaf community. Join us as we explore her artistic journey and learn more about her work with Seeing Voices Montreal, a group dedicated to building connections between D/deaf* and hearing people.

Barbara Diabo is a veteran, multi-faceted dance artist who specializes in contemporary and traditional indigenous dance. Born Mohawk from the reserve of Kahnawake, she was initiated to dance through ballet when, as a young girl, she moved to Montreal with her mother.

Reckoning with Sylvia Plath’s only published novel.

“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.”

Manon Gauthier, directrice générale de la Fondation Riopelle, ainsi qu’Yseult Riopelle, fille de l’artiste, nous parlent de l’exaucement du plus grand souhait du peintre montréalais: la création de sa propre fondation.

We interviewed founders Sam Tenenbaum and William Landee, two young entrepreneurs who have been working hard in the last year to launch Bidgala, an interactive site in which artists can learn, teach and sell their work.

In this interview, Chelsea Moore, managing editor at Yolk guides us through the mechanisms behind the field of publishing, Montreal’s support system for emerging writers, and Yolk’s missions and projects.

Eager to know more about the voice behind the drawings speaking up our thoughts, we reached out to @ayshadrawsthings in hopes of getting a little closer to her personal creative universe.

Taking a closer look at Kazimir Malevich’s controversial art piece through the lense of art.icle's newest member of the team: Kelsey Nowlan.

Meet Pamela Yeow, the course leader of Central Saint Martins-Birckbeck's MBA in Fine Arts, reshaping how business is done in the industry.

As art.icle welcomes it's newest member of the content creation team for our digital blog and print magazine, we present this first essay by Émile for ConnectArt about the Louis Vuitton Foundation located in Bois-de-Boulogne in Paris.

Without consciously focussing on any specific themes or subjects, she notes that most of her work ends up conveying a lot of identity messages, be it gender or sexual.

What does it mean to be a freelance fashion, design, and lifestyle writer today? How can emerging writers pave the way for themselves in this industry?

An interview with Stefan Al, Visiting Associate Professor at the Pratt institute and architect, on designing for tomorrow with sustainability in mind.

An interview with Romy Lagüe, a student studying in Fashion, and Samuel Legault, an anthropologist capturing North East Asian culture.

Depuis le mouvement de libération des femmes en 1970, une prise de pouvoir et une émancipation s’installent tant au niveau de la société que dans les secteurs artistiques et littéraires.

Reality is a mystery. We experience it. We perceive it. We are taught it. We are given representations of it. And yet, by existing within it, we are forever unable to be an objective observer.

A huge, heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended our sold-out inaugural exhibition, Volume 1: Le Jardin, last week or supported the event from a distance. In spite of the challenges in these difficult times and the quickly changing health regulations, the event was an incredible success.

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.’’ - Winston Churchill

“Being a spectator of calamities taking place in another country is a quintessential modern experience, the cumulative offering by more than a century and a half’s worth of those professional, specialized tourists known as journalists. Wars are now also living room sights and sounds.” - Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others

Ce que je souhaite transmettre aujourd’hui c’est une minime sélection d’ouvrages consacrée à l’honneurde tous ces auteurs et toutes ces autrices qui ont étédamnés pour « ceux » qu’ils sont.

This week, we virtually interviewed Leticia Trandafir, Music Director at Never Apart.

“It is all about understanding the social body in terms of excess and deficiency areas, then using the projects as needles to poke at these dynamics, mostly to demonstrate the feasibility of new ways of being together.” - Darren O'Donnell

The moment we enter the restaurant, we’ve embarked upon a journey of discovery of the self through one’s palate.

Dive into a collector's take on his top record choices from his 900 record collection.

As an art historian, it is my role to look back in order to help better understand the present and think about the future. In this capacity, I can assure the reader that art by no means will disappear in this crisis, but there will be a pivot. In such times of paradigmatic upheaval art is an outlet for individuals and communities to react the world around them. In times of illness and plague, art serves as a tool by which to process trauma and mourn tragedy.

“An art of social engagement - Paris in the Days of Post-Impressionism.”

Pour clore le mois de la fierté nous avons eu la chance d’échanger avec Jacques Prince, co-fondateur et actuel président du conseil d’administration des Archives Gaies du Québec (AGQ). Nous avons contacté cet organisme afin de souligner l’importance de préservation du patrimoine des communautés minoritaires par le biais de l’archivage.

La perspective de Horla sur la musique et son animation de notre Musée En/Ligne tout récemment lancé.

An interview with musical director and youth entrepreneur, Francis Choinière.

Alors que l’objectivité de sa couverture est au cœur de ses critiques, cet article documente et assume un point de vue subjectif, basé sur des photos prises par l’auteur, avec emphase sur la perception visuelle.

Rat de bibliothèque ou lecteur du dimanche, cette vaste sélection regroupe différents genres littéraires accessibles pour tous.

An interview with Lauren Bursey, associate attorney at Withersworldwide, New York (personal opinion).

Patrick Teed is an actor, musician, and PhD student at York University’s Social and Political Thought Programme, specializing in Black Studies and Theories of Race and Racism.

"Them, They, Their"

"Je pense que l’art le plus puissant vient des personnes qui ont une expression vraiment spécifique à elles-mêmes et qui n’essayent pas de s’adapter."

"The perspective of Maria Vassileva, owner of the Structura Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Cela fait maintenant un mois que ma toile dort dans le lit que je lui ai préparé sur la moquette. Je l’entends parfois gémir lorsque je passe près d’elle sans prendre la peine de la regarder.

From the chair you’re sitting in to the device you’re looking at, how you live has been designed for you by conflicts passed.

“I think that any sort of challenge, crisis or limitation could breed really amazing creativity, and that is what I have to tell students. Yes, what is going on now is terrible, but this is why you study design; it is made to serve its users, so what does the user need right now.”

L’été passé, j’avais pris l’habitude de fréquenter les cinémathèques et les concerts toute seule. En fait, ce n’est pas vrai. Je n’étais jamais seule, puisque je me retrouvais parmi des dizaines, des cinquantaines, des centaines de personnes qui se réunissaient toutes pour un but commun : se perdre dans l’art.