{"id":10299,"date":"2024-06-27T12:05:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T16:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationguidomolinari.org\/en\/?page_id=10299"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:24:35","slug":"cultural-actions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondationguidomolinari.org\/en\/cultural-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cultural action includes activities designed to create an environment conducive to contemplation and encounters between programming and citizens. The aim of cultural action is to broaden the Foundation’s contribution to the cultural life of its community and environment. Cultural activities include artist encounters, roundtable discussions, concerts and screenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Molinari Quartet: Music to See<\/strong> – March 29th, 2026

For the second concert of the season in the\u00a0Music to See<\/em>\u00a0series at the Guido Molinari Foundation, the Molinari Quartet offers a diverse program featuring four works, including two Canadian compositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L\u2019artiste comme travailleur.se: Public discussion<\/strong> – March 26th, 2026

\u200bTo mark its 60th anniversary,\u00a0L\u2019imprimerie, centre d\u2019artistes<\/a>\u00a0presents a public discussion featuring artists\u00a0Fanny Latreille<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Camille-Zo\u00e9 Valcourt-Synnott<\/strong>, moderated by\u00a0Laurie Magnan<\/strong>. Rooted in their respective research and approaches, this discussion will focus on the conditions under which artists work, the (lack of) recognition of artistic labor, and the issues of precariousness that permeate the visual arts community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OK L\u00c0 ! presents:\u00a0Quantificateur sonique vol. 4<\/em><\/strong> – February 28th, 2026

\u200bCome experience the unpredictable sounds of vocalist\u00a0Charmaine Lee<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and immerse yourself in the colors and rhythms of\u00a0Maxime Corbeil-Perron<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s cinema-performance. At the heart of the Guido Molinari Foundation,\u00a0Quantificateur sonique vol. 4\u00a0<\/em>promises a vibrant, high-energy evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dry pastel making workshop with Andr\u00e9anne Godin<\/strong> – February 14th, 2026

Led by our artist-in-residence Andr\u00e9anne Godin, this workshop will be an opportunity for anyone interested\u2014beginners or experienced artists alike\u2014to perfect their knowledge of pigments, binders, and dry pastel shaping. Come and get your hands dirty! The pastels will be the ones used by the artist during her residency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pr\u00e9sages, \u00e9nigmes et constellations : Irene F. Whittome \u00e0 Ogden<\/em>. Discussion and project presentation<\/strong> – November 22nd, 2025

In connection with the exhibition\u00a0I am here. Irene F. Whittome<\/em><\/a>, the Guido Molinari Foundation invites you to a presentation of the publication\u00a0Pr\u00e9sages, \u00e9nigmes, constellations : Irene F. Whittome \u00e0 Ogden<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(Presses de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval), which will be published in this October, and\u00a0its associated conceptual website<\/a>. Both projects were carried out as part of a major research and inventory project of Whittome\u2019s studio, led by Maxime Coulombe (Universit\u00e9 Laval).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Molinari Quartet: Music to see<\/strong> – November 2nd, 2025

During this concert, the musicians will perform works by two great 20th-century composers, Dmitri Shostakovich and R. Murray Schafer, as well as works by Quebec composers Denis Dion and Michel Gonneville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macabrit\u00e9s and spooky poetry<\/strong> – October 31st, 2025

The Festival de la po\u00e9sie de Montr\u00e9al, in partnership with the Guido Molinari Foundation, invites you to Macabrit\u00e9s, an evening of horror poetry! For the occasion, we asked these poets from diverse backgrounds to explore the possibilities of poetry that draws on the themes and techniques of horror: haunting, body horror, monstrosity, the supernatural\u2026 Come and feed on poetry as a prelude to your Halloween festivities!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Festival de la po\u00e9sie de Montr\u00e9al: Retrouver l\u2019\u00e9cho des paroles perdues<\/strong> – May 25th, 2025

While censorship is gaining ground, there will always be poets to challenge it. The evening, orchestrated by Mireille Cliche, features Denise Desautels, Louise Dupr\u00e9, Pauline Michel and France Mongeau as they read texts from around the world about freedom and the right to speak. Retrouver l\u2019\u00e9cho des paroles perdues, presented by the Women\u2019s Committee of the Quebec Centre of International PEN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Molinari Quartet: Music to See<\/strong> – April 27th, 2025

The Guido Molinari Foundation welcomes the musicians of the Molinari Quartet<\/a> for its concert series Music to See<\/em>. Using the exhibition Chromatopia <\/em>by Jean-Maxime Dufresne and Virginie Lagani\u00e8re as a backdrop, the Quartet will perform works by Dimitri Shostakovich and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seeing differently: <\/em>Jean-Maxime Dufresne and Virginie Lagani\u00e8re in conversation with Luca Spano<\/strong> – April 3rd, 2025

For this public discussion in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture in Montreal<\/a>, our artists in residency welcome artist Luca Spano<\/a> a fascinating discussion at the intersection of art and science. At the heart of this dialogue lies an essential question: what is an image? What has colour to do with it? Without denying Western oculocentrism, the artists will explore anthropological and ethnographic perspectives on vision. They will question the notion of colour and its multiple meanings \u2013 cultural, emotional and symbolic. The multidisciplinary approach of the Dufresne-Lagani\u00e8re duo, like that of Spano, will enable us to rethink our relationship with images and the way they influence our understanding of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sonic Quantifier vol. 3<\/em><\/strong> – March 1st, 2025

As part of Nuit blanche \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, the Guido Molinari Foundation invites you to an evening of electroacoustic music performances in the exhibition hall. Our evening invites you to celebrate Montreal culture by bringing together the visual arts and electroacoustic music in a special exhibition of Molinari\u2019s works, selected especially for the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L\u2019impossibilit\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9crire<\/em><\/strong> – February 15th, 2025

L\u2019impossibilit\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9crire<\/em><\/a> is a literary performance in seven acts that explores the writer\u2019s posture through a dialogue between Sarah-Louise Pelletier-Morin<\/strong> (Montreal) and Ann Gaspe<\/strong> (Berlin). While the former addresses contemporary themes such as money, sports and love through aphorisms, the latter constructs a subjective glossary in German, mixing memory and childhood. These crossed perspectives highlight the challenges of literary creation in everyday life. This literary performance is under the artistic direction of Carol-Ann Belzil-Normand<\/strong> (Quebec) and Delphine de Stoutz<\/strong> (Berlin).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Circuits d\u2019ateliers: Nico Williams<\/strong> – December 14th, 2024

The Guido Molinari Foundation, acting as a link between creation and art, invites you to take an exclusive look at the studio of the winner of the prestigious Sobey Art Award 2024: Nico Williams<\/strong>! You\u2019ll have the opportunity to learn more about his current projects, techniques and creative process during a tour of his studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poetry workshop + reading: Hochelaga by heart<\/strong> – December 7th, 2024

In collaboration with the Festival de po\u00e9sie de Montr\u00e9al, join us for an afternoon of poetry celebrating Hochelaga-Maisonneuve: its residents, its housing cooperatives and its poets!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Collective poetry dinner. Nadia Myre & guests<\/strong> – December 5th, 2024

The Guido Molinari Foundation, in collaboration with the Festival de la po\u00e9sie de Montr\u00e9al<\/a><\/strong>, holds an immersive and engaging experience in the form of a collective dinner as a space for dialogue, sharing and creation. Nadia Myre<\/strong> is accompanied by the poets Nicholas Dawson<\/strong><\/a>, Flavia Garcia<\/strong><\/a> and Lorrie Jean-Louis<\/strong><\/a>, invited by Catherine Cormier-Larose, Director of the Festival de la po\u00e9sie de Montr\u00e9al. They gather around the family table that sits at the heart of the exhibition Tout geste est\/et politique. Nadia Myre, Robert Myre & Molinari<\/em> <\/a>to exchange about belonging, identity and family rituals, while sharing their poetry over a very special meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Double launch of publications by Richard Ibghy & Marilou Lemmens + Presentation of artists in residency Jean-Maxime Dufresne & Virginie Lagani\u00e8re<\/strong> – November 25th, 2024

Join us for the double launch of two publication by Marilou Lemmens and Richard Ibghy<\/strong>, The Prophets<\/em> and The Power Given to Abstractions That Make Us Stupid<\/em>. Marie-Eve Beaupr\u00e9, Director of the Foundation, will discuss the duo\u2019s work, focusing on the central element of both publications: abstraction. we will take the opportunity to introduce the artists who will be in residence at the Foundation in winter 2025: Jean-Maxime Dufresne and Virginie Lagani\u00e8re<\/strong>. They will be revealing the subject of their research-creation residency in an exclusive discussion with Camille B\u00e9dard, Associate Curator of the Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Molinari Quartet: Music to See<\/strong> – November 3rd, 2024

The Guido Molinari Foundation welcomes the musicians of the Molinari Quartet<\/a> for its concert series Music to See. Directly in the main exhibition space of the Foundation, the Molinari Quartet will perform the complete string quartets by Luciano Berio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Molinari: From Painting to Music<\/em> at the Bourgie Hall<\/strong> – October 22nd, 2024

The Molinari Quartet<\/a> marks the 20th anniversary of Guido Molinari\u2019s death, performing works inspired by his paintings. Also featured is the final quartet of Anton Webern, Molinari\u2019s favourite composer. Screenings of the great Quebec painter\u2019s works will accompany the concert. A discussion with the Director of the Foundation, Marie-Eve Beaupr\u00e9, preceded the concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Round-table discussion Grantham Foundation x Guido Molinari Foundation: Cohabiter avec l\u2019obscurit\u00e9<\/strong> – September 26th, 2024

We\u2019re delighted to welcome the Grantham Foundation<\/a>, as an extension of their exhibition A Deeper Night<\/a><\/em>, for a round-table discussion entitled Cohabiting in the darkness<\/em>. Moderated by Josianne Poirier (curator), it will bring together Fiona Annis (artist), R\u00e9mi Boucher (scientific coordinator and spokesperson for the Mont-M\u00e9gantic International Dark Sky Reserve) and Olivia Boudreau (artist).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sonic Quantifier vol. 2<\/em>: Electroacoustic music performances<\/strong> – August 31st, 2024

The Guido Molinari Foundation, in collaboration with Productions Rhizome<\/a>, invites you to an evening of electroacoustic music performances in the heart of our exhibition space. A special exhibition of the renowned Quantifiers<\/em> by Molinari, a music lover in his own lifetime, will be created for the occasion.

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Public discussion: Monic Robillard invites Catherine Mavrikakis<\/strong> – July 25th, 2024

Sophie Lanct\u00f4t, Mallarm\u00e9, Molinari: CROSSWORDS<\/a><\/em> curator Monic Robillard<\/strong> extended the invitation to author Catherine Mavrikakis<\/strong>, who, like herself, is no stranger to Mallarm\u00e9\u2019s poetry. Together, they propose an exchange around the Mallarm\u00e9an legacy, which remains very much alive in today\u2019s literary and artistic issues.

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Circuits d’ateliers: Louis Bouvier, Caroline Boileau & St\u00e9phane Gilot<\/strong> – July 13, 2024

Circuits d’ateliers offers original tours of artists’ studios in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighbourhood. A unique opportunity to discover what goes on behind the scenes and immerse yourself in the production environment of our community’s artists!

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Revue Tristesse x Fondation Guido Molinari<\/strong> – July 5th, 2024

The Guido Molinari Foundation is delighted to welcome the artists of Tristesse<\/a> magazine for an evening of literary and musical performances at Square D\u00e9z\u00e9ry! As part of the summer program organized by the Integrated Urban Revitalization<\/a> Committee of the Table de Quartier Hochelaga-Maisonneuve<\/a>, the contributors to Tristesse magazine will read their texts and offer a musical performance.

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Circuits d’ateliers: Francis Montillaud<\/strong> – May 4th, 2024

Circuits d’ateliers offers original tours of artists’ studios in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighborhood. A unique opportunity to discover what goes on behind the scenes and immerse yourself in the production environment of our community’s artists!

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Public discussion: Fiona Annis invites eunice b\u00e9lidor <\/strong>– May 16th, 2024

Epistolary: the curatorial and artistic standpoint<\/em>

Our artist-in-residence Fiona Annis<\/a>, who is presenting her exhibition Correspondences<\/em><\/a> until May 19, welcomes for a public discussion eunice b\u00e9lidor<\/a>, whose curatorial, writing and research practice currently focuses on epistolary writing as a vehicle for curatorial affective archives.

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Music to see: Molinari Quartet Concert <\/strong>– April 28th, 2024

The Molinari Quartet<\/a> is delighted to present its second concert of the season in the \u201cMusic to see\u201d series, hosted at the Guido Molinari Foundation on Sunday April 28, 2024 at 3 pm.

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Nuit blanche \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al: Sonic Quantifier <\/strong>– March 2nd, 2024

As part of Nuit blanche \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, the Guido Molinari Foundation invites you to an evening of electroacoustic musical performances in the exhibition room! A special exhibition of the renowned Quantifiers<\/em> by Molinari, a music lover in his own lifetime, will be created for the occasion.

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Fernande Saint-Martin poetry reading by Nicole Brossard <\/strong>– February 17th, 2024

On this special occasion, we are delighted to welcome poet Nicole Brossard, who will read a selection of poems by Fernande Saint-Martin (1927-2019). The texts will be taken from the publications La fiction du r\u00e9el. Po\u00e8mes 1953-1975<\/em> and Maroufl\u00e9e la langue<\/em>, previously unpublished works that will be presented for a rare public presentation.

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Public discussion: Fiona Annis invites Jonathan Villeneuve <\/strong>– February 8th, 2024

What creative spaces for artists?<\/em>

As part of her residency at the Guido Molinari Foundation, Fiona Annis is reflecting on the significance of working, in 2024, in the studio bequeathed by Molinari, which he acquired in the 1980s – and in a completely different real estate context.

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Residency launch: Meet Fiona Annis <\/strong>– January 25th, 2024

Join us for the official launch of the Guido Molinari Foundation’s 2024 residency!

Meet artist Fiona Annis in her studio set up in the Foundation’s exhibition space during an ”open house” evening. We’ll be presenting her artistic practice, as well as her past and future projects. All are welcome to ask questions.

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Music to see: L’oreille attentive, <\/em>Molinari Quartet Concert <\/strong>– December 16th, 2023

The first concert of the 2023-24 Music to See<\/em> series by the Molinari Quartet<\/a> taking place at the Guido Molinari Foundation on Saturday December 16, 2023 at 3 pm<\/strong> coincides with the last weekend of the beautiful exhibition L\u2019oeil attentif<\/em>.

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