* IN CASE OF RAIN, THE EVENT WILL BE POSTPONED TO AUGUST 31ST Some bodies refuse to disappear: even when denied, swallowed up and dead, they persist in living. In JUDITH, Sarah Chouinard-Poirier activates the figure of the living dead — a body denied,… See more

Fonderie Darling is delighted to invite you to a studio visit by artists-in-residence Camille Bleu-Valentin and Jesús Hilario-Reyes, an opportunity to discover the research carried out during their stay. This free and staircase accessible event will take… See more

Bodies at Play  KAREN ELAINE SPENCER                VICKY METTLER ATELIER RETAILLES SNACK WITCH                                ALEX TATARSKY                        GUI B.B. SARAH CHOUINARD-POIRIER VIR ANDRES HERA CAMILLE HUANG This… See more

THE EVENT IS POSTPONED TO FRIDAY, JULY 18 Emerging from the stagnant waters of the marsh, two distinct presences come to life. Gui B.B. reveals an amphibian creature haunted by the spectre of disappearance, while Alex Tatarsky unleashes a clownish procession… See more

Fonderie Darling inaugurates its summer program with a festive evening featuring the opening of the exhibitions No Bystanders by Frantz Patrick Henry and revenons en oiseaux, être un arbre est trop dur et aujourd’hui, il neige by karen elaine spencer. For… See more

The Annual General Meeting is an opportunity to take stock of the organization's activities and discover its annual report. In the presence of the team and the Board of Directors, we warmly welcome you in a friendly atmosphere. Become a member online or on-site… See more

Artists mihyun maria kim (Toronto) and Rotchild Choisy (Moncton) invite you to come and meet them to discover their work in progress during their residency at Fonderie Darling. While Mihyun Maria continues her research into (un)translatable affects, Rotchild… See more

Exhibition from May 29 to June 1st, 2025Opening: Thursday, May 29, 2025, 5pm - 10pm After hosting its third edition several years back, Fonderie Darling is pleased to welcome back Concordia University's annual Master of Fine Arts student exhibition.… See more

Fonderie Darling launches its spring program on a festive evening, inaugurating the exhibitions Simile Aria by Maggy Hamel-Metsos and Absoluité by Numa Amun. For the occasion, artists in residence will open their studios to present their latest work.  … See more

Join artists-in-residence Aria Maillot, Laurie Hauff, and Pierre Durette to discover their latest research in their studios. The event, free of charge and accessible by staircase, will take place on the 3rd floor. ARIA MAILLOT Aria Maillot mixes… See more

Fonderie Darling invites its members to a sumptuous and festive evening to express their gratitude for their commitment and to celebrate the launch of its 2025 program. Our guest, multidisciplinary artist Marie Ségolène Brault, will present a variant… See more

In collaboration with Corpuscule Danse and co-presented by Danse-Cité, we welcome Dépaysement: les eaux intimes, a sensitive interweaving of visual art and dance, in which artists, through various performative interventions, will continually transform… See more

Meet artists-in-residence Annie France Noël, Kirsty Russell, and Julien Hübsch for an open studio evening. Come and discover the research in progress in their workspaces. Free, open to all.    ANNIE FRANCE NOËL Annie France Noël's practice explores… See more

Fonderie Darling invites you to a conversation about the exhibition Déliquescence, hosted by art historian Gentiane Bélanger, in the company of the artists in the exhibition and curator Caroline Andrieux.   ABOUT GENTIANE BÉLANGER Gentiane Bélanger… See more

Fonderie Darling launches its fall program with a stimulating evening and inaugurates Déliquescence, an exhibition featuring works by Quebec and international artists exploring entropy through the degradation and transformation of forms and states. For… See more

Come hear witnesses and active community activists from the 90s to today discuss issues of police violence and relations between activist groups. Hosted by Rito Joseph with guest appearances by Acouetey Junior Jocy and Leith Hamilton. Don't miss this… See more

For the penultimate evening of Les caresses qui nous unissent performance series, duo Stéphanie Lagueux and Jonathan L'Ecuyer invites the public to participate in creating colourful and enchanting little beings. Through a series of interactive, participatory… See more

Fonderie Darling invites you to meet American artist Y. Malik Jalal during a visit to his studio on Thursday, August 8 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. The sculptor is a recent graduate of the prestigious Yale School of Art in Connecticut, with whom the first… See more

Artist duo Geneviève Matthieu invites the public to journey into an imaginary world with their Danseprophétiqueàl'îlebizarre project, developed during a residency at Fonderie Darling. Blending visual art, performance, and installation, the duo suggests… See more

For its fifth Les caresses qui nous unissent performance series, Fonderie Darling invites the public to hold hands. In today's world, technology has caused people to become more distant from each other, creating invisible barriers between us. This evening,… See more

Come hear from key figures in various cultural fields significant to the Black community in Montreal during a roundtable discussion on culture, fashion, and music at the turn of the 80s and 90s. Hosted by Rito Joseph, the conversation will be moderated… See more

For the fourth evening of the Les caresses qui nous unissent performance series, Fonderie Darling invites the public to explore the work of multidisciplinary artist Lara Kramer. Later, Place Publique transforms into a dance floor for the rest of the evening,… See more

The third evening of the haptics-based performance series invites doux soft club, which invites the public to dive into the world of sports by examining the sense of touch through materials and the movement of fabric on the body. Using movement and materials,… See more

For the second Place Publique evening of the performance cycle Les caresses qui nous unissent, Fonderie Darling invites the public to discover a performance by Florencia Sosa Rey. Through memory and bodily sensitivity, the artist invites us to take an… See more

To kick off the performance series Les caresses qui nous unissent, the Fonderie Darling invites local residents to gather and meet by joining in a journey through memory. We are kicking off the evening with a free tour of our current exhibition, followed… See more

Les caresses qui nous unissent  NADIA AÏT-SAÏD  COZIC                          LARA KRAMER    GENEVIÈVE MATTHIEU DOUX SOFT CLUB LAGUEUX ET L'ECUYER FLORENCIA SOSA REY The 2024 cycle of performances… See more

Fonderie Darling is delighted to launch its summer program with a festive evening to mark the opening of BLACK SUMMER '91, conceived by curator Rito Joseph and presented as an exhibition in collaboration with Fonderie Darling. Percussionists Endijèn… See more

A key stage in a public organization's life, the general assembly allows members to validate the actions and directives carried out by Quartier Éphémère's team and its Board of Directors during the presentation of its annual report over a friendly drink. An… See more

As part of the exhibition Répliques, Fonderie Darling invites author, philosopher and musicologist Peter Szendy to a public exchange with Simon S. Belleau on the subject of their respective works and certain common issues linked to the voice and its echo,… See more

Art historian Laurence Garneau will be in conversation with James Gardner. Drawing on her time at the Warburg Institute and her research on medieval painting and astrology, Garneau will discuss the techniques and themes present in James Gardner's paintings. Laurence… See more

SINGULIERS art fair aims to celebrate a plurality of marginalized practices by showcasing artists who are not represented in galleries.  In parallel with the Plural fair, SINGULIERS proposes to mobilize contemporary artists outside galleries, with the… See more

Fonderie Darling launches its summer program with a festive evening and inaugurates the exhibitions Répliques by Simon S. Belleau, and Ecstatic Distance by James Gardner.  The evening will also be an opportunity to meet the artists in residence, who… See more

Émilie Bernard (Gaspésie) and Melissa Paredes (Mexico) invite you to discuss their recent works and productions  in the welcoming atmosphere of their studios. Food and refreshments will be served in the 3rd floor lounge, accessible by stairs. MELISSA… See more

Artists-in-residence Maddie Tait-Jamieson (France) and Mélodie Bajo (France) will present their recent artistic practices during an evening in the Fonderie Darling residency spaces.  Food and refreshments will be served in the 3rd floor lounge, accessible… See more

The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal invests Fonderie Darling's spaces to present Phase Shifting Index, an ambitious exhibition by Canadian artist Jeremy Shaw. Throughout the winter, the public is invited to discover this spellbinding work, in the… See more

Fonderie Darling is proud to be associated with the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) for the world premiere of the film La suite canadienne. Two screenings with Olivier Godin (director) and Adam Kinner (producer/choreographer)… See more

Fonderie Darling is proud to be associated with the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) for the world premiere of the film La suite canadienne. Two screenings with Olivier Godin (director) and Adam Kinner (producer/choreographer)… See more

Fonderie Darling is proud to invite you to meet the eight artists of the new Montreal Studios cohort during a convivial and festive evening, for which the artists invite the public into the relaxed atmosphere of their studios. This evening will be your… See more

You read that right... our famous art bingo is back: join us on Thursday, November 2nd for a chance to win one of various gifts of equal or greater value than the cost of a ticket.  Works from our collection, limited editions donated by artists and other… See more

Fonderie Darling and MOMENTA invite you to a tour of the exhibition This is not a metaphor, led by artist Valérie Blass and curator Ji-Yoon Han. Join us on October 21 at 4pm in the Fonderie's Small Gallery. Free admission, no reservation needed   VALÉRIE… See more

Artists-in-residence Camara Taylor (Scotland) and Justine Blau (Luxembourg) invite you to discover their work and discuss their practice during an evening in their studios at Fonderie Darling, just before they leave for Matapédia for the second part of… See more

Fonderie Darling and Corridor Culturel are pleased to team up for the first evening of the Corridor Festival, on Place du Sable-Gris.  The event celebrates the inauguration of a new semi-permanent work by Laura Acosta on Place du Sable-Gris, curated… See more

On Thursday, September 21 at the Darling Foundry's Place Publique, join us for a performance by Dominique Paul and launch of her publication Silent Fall | Devenir oiseau | Becoming Bird | Convertirse en ave by artist Dominique Paul , along with essayist… See more

For this fourth evening on the Place Publique, Fonderie Darling invites you to a series of readings by local residents. On the program: artist and poet Maude Veilleux presents a recent text, author Gabriel Charlebois-Plante and actor/director Mathieu… See more

Join us on Place du Sable-Gris, in front of the Fonderie Darling, to celebrate the opening of the 18th edition of MOMENTA Biennale de l'image. To kick off the evening, Jeannette Ehlers presents her performance We're magic. We're real #3 (These Walls)… See more

For this second evening at Place Publique, Fondeire Darling presents an evening of collaboration. The evening opens with a presentation of SPHÈRE(S), a recent augmented reality project, developed in part at the Darling Foundry. The second collaboration… See more

Fonderie Darling is delighted to announce the return of its outdoor events to the new Place Publique du Sable-Gris, soon to be unveiled. After 2 years of major renovations by the City of Montreal, official and permanent pedestrianization, and years of… See more

After two years of absence and transformation of the space on Ottawa Street, Fonderie Darling is pleased to mark the return of punctual events on Place Publique with a first cycle of performances titled Écho d'une présence.  Several years ago, in his… See more

Fonderie Darling is excited to welcome a musical performance by trombone player Scott Thomson as part of Marlon Kroll’s exhibit Revelation. The Montreal based musician offers a semi-improvised performance in reaction to the displayed works. For Marlon… See more

Fonderie Darling is honored to welcome filmmaker Carlos Ferrand and sound designer Catherine Van Der Donckt for a screening of short films and in-progress animation works, in tandem with their collaborator and Main Hall exhibiting artist, Frances Adair… See more

Artists Rajni Perera (Toronto) and Mariana Sanchez Hoyos (Guadalajara)  invite you to come and meet them in a relaxed atmosphere to discover their work in progress during their summer residency at Fonderie Darling. A short conversation about their practice… See more

Fonderie Darling launches its summer program with a festive evening and inaugurates the exhibitions Private Life by Frances Adair Mckenzie, and Revelation by Marlon Kroll. For the occasion, artists in residence will open their studios to showcase their… See more

The Board of Directors and the Quartier Éphémère team are pleased to invite you to the Annual General Meeting which will take place in person on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Fonderie Darling. Many exciting news about the organization… See more

Fonderie Darling is pleased to invite families and their children aged 0 to 8 to come and discover the exhibitions Fossiles Sonores by Sandra Volny and Yarn of a Short Night by Amélie Laurence Fortin in a relaxed atmosphere adapted to their needs, outside… See more

As part of the exhibition Fossiles sonores, Fonderie Darling presents a conversation between artist Sandra Volny and her collaborator, mathematician and geophysicist, Julien Chaput. Join us on Saturday, May 6 at 2pm in the Small Gallery for a discussion… See more

Fonderie Darling is pleased to invite families and their children aged 0 to 8 to come and discover the exhibitions Fossiles Sonores by Sandra Volny and Yarn of a Short Night by Amélie Laurence Fortin in a relaxed atmosphere adapted to their needs, outside… See more

Fonderie Darling is pleased to invite you to a public conversation between artist Amélie Laurence Fortin and independent curator and critic Didier Morelli. The event will be an opportunity to discuss the themes of the exhibition Yarn of a Short Night… See more

Fonderie Darling welcomes SPHERE(S) Lab for a residency to develop its first digital project.    SPHERE(S) is planning a new type of international contemporary art event. It will take in the whole Greater Montreal region, investing itself in different… See more

Fonderie Darling is pleased to invite you to meet artists Amanda Trager (USA) and An Chorong (South Korea) in a conversation with Alexandre Piral, Public Programs Manager, followed by a question period from the audience. > The event will be held in English,… See more

Fonderie Darling launches its spring programming with a festive evening and inaugurates the exhibitions Yarn of a Short Night by Amélie Laurence Fortin, and Fossiles sonores, by Sandra Volny. For the occasion, the artists in Montreal Studios and the… See more

[SOLD OUT, THANK YOU!] Fonderie Darling and Exposé Noir are celebrating their 20th and 5th anniversaries, respectively, with a joint-production inviting various artistic disciplines. Darling XXX - the combined identity of both organizations - seeks to… See more

It's now a tradition: every year, Fonderie Darling invites its members to a special evening. Come renew your membership and celebrate with our guests: Gaspesian artist Christopher Varady-Szabo (Gaspé) will open the doors of his studio, while Montreal-based… See more

Come meet and exchange with the two artists and the curator in residencies, whose stay at Fonderie Darling ends in the fall of 2022. The event will be held in French, with simultaneous translation provided as needed. Food and refreshments will be available… See more

Join us as we blow out the Fonderie Darling's 20 candles and celebrate 20 years of innovation, creation and passion that have inhabited this space since 2002. Like any special anniversary party, this festive evening will be an opportunity to offer the… See more

To celebrate its twentieth year of existence, Fonderie Darling presents an introspective, self-critical and ambitious group exhibition entitled Tu m'enveloppes et je te contiens. Under the theme of the archive and memory, the artists were invited to… See more

Winter brings its own set of changes. But one thing never changes: the need for blood products. By donating blood, you will be providing invaluable comfort to those who are ill. Fonderie Darling is pleased to invite you to the blood drive to be held… See more

Come and meet artist-in-residence Lancelot Michel during our Open Studio event. Michel will present to the public the fruits of his research developed during his summer residency at Fonderie Darling, notably during moments spent in the sometimes stifling… See more

Fonderie Darling is pleased to invite you to a day of exchange around the book Re-understanding media : feminists extensions of Marshall McLuhan, co-edited by Sarah Sharma and Rianka Singh and published by Duke University Press in Spring 2022. In the… See more

This workshop will focus on how to build a long term network of support, solidarity and collective belonging in a moment of great instability. We will show you a specific peer to peer health protocol that anyone can use. The workshop will be open to… See more

Fonderie Darling is pleased to invite you to a special double event presented as part of the exhibition Feedback #6: Marshall McLuhan and the Arts. Starting at 5:30 pm, the public is invited to discover The Hologram in presence of the artist Cassie Thornton,… See more

Fonderie Darling is pleased to invite you to meet two of its Spring 2022 residents. Curator-in-Residence Max Robenson Vilaire Dortilus is the director of the Centre Culturel Pyepoudre in Port-au-Prince and through interviews and research in various archives, … See more

AUDITORY FANTASY  As a complement to the work Exhibition Audio Guide presented to the viewers of Feedback #6: Marshall McLuhan and the arts, Montreal-based artist Julia E. Dyck presents this time a sound and performative live intervention in Fonderie… See more

The public is invited to the Matapedia train station to discover the performance-video Votre destin dans le parfum des herbes II. Immerse yourself in Gaspesian Nordic landscapes during a performance-video in the form of a first-person adventure game.… See more

Meet artist-in-residence Sofía Gallisá Muriente during an informal presentation and discussion in the artist’s studio at Fonderie Darling. During this open-studio event, the artist will share developments about her residency project Observatorio de lagunas,… See more

[AT EASTERN BLOC] Fonderie Darling is pleased to present a workshop offered by Domajo Smoljo from !Meddiengruppe Bitnik, an artist duo formed with Carmen Weisskopf participating in the current group exhibition Feedback #6: Marshall McLuhan and the Arts.  In… See more

It is with great enthusiasm that Fonderie Darling opens this anniversary year with an ambitious program that honours the revolutionary thinking of Canadian theorist Marshall McLuhan. A performance, a guided tour and an Open Studios event with the artists… See more

Fonderie Darling is pleased to host curator, art critic, and anthropological researcher James Oscar for a year-long research residency. Developed under the title The New Region of the World*, James Oscar’s curatorial research project aims to rethink the… See more

This year, Fonderie Darling is reaching a new cycle of maturity as it celebrates 20 years of operation with ambitious programming. In 2022, group exhibitions, year-round public programs, and a multitude of related projects highlight the archives and industrial… See more

The exhibition Someone's Always Listening will feature a musical performance and an album launch by Samizdat Records, led by artist Philippe Battikha. The same evening, enjoy an Open Studios event with artists in residencies Lamis Haggag and Maryse Goudreau.… See more

Meet artists-in-residence Élise Dubé and the duo Geneviève et Matthieu during an open studios event. Élise Dubé will present the result of the research developed during her residency, involving a contemporary exploration of the traditional art of the… See more

Michel Huneault presents his project Péninsule, an ongoing research project around the impacts of climate change in the Lower St. Lawrence coastline and Gaspésie coastline. MICHEL HUNEAULT Documentary photographer and visual artist, his work focuses… See more

The public is invited to the Matapédia Train Station on Friday, November 12 to discover the first version of the experimental film Insanus Boletus, directed by Montreal artist Frédéric Lavoie during his residency at the Train Station. A macroscopic incursion… See more

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It is with great enthusiasm that Fonderie Darling will open its fall exhibitions on Thursday, October 28th, starting at 5pm. Ending the year on a positive note, the upcoming exhibitions will put forward the work of Sylvia Safdie and Philippe Battikha,… See more

In an open, positive, and empowering environment, this workshop considers the power of the imagination through the exploration of invented figures and fantastical narratives. Based on the discovery of Tabita Rezaire’s and Sandra Mujinga’s works presented… See more

In an open, positive, and empowering environment, this workshop considers the power of the imagination through the exploration of invented figures and fantastical narratives. Based on the discovery of Tabita Rezaire’s and Sandra Mujinga’s works presented… See more

The guided tour is designed for those interested in learning about MOMENTA's group exhibition, which focuses on the work of six international artists offering a multitude of approaches to what is called "nature." Through thought-provoking discussions… See more

It is with great enthusiasm that the organizations Quartier Éphémère and Vaste et Vague celebrate the official inauguration of Gare de Matapédia – Art and Community Centre.  On this occasion, the two cultural organizations, in collaboration with VIA Rail… See more

The guided tour is designed for those interested in learning about MOMENTA's group exhibition, which focuses on the work of six international artists offering a multitude of approaches to what is called "nature." Through thought-provoking discussions… See more

Fonderie Darling celebrates the publication of the bilingual book Jeanette Johns: Des choses telles qu'elles se trouvent être / Of things as they happen to be, published by Éditions Quartier Éphémère on the occasion of the artist's solo exhibition at… See more

To celebrate the public's return to the events organized on their behalf, the Fonderie Darling is pleased to present a dual yoga/somatic activity offered by Maxine Segalowitz and Aurora Prelević, followed by a guided meditation/ASMR by Coral Short and… See more

Weaving cards inspired by the forms, shapes, and motifs present in the exhibitions of Sarah Stevenson and Jeanette Johns are now available for children at the front desk. These colourful cards and their assorted threads can be assembled during the visit… See more

The next exhibitions by Sarah Stevenson in the Main Hall and Jeanette Johns in the Small Gallery are presented at the same time in order to uncover certain aesthetic connections between two generations of artists. As the second iteration of a curatorial… See more

Last occasion to discover the 9 proposals of the artists in Montreal Studios, come and visit the exhibition Everything Merges, Emerges, Then Fades Again in solo or with your family bubble. Take part in a walking tour with curator Milly-Alexandra Dery… See more

*CANCELED* The final proposition of this group exhibition, Ça et là is by the Marion Lessard collective and is based on a stream of observations of Place Publique. Negotiating an effect of distance and proximity, the collective will offer commentaries… See more

Informed by a classical approach to the history of painting as much as by hypercontemporary visual culture, the painter's work is part of a continuous and heterogeneous formal research combined with an original and erudite engagement with popular, religious,… See more

The Cinémathèque Québécoise presents a special program to complement the exhibition Sans toit ni loi : les cétacés du Saint-Laurent, by Cynthia Girard-Renard. Through this program, discover the artist's cinematographic and videographic inspirations… See more

While the first sound intervention of this exterior group exhibition emits a deafening noise derived from nearby construction sites, Sandra Volny’s work explores sounds that exist at the limit of the audible, elements that are almost imperceptible to… See more

Frigid. toppled, toes to bar, drag me across snow down mountain road stems from Marlon Kroll’s current obsession with the human body’s defence mechanisms and capacity for self-regulation that makes it possible to associate it with a self-propelled machine.… See more

An awareness of the site inevitably guides the artists’ reflections and explorations in Place Publique; the works subtly accumulate, branching out into narratives that have resilience, resistance, and solidarity as their common thread. Untitled with Suet… See more

This Spring break, discover the current exhibitions with your family bubble: a dedicated mediator will be on-site to welcome you and suggest avenues to explore the exhibitions, suitable for primary and secondary school levels.   DETAILS :  Thurs. -… See more

Two works face each other: on one side, a sculpture of  the Na’vi protagonist of the blockbuster movie Avatar, and on the other, on a hanging banner, the image of an anonymous knight featured in the recruitment ads of Algorithme Pharma. On Place Publique,… See more

The reciprocity between the interior and exterior spaces of the studio and Place Publique is the starting point of several site-specific works of this project. Philippe Battikha extends the perimeter of the exhibition to the neighbouring streets by singling… See more

A window’s frame encloses the field of vision; it allows us to look into the distance or, quite the opposite, secretly observe the activity taking place within. After staring out a large window that gives onto a brick wall, Jeanette Johns began wondering… See more

While words allow us to reduce a work to its simplest expression, the filtering of visible phenomena reframes our experience of the world according to its most elementary geometry. A free observation of a post-Internet conception of landscape, Shadow… See more

Annotations is an evolving video work by Simon Belleau visible in a window of the 250 Queen Street entrance, around the corner from Place Publique. Over weeks, the artist annotates the works of the artists in the exhibition as he sees them emerge in the… See more

TOUT SE CONFOND, APPARAÎT, PUIS S'EFFACE DE NOUVEAU [Everything Merges, Emerges, then Fades Again] For almost a year, the closing of museums, art centres, and non-commercial galleries has been one of the key strategies used to prevent the spread of… See more

Is it really inclusive to state, in the last line of a text, that the use of the masculine gender in no way excludes other genders? To reflect on this question, Fonderie Darling offers a Feminist and Inclusive Writing Workshop to its team and active members. Facilitated… See more

The year that is drawing to a close has proven to be a great challenge and, more than ever, Fonderie Darling wished to celebrate the precious support of its community. Along with the interest of the public in our exhibitions and events, the support of… See more

Curator in residence Michele Fiedler discusses her curatorial practice and current work in progress in an online conversation on Zoom as part of our Residency of the Americas program. Having moved to Montreal recently, Michele Fiedler was fortunately… See more

Watch the closing draw of the Place for the Public crowdfunding campaign.  By choosing the perk "Le Fortuit", 47 lucky contributors secured a chance to win a framed edition of Vikky Alexander's beautiful artwork, Blue Strip (2020), of a total value of… See more

As part of the exhibition Sans toit ni loi: the Cetaceans of the Saint Lawrence River, Cynthia Girard-Renard has invited three artists to engage in a dialogue around their projects on whales and marine ecosystems. The event is hosted by Cynthia Girard-Renard… See more

This Thursday, it is with great enthusiasm that Fonderie Darling opens the exhibitions of Cynthia Girard-Renard and Vincent Larouche. In order to meet current sanitary measures, the number of visitors in the galleries will be limited to 25 people at… See more

PERFORMANCE-INSTALLATION + BILINGUAL WORKSHOP The ffiles (Formerly the XX Files) is an intersectional feminist media collective grounded in community radio. Through innovative programming, the collective produces work that explores our current technological… See more

We live on rue Queen in the Cité Multimédia. We throw eggs at the mafia. At night, we are awakened by the engines of  motorcycles. Two hundred birds, real birds, nest in front of our windows. Drones survey the condos, searching for dismal food. Our meetings… See more

Historically, young people aged 15 to 29 have often been excluded from public decisions and major cultural venues. With the Place for the Public campaign, we aim to provide an inclusive place for civic engagement and the dissemination of our youth’s burgeoning… See more

In a context where digital technologies have taken over communication, one could argue about the possibility of a progressive disappearance of the voice—with all its intonations and emotions—in favor of an often empty, impetuous, and fragmented prose,… See more

In a hyper-mediatized world, where the relationship with the ‘other’ seems to be increasingly accelerated, and even determined by digital objects, how can we define our connection with the natural world? We could argue about the value of the reciprocal… See more

Michael Eddy and Dan S. Wang first crossed paths at the artist-run culture hub HomeShop in Beijing in the early summer of 2011, after the Arab Spring and before Occupy Wall Street. The context was social and DIY, a score of artists and writers, self-organized… See more

This third evening of performances aims to highlight the positive influences of technological tools by inviting us to reflect on the possibilities generated by artificial extension of the ‘self’. Considering that computer simulation technologies can be… See more

Find out more about Vikky Alexander's work and her Nordic Rock exhibition during a conversation between the artist, the author Vincent Bonin and the curator Caroline Andrieux. The event will be streamed on YouTube, between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The… See more

How can technology transform our experience of the world? For its third occurrence, Allegorical Circuits for Human Software wants to incite a discussion around this question, by presenting two performances that address the notion of connection and presence… See more

Fonderie Darling is thrilled to invite Never Apart to think up a musical program for a special event, presented on the Place Publique as part of its Allegorical Circuits for Human Software program. For the occasion, NVA proposes 5 musical performances… See more

7PM PRESENTATION OF THE IN SITU WORK  TO VIEW THE PRESENTATION AND TO INTERACT WITH THE ARTISTS, CLICK HERE Fonderie Darling is pleased to invite you to the unveiling of this year’s in situ artwork, on July 16 on Ottawa Street. This year, guest curator,… See more

MÉGANE VOGHELL AVALON NADÈGE GREBMEIER FORGET ANNA EYLER & NICOLAS LAPOINTE                            XUAN YE   ERIN GEE & JEN KUTLER FABIENNE AUDÉOUD ILEANA HERNANDEZ NINA VROEMEN & ERIN HILL EMMA-KATE GUIMOND   From… See more

For the first time, Allegorical Circuits for Human Software offers a performance that diverts the symbolic value of a video game, to think differently about notions of subjectivity that are modulated by the level of engagement and interaction within a… See more

Conscious of the need to fight against racism, systemic violence and police brutality, Fonderie Darling wishes to express its solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, the Afro-descendant community in Montreal and elsewhere, as well as all those… See more

Using the podcast as a form of style and storytelling, Michael Eddy presents a performative reading of Wendel’s Institution, a dystopic sci-fi story composed by him and his uncle Alex Kreger, who currently lives in Connecticut. Enhanced by audio effects,… See more

Laureate of the Residency of the Americas, Daniel Jablonski, discusses the research conducted throughout his three-month-long residency at Fonderie Darling. The event is held in French. A whispered translation is offered by members of the team. See more

Fonderie Darling is thrilled to launch its spring program and the exhibitions Nordic Rock, by Vikky Alexander, and Je suis, by Michael Eddy. For the event, the artists in Montreal studios, along with the international artists in residency, will open their… See more

Laura Simpson, director of the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, a center dedicated to the production, education, and experimentations in sculpture, discusses the different projects of the organization.  OPEN TO ALL    Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Set… See more

Nigra Iuventa invites you to the opening of the exhibition I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings at Fonderie Darling for the Black History Month. Based on the title of the autobiography by American writer Maya Angelou, the group exhibition is a reflection… See more

What is the relationship between games, performance, and politics? This is the question at the heart of the collaborations between interdisciplinary artists Milton Lim and Patrick Blenkarn (Vancouver, BC). On Thursday, January 9th, the artist will present… See more

In partnership with the organism Innovation en concert, Fonderie Darling is happy to welcome the experimental musicians Ida Toninato and Ensemble ILÉA. Montreal-based saxophonist, composer and improviser Ida Toninato has an ear for the unknown, exploring… See more

To celebrate your involvement and generosity and enjoy being together in great numbers, we will be very happy to welcome you to our annual members’ evening for a special performance by experimental musician Ida Toninato. Every year, the Fonderie Darling… See more

As part of the training program for the production studios, the Darling Foundry offers a training session focused on CNC machining. CNC specialist Laurent Charbonneau will instruct a 6-hour training session on CNC Machining. Only offering space for two… See more

Fonderie Darling is pleased to gather two of its international residents for a friendly meeting with the Montreal public: the French artist Claude Closky presents clips from his currently-in-production film Private View, an ambitious project bringing… See more

A conversation on issues of representation of Caribbean subjects  The exhibition Resisting Paradise, curated by Marina Reyes Franco, presents the works of three Caribbean artists of the diaspora: Deborah Anzinger (Jamaica), Leasho Johnson (Jamaica) and… See more

The public is invited to visit the current exhibitions Two Ways to Disappear Without Losing the Physical Form, by Javier González Pesce, and the group exhibition Resisting Paradise, curated by Marina Reyes Franco. Free admission and cultural mediation… See more

The public is invited to meet the artists behind the exhibitions, Javier González Pesce, Deborah Anzinger, Joiri Minaya, and their curators Marina Reyes Franco and Ji-Yoon Han, during an informal meeting in the galleries. A light vegetarian lunch will… See more

In the fall of 2019, the Darling Foundry celebrates Latin American art. To mark the ten-year anniversary of the Residency of the Americas, supported by the Conseil des arts de Montréal, the art centre is offering a special program to Montreal and Canadian… See more

Neighbors, come celebrate the summer! Once again this year, the Darling Foundry wishes to affirm the role of art and of a friendly and dynamic public space, in harmony with its neighborhood. This last evening, the event is entirely dedicated to neighbors… See more

For this carte blanche evening, the SenseLab presents Minor Movements, a set of experiments about Social Dreaming.   Propositions for Social Dreaming – a minor movement SenseLab invites you to an evening of collective eating of our dreams, an evening… See more

The sixth and final evening of the Possible Awakenings series is made through mutual aid and collective creation. In the context of a collaboration carried out before the event or in the case of a first encounter between the artist and the public, the… See more

Possible Awakenings #5 proposes a series of artistic interventions inspired by disciplines located at the margins of creation: art history, research, archiving, and the use of educational strategies in art practices. Through open discourse, this iteration… See more

This fourth proposal in the Possible Awakenings series encourages new interconnections, inviting the public to gather around artificial settings where real spaces - Ottawa Street and the Bar-Terrace - are superimposed with imagined spaces. With How to… See more

This third proposal in the Possible Awakenings series brings the public to the horizon of the culture of self-care. On the program: a harvest of native plants and tasting of homemade herbal teas, followed by a participatory performance ironically similar… See more

For this carte blanche evening, the SenseLab from Concordia University presents Make Space for a Surprise to Arise, a set of individual and collective experiments created in response to the work of artist Lygia Clark. Emblematic of a generation of Brazilian… See more

In 2019, the organization Quartier Éphémère aims to make a historical transaction by acquiring Fonderie Darling's main building from the City of Montreal. In order to do so, a crowdfunding campaign was set from July 10 to September 4, 2019. On the Indiegogo… See more

The Possible Awakenings series in Place Publique continues with the project Domus (Les résonances des plateformes). During this performative installation, Massimo Guerrera and his collaborators intersect with the public through various actions, on a set… See more

The first part of the performance series Possible Awakenings invites the public to create collectively in a lab of experimentation and radio retransmission. Through a performative shaping of the present moment, the exercises presented by the artist Miranda… See more

As part of our Place Publique program, our first event is co-presented by the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) in Mexico City and the MAC, in collaboration with the Darling Foundry. It was organized by Véronique Leblanc, guest curator at… See more

Guillaume Adjutor Provost has been developing for nearly ten years a work oriented towards the development of spaces of hospitality and collaboration with a community of peers, often from the performance like him, but also with actors coming from non… See more

Luiza Proença and Snyder Moreno Martín met as part of the Darling Foundry’s international residency program. They conducted research on ways of knowing, healing processes, Indigenous people, and decolonization issues. They invite the public to an open… See more

Every summer for the past ten years, Place Publique has occupied a section of rue Ottawa, confirming the presence of art and artists in a neighbourhood where major companies, innovative businesses, and new and long-established residents live side by side.… See more

The Fonderie Darling launches its summer program with the opening of three new exhbitions and the unveiling of Place Publique 2019. BARBARA STEINMAN, Diving for Dreams Curator: Ji-Yoon Han PASCALE THÉORÊT-GROULX, 9.8 Mètres par seconde par secondeCurator:… See more

EIGHT EDITION THU, May 30 - 7PMFRI, May 31 - 2PM For this eighth edition, RIPA – rencontre interuniversitaire de performance actuelle will take place at the Darling Foundry. The event will unfold in two stages: first with a performance evening honouring… See more

Double feature Monday, May 27 | 8:30 PMTuesday, May 28 | 3 PM   For the third year in a row, the Darling Foundry is pleased to host a double feature as part of the live arts festival, OFFTA. Comment oublier d'arroser les plantes demainMai thi Bach… See more

To conclude their project on the Darling Foundry Reading Platform, MOLAF will present a reading-performance based on their forthcoming artist book, A small and not ostentatious chamber with whose decorations no fault can be found. This new publication… See more

At the confluence of action poetry and sound poetry, the performance The Only Way To Know For Sure Is To Test Your Blood Sugar presents a series of actions and stresses in sound, musical and gesture. Through a collage of semi-prepared micro-events, combining… See more

Pursuing a reflection initiated with the wall drawing Dessin tissé de repentirs, Bayrol Jiménez invites the public to an exploratory drawing workshop in his studio. By encouraging visitors to use intuitive and spontaneous methods, the artist seeks to… See more

For the Nuit Blanche 2019, the Darling Foundry is pleased to welcome the student festival Arts Matters on the Place Publique. For this event, the public is invited to interact with Art on the outdoor space of the Darling Foundry, through multimedia artworks… See more

La Fonderie Darling est heureuse d'annoncer le lancement de sa programmation 2019, avec l'ouverture de trois expositions individuelles. DAVID ARMSTRONG SIX, NIGHT SCHOOLCOMMISSAIRE : CAROLINE ANDRIEUX Pour Night School, David Armstrong Six présente… See more

Each year the Darling Foundry invites its members to gather for a festive dinner. This year promises to be a powerful and memorable evening as invited artist Lara Kramer will present a performance and installation in our small gallery.Our members continue… See more

Leonora Bisagno and Bruno Baltzer (LUX) offer an overview of their collaborative artistic practice, as well as their residency project at the Darling Foundry, based on the Québécois motto "Je me souviens". This sentence is taken at a catalyst for new… See more

The Darling Foundry organized, the September 27 of 2018, a peaceful and performative protest to advocate for a permanent Place Publique on the part of Ottawa Street that runs between Queen and Prince Streets. For over ten years, the Darling Foundry has… See more

As part of the training program for the production studios, the Darling Foundry offers an introduction to ceramics techniques. This training will give an overview of shaping techniques, the application of engobe and enamel as well as the work of textures.   Trainer… See more

Under the title 안녕, 안녕 [Annyeong, annyeong], the public presentation of South Korean artist Jin Dallae takes shape around a meditation upon the Korean greeting phrase <안녕> Annyeong -- Hi, in English. 안녕 Annyeong is also the word used to say goodbye. In… See more

The Darling Foundry is pleased to announce the opening of The Silver Cord, on Thursday, September 13, with the artists in attendance. Aesthetic connections form between one generation of artists and another, and what we call inspiration—a “divine” connection… See more

For the sixth and last evening from the performance cycle Fermons les yeux pour voir. Always mind your surroundings, interdisciplinary artist Antonija Livingstone activates Place Publique with an intervention divided in two moments spanning the duration… See more

The Darling Foundry is happy to invite you to its famous BINGO evening, on Thursday, August 9, at 7:30 pm.This popular and festive fundraising event celebrates the Darling Foundry action and thanks to the generous donors who contributed to our crowdfunding… See more

For the fifth evening of performance cycle Fermons les yeux pour voir. Always mind your surroundings, the artists Anne-F Jacques and Philippe Battikha invite the public to pay attention to its immediate sound environment. Ottawa street becomes an intimate… See more

The Darling Foundry is eager to affirm the role of art in dynamism and harmony with the neighbourhood. We propose an artistic and warm evening entirely devoted to neighbours working or living in the area to encourage meetings and exchanges on the Place… See more

For the fourth iteration of cycle Fermons les yeux pour voir. Always mind your surroundings, Place Publique collaborates pairs with Esther Bourdages. With an ambulatory concert sublimating the exceptional acoustics of Ottawa street, this performance will pay… See more

This third evening of performance cycle Fermons les yeux pour voir. Always mind your surroundings will revolve stories of displacement through multiple-channel video installations, inviting the audience to roam around Place Publique. In addition, artistic… See more

Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay produced A Letter Condoning This Exhibition/A Letter Condemning This Exhibition in response to the news that his aesthetics and identity had been used by Schwebel as part of his exhibitions at the Fonderie Darling and the Tadeusz… See more

This evening offers a carte blanche to PERFform 18, a performance art tour from New Brunswick, conceived by Linda Rae Dornan and Mathieu Léger. Linda Rae Dornan In a series of connected actions, Dornan will perform with language systems forgotten and… See more

For the second evening of performance cycle Fermons les yeux pour voir. Always mind your surroundings, Place Publique is transformed into a vast echo chamber. Artist Ida Toninato invites the audience to an experience of listening: from silence, surrounding… See more

This first performance night from the cycle Fermons les yeux pour voir. Always mind your surroundings paints a portrait of Darling Foundry’s district and its history. The artists mobilize places and uncared-for objects: Jean-Philippe Luckhurst-Cartier… See more

Joshua Schwebel will present an artist's talk on the event of his exhibition "A Dream in Which I Am You" and the launch of his novel (co-written with his sister, Shoshana Schwebel).During the talk Schwebel will unwrap this expansive project that he developed… See more

In celebration of the summer solstice, the Darling Foundry is thrilled to open 2 new solo exhibitions, Un feu permanent à l’intérieur de nous by Marco Godinho (curator: Kevin Muhlen) and A Dream In Which I Am You by Joshua Schwebel (curator: Esther Bourdages). On… See more

For the 11th edition of Place Publique, the Darling Foundry offers neighborhood residents and art enthusiasts an exploratory, diversified and participative program. While reaffirming its role as an artistic and cultural landmark in an ever-changing neighborhood,… See more

Musician for more than twenty-five years, KVNMHLN has been guitarist of the metal band ExInferis (1998-2011) and the group soleilnoir (2011-2016). Recently he is interested in the composition of abstract sound creations, inspired by noise and drone,… See more

The Darling Foundry is thrilled to host Suoni Per Il Popolo festival The Suoni Per Il Popolo is very proud to present a screening of films by legendary artist Yoko Ono. The program will include selected work from Ono’s groundbreaking films including Fly… See more

The Darling Foundry is thrilled to host Suoni Per Il Popolo festival. Jacob Kirkegaard performs Else-Marie Pade's electronic work the Faust Suite -- DenmarkDenmark’s Jacob Kirkegaard is considered among the most important sound artists of his generation.… See more

Ça a l’air synthétique bonjour hi + Performance about a woman Tue May 29th - 8:30 pmWed May 30th - 1 pmÇa a l’air synthétique bonjour hiBurcu Emeç + Roxa Hy + Michael Martini + Nien Tzu WengWhat if an audience was paid for contributing to an artwork… See more

For her end-of-residency presentation, Argentinian curator Renata Cervetto will tell a story related with her stay in Montreal and her hunches as an art worker. In return, attendants will be invited to contribute to her personal nomadic archive by sharing… See more

As part of the training program for the production studios, the Darling Foundry offers an introduction to metal techniques. This training will be an opportunity to discover the various machines of the metal station, to present their operation and their… See more

Exhibition May 9 - 12, 2018 Opening: May 10, 2018, 6 PM - 10 PM   The Darling Foundry is excited this year to host Maureen III, the third edition of the annual exhibition of Concordia University's MFA studio arts students.  It brings together the work… See more

"New ideas need old buildings" (Jane Jacobs) Starting from Pointe-Saint-Charles out to the Old Port, the Faubourg des Récollets, and Griffintown, this walk will take you to several heritage buildings that have been revived by community-based organizations.Itinerary… See more

POINTS OF DEPARTURE As part of the group exhibition Drinkers of Quintessences, Fortner Anderson presents a durational performance: a book of poems entitled Points of Departure, read out loud for twelve hours and ten minutes. For a whole year, between… See more

EVERYTHING AND NOTHING The Darling Foundry is pleased to present, as part of the group exhibition Drinkers of Quintessences, the performance Everything and Nothing (2013) by Canadian conceptual artist Kelly Mark, performed in duo with the artist Dean… See more

THRESHOLDING As part of the exhibition Drinkers of Quintessences, Adriana Disman presents Thresholding, a durational performance playing on the physical apprehension of the void and its limits. Throughout several hours, the artist stands on a stool,… See more

The international residents present to the public the outcomes of their three-month residency at the Darling Foundry. Thomas Lévy-Lasne (FR), the recipient of the FAWU residency, puts on display his charcoal drawings composed after photographic montages. Thomas… See more

This group exhibition brings together twelve artists around the concept of the void in the visual arts. Minimal in their aesthetics, the selected works are driven by a critical impulse as much as a quest for the absolute. On the one hand, they question… See more

Untitled (2011), water, cotton thread, adhesive tape, tableUntitled (2003), adhesive tape, walls or desks Until Sunday, March 18, Marie Cool Fabio Balducci will alternately carry out two actions in the main hall. "No protocol, no experimental field,… See more

On the Darling Foundry's Place Publique, André Fournelle presents a work that stresses the alchemy of elements. It is a performance, entitled Ligne d'or / Ligne de vie, giving shape to a monumental, 9-meter long, bronze casting. Orchestrated by the artist… See more

The Darling Foundry is pleased to announce the opening of Drinkers of Quintessences, on Thursday, February 22, from 5 PM to 10 PM. This group exhibition brings together twelve artists around the concept of the void in visual art. Minimal in their aesthetics,… See more

Red Snow, White Fire Ana Garcia-Pineda, the recipient of the Catalonia artist residency at the Darling Foundry, invites Montreal's audience to a performance in her studio, which is transformed on this occasion into a site-specific installation. Entitled Red… See more

POUR UN INSTANTAn exhibition presented by Guy Rodrigueat the Darling Foundry, from January 11 to 21, 2018Opening on Thursday, January 11, 6 PM On the initiative of art enthusiast Guy Rodrigue, works from artists Jacques Bilodeau, Manon De Pauw, Pierre-Marc… See more

The artists present to the public the outcomes of their three-month residency at the Darling Foundry. Laurianne Bixhain(Luxemboug) exhibits the photographic series she has produced this fall in Montreal’s urban environment. Aqui Thami (India) shares the… See more

Following the launch of the publications of Celia Perrin Sidarous and Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau, members of the Darling Foundry are invited to a festive dinner. The evening will be an opportunity to bring together the large community around the… See more

The Darling Foundry is thrilled to announce the joint book launch of its Montreal artists in residency: - 5 Tableaux (It Bounces Back) by Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau (Or Gallery, Vancouver)- Times New Omen Page of Holes by Celia Perrin Sidarous (/edition,… See more

Former laureate of the Indian Residency (2014), Teja Gavankar will give a public presentation of her work at the Darling Foundry, in conjunction with her personal exhibition at OPTICA, centre d’art contemporain. The event is organised in partnership… See more

Get rid of ghosts?  Mid August 2017. The memorial landmark in memory of the confederate Jefferson Davis on Union Avenue in Montreal is removed, leaving its shadow behind on the side wall of the Hudson Bay. Echoing the recent events in Charlottesville… See more

On Friday, September 8, starting at 5 PM, the Darling Foundry visual arts centre inaugurates its fall program. Presented as part of MOMENTA, the exhibition ERIN SHIRREFF – CONCRETE BUILDINGS presents a pair of projections of two buildings designed and… See more

The Darling Foundry celebrated its 15th anniversary with a relaxed, fun-filled event, its BiNGO blowout, on Thursday, August 24, 2017. It was a success for one and all! With more than 300 attendees, the big party brought together people of all ages and… See more

For this artist talk, Lee Eun Yeoung, a Korean artist in residency at the Darling Foundry, presents the latest developments of her research in a short presentation. This is also the occasion to discover her studio.  Lee Eun Yeoung works in a plurality… See more

PROJECTIONS NIGHT presented by GIV - Video Intervention Group the thursday August 17 at 8:30PM on Place Publique. A retrospective program which remembers 40 years of engaged works made by women. The videos were selected according to thematic and chronological… See more

3 performances evening on August 10 on Place Publique.  Alfonso Arzapalo – Unroll and Roll Alfonso Arzapalo is a Montreal based artist using body and space as a laboratory to explore the deeper meaning of existence, of the human condition and its relationship… See more

Performance, music and art evening, Bodies in Dark Times, proposed by the collective QUIMERAS on Place Publique. The world as we know come to an end. And yet there is still ground to walk on, and sun in the sky. Art must survive. We lead with our bodies,… See more

An evening of three performances on Place Publique on July 27.  - Jacqueline Van de Geer – You are the performance Collective creation is an essential element of Jacqueline Van de Geer’s work, who intends in her work to develop strong interactions with… See more

Performances' evening proposed by Cercle carré This evening is the occasion to discover the results of Cercle Carré creation laboratories with its artist redisidents on Place Publique. Comptoir public, Média social It’s the grand return of public criers.… See more

Night of 3 performances on Place Publique Khadija Baker - In the present of the absent Since 2009, Khadija Baker has worked around themes of persecution, migrations and memory, including names and stories of people lost because of violence and war.… See more

RIPA's night on Place Publique  Performance and poetry maintain links that, when highlighted, expand the very definition of these practices and complexify their discourses. Starting from the idea that these two concepts are methods rather than disciplines,… See more

This first evening of performances aims to make tangible the influences and affinities of artists practicing this discipline.  Adriana Disman Adriana Disman is a performance art maker, thinker, and curator based in Toronto and Montreal. Her axis of… See more

CANCELLED. Guided tour and Michael Parsons performance presented on June 22. Evening of lecture and performance on the relations between architecture and algorithms. 5pm Sébastien Pluot (Lecture)Sébastien Pluot is an art historian and co-director of… See more

GUIDED TOUR AND PERFORMANCES ON PLACE PUBLIQUE   WALK BY MICHAEL PARSONS, PROPOSITION IV (SQUID) & WOUNDED FURNITURE BY ALISON KNOWLES   THURSDAY, JUNE 22   5PM : GUIDED TOUR WITH THE CURATORS OF THE EXHIBITIONS 6PM… See more

Art by Translation invites a group of artists to perform Alison Knowles’ score Proposition IV (Squid). This performative work was created in 1970 to “activate” The House of Dust when it was installed at CalArts. The score was adapted to function autonomously,… See more

A one-day discursive event elaborating themes of mis/communication with non-human “others”. Presentations, performances, and discussions with invited artists and theorists beginning with a keynote by esteemed anthropologist Eduardo Kohn and concluding… See more

Since 2007, Place Publique has established itself every summer on Ottawa Street as a space dedicated to the visual arts and the public. Site-specific artwork, performances and workshops animate and transform the space to become an interactive platform,… See more

On June, Thursday 15th, the Darling Foundry team invites you to the opening of its summer exhibition: The House of Dust by Alison Knowles: A Constructed World, Tyler Coburn & Byron Peters, Stéphane Degoutin & Gwenola Wagon, Nicole Fournier, Jeff Guess,… See more

For this evening, the Darling Foundry's international residents at will present the latest developments of their work. The main focus of Violeta Horcasitas (Mexico) is the research and reflection on collaborative processes in art. She is interested in… See more

The Darling Foundry will take part in the Nuit des débats, an event taking place simultaneously in Paris, Dakar and Montreal. Citizens of Montreal are invited to an evening of discussion and debate about issues related to the Place Publique 2017 and the… See more

Iosu Aramburu’s current research deals with the urban history of cities through their architecture, and more specifically about the paradoxes between the utopic vision of modernity and the disenchantment with today’s society. For instance, during his… See more

The Darling Foundry invites you to the opening of its spring exhibitions on March 9:    In the main gallery: Dineo Seshee Bopape : And- In. The light of this._____  In the small gallery: David Arseneau : Super F13 Part 1 to 12 Redesign Studio Doom In… See more

At the Darling Foundry, Sky Goodden is conducting research and writing towards the completion of a book project titled The Floating Academy: Artist Residencies in Contemporary Art, which she conceived of and began researching in 2011, and which is being… See more

To start the festive season, Darling Foundry invites its members to celebrate the Montreal cultural scene while enjoying the presence of each other. This year, guest artist Dean Baldwin will generously prepare Christmas Pizza for all our guests. Every… See more

Evening of three artist talks by artists in international residencies at the Darling Foundry.  Stéphanie Lagarde Paris, France The work of Stéphanie Lagarde engages a reflection on the artificiality of memory and on the process of updating knowledge.… See more

A neighbourhood event to get a behind the scenes look at the exceptional space The Darling Foundry is a multifaceted visual arts centre. The venue is known as an important part of Montreal’s industrial heritage. It occupies 3,500 m2 in two adjoined former… See more

To end the series of performances organized as part of the exhibition Délicat Pulse, Emily Wardill will present a creation in conversation with Julie Favreau's work, performed by Ishan Davé.  Emily Wardill works predominantly to explore the opacity… See more

Invited to perform as part of Julie Favreau's exhibition, Délicat Pulse, Brazilian artist Volmir Cordeiro presents Ciel (2012), his first solo as an author. Ciel is a performance in which the artist attempts to feel, while addressing the public directly,… See more

ICI conferences, the Darling Foundry and the Actoral festival present: Emma Waltraud Howes - Hanna Sybille Müller - Adva Zakaï - Julie Favreau and Anne Thériault Moderator: Manon De Pauw The discussion is a proposition of Stéphane Gilot (UQAM School… See more

For this evening of performances organized as part of Julie Favreau's exhibition Délicat Pulse, we will present Doux, a collaboration between Julie Favreau and Anne Thériault, and by Adva Zakaï, a special creation in reaction to Julie Favreau's exhibition.… See more

For Journées de la culture, the entry for Darling Foundry's exhibitions will be free on Saturday, October 1st.  From 1PM to 4PM, artists Julie Favreau and Sarah Greig will be there at the gallery to answer your questions about their work.  Hope to see… See more

Thursday, September 22 Darling Foundry team invites you to the opening of the exhibitions Délicat Pulse by Julie Favreau and Picture Transition (Display Camera) Picture Transition (Unfixed Form) by Sarah Greig. Some artists in residency will open the… See more

The first Korean artist in residency at Darling Foundry in partnership with the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Seoul, Cha Ji Ryang finds his inspiration from geopolitical concepts to create fictions that he presents in video… See more

Just like the Coney Island madness that spread through Manhattan's grid, the « spectacle of the decade » is now spreading through the neighborhoods of Montreal. In the streets, sculptural elements stand out. Architectural details, public sanctuary and… See more

Fourth and final evening of the series Filiations, which proposes to reveal the influences and affinities between local performance artists. Dayna McLeod, invited by the duo Jean-Sébastien Vague, chose to program the work of Kama La Mackerel, that caught… See more

Filiations’ third evening will be your chance to discover the work of Dayna McLeod and Suzanne Joly. Invited by Jean-Sébastien Vague, who got to know McLeod’s work through her exhibition at La Centrale Powerhouse in 2014, the year she won the Powerhouse… See more

After a first evening featuring the performances of Michelle Lacombe and Richard Martel, it is now Karen Elaine Spencer and the duo Jean-Sébastien Vague’s turn to present their work at the Place Publique of the Darling Foundry. Respectively invited by… See more

FILIATIONS - PERFORMANCE SERIES  Place Publique hosts four evenings of performances in order to reveal the connections between artists. For the past 10 years, the Darling Foundry has enlivened its Place Publique during the summer season with art installations… See more

Michelle Lacombe and Richard Martel, two well-known performers in the artistic scenes of Montreal and Quebec, from different generations and with distinct affinities, kick off the series and launch the invitations by selecting the two artists who will… See more

The Darling Foundry in collaboration with Dancemakers presents Rosé Porn by the artist Zoja Smutny. Rosé Porn is a creation described by choreographer Zoja Smutny as a concept album that takes form through the process of the live performance. Three dancers,… See more

The Darling Foundry has programmed throughout the season of 2015-2016 new projects where dance and visual arts meet, which corresponded with the arrival of Curator Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre in the Spring of 2015.  From June 1 to June 5, GESTURES2 will… See more

Dance Anarchives is a workshop series in which the public is invited to create fictional archives in the form of picture collages. Four performers use those collages as the partition of a choreography they interpret while the creation occurs. Dance Anarchives… See more

The School of Making Thinking presents "Words & [ ] — a Durational Conference of Art & Thought" a 56-hour (French/English bilingual) event to take place at The Darling Foundry May 6 - 8 2016, featuring round-the-clock live programming of 100 interdisciplinary… See more

On April 9th, The Darling Foundry will host a collaborative workshop developed by artists Marie-Michelle Deschamps and Rebecca La Marre. We invite you to the gallery for a period of up to 3 hours, to participate in a writing activity developed using… See more

Currently in residency at the Darling Foundry, Natalia Lassalle-Morillo invites you to come discover her project Retirement, a documentary and film series that show the process of aging in women ; how their bodies are transformed through time and how… See more

Beyond its mission to support and promote contemporary art, the Darling Foundry is socially involved in his neighborhood. Established for over twenty years at the crossroads of Old Montreal and Griffintown, the heritage of the former industrial area of… See more

Thursday, March 17 the Darling Foundry team invites you to the opening of the exhibitions Soleil by Lorna Bauer and L* by Marie-Michelle Deschamps. Artists in residency will open the doors to their studio during the evening between 6 and 8 PM.  For… See more

In collaboration with Darling Foundry, Tangente presents This is the dance we are making as part of Montreal's Nuit blanche 2016. Dive into a world of dance, performance, video, installation and sculpture! Following a long and exceptional memory work,… See more

ACTIVITY CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS.  TANGENTE'S PERFORMANCES ARE STILL HAPPENING.  On the night of February 27, join us at the Darling Foundry’s Place Publique to see French artist Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil’s installation I Will Keep A Light… See more

TANGENTE Laboratoire de mouvements contemporains Tangente has been a major figure in contemporary dance for 35 years. Forerunner of new tendencies, always ahead of its time, Tangente offers to the Montréal public innovative and imaginative programming… See more

From January 18 to January 31, Darling Foundry welcomes the group Theresa Transistor for a poetic creation residency. During these two weeks, the quartet composed of Christian Bouchard, Christian Calon, Mario Gauthier and Monique Jean will work with the… See more

TUESDAY DECEMBER 17, 2015 FROM 5 PM TO 9 PM AT COUVENT DES RÉCOLLETS, PARIS As part of the France/Quebec Cross Residency program, artist Ana Rewakowicz will present the project Collecteur de brouillard, a collaboration with scientists from École Polytechnique… See more

To start the festive season, Darling Foundry invites its members to celebrate the Montreal cultural scene while enjoying the presence of each other. We are greatful to have renowned Canadian Artist Rebecca Belmore, who recently moved to Montreal, as a… See more

Witnessing the desinstallation of an artwork is not something that happens often. However, this is what Acapulco (Quebec and Chicoutimi) will show you. Come watch them desinstall their work and get a chance to ask them questions. It is also your last… See more

Claire Astier   As part of the France-Quebec Marseille Cross-Residency, curator Claire Astier proposes a discussion on the collective as a work space, on its presence in our society and its political nature. Nola Farman As part of the Australia… See more

Currently in residency at the Darling Foundry as part of the India-Quebec exchange residency program, artist Amshu Chukki invites you to come and discover the fruit of his research at the Darling Foundry. Amshu Chukki’s major source of inspiration is… See more

As part of his first solo show in Montreal, Roy Meuwissen will present his work in an informal talk where the public is warmly invited. The overview of the artist's work will be followed by a presentation of the exhibition by the artist and the curator,… See more

Currently in residency at the Darling Foundry, curator Monika Bayer-Wermuth and artist Patrik Thomas invite you to come and discover the fruit of their research at the Darling Foundry. Münchner beer and bretzels offered by the State of Bavaria Quebec… See more

The Fonderie Darling will celebrate the pubilcation of Luis Jacob's catalogue, in presence of the artist and the authors Marie Fraser, Anne-Marie Ninacs and David Liss on Friday the 23rd of October.   Seeing and Believing Luis Jacob Seeing and Believing… See more

André Fortino feels the need to use his body in his work and be guided by his intuition and instinct, allowing himself to cross the border of existing norms to access a primitive freedom. As a multidisciplinary artist, although his favorite medium is… See more

DURING THE OPENING OF ANDRÉ FORTINO AND ROY MEUWISSEN EXHIBITIONS  This first monographic catalogue by Jon Knowles covers the artist’s exhibitions for the last ten years and builds upon the Darling Foundry's commitment to his production: his use of a… See more

Thursday, September 24 the Darling Foundry's team invites you to its new exhibitions' opening:  Hôtel Formes Sauvages, André Fortino and LAT. 17°33′13″N LONG. 99°24′37″W, Roy Meuwissen.   You will be able to discover Mirador, an installation of the… See more

Presentation of Dora Garcia's book, Mad Marginal Cahier #4,  I See Words, I Hear Voices The book will be launched at the Westmount Library on Wednesday, September 16, on the occasion of a group reading of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake organized by Bloomsday,… See more

La Fonderie Darling a récolté 55 000$ pour la réalisation de ses projets Montréal, Vendredi 28 Août 2015 – L’équipe de la Fonderie Darling et ses administrateurs sont très heureux d’annoncer que grâce à la générosité de ses donateurs et commanditaires,… See more

  Currently in residency at the Darling Foundry, Paul Maheke Ngamaha and Alice Champagne Didier invite you to come and discover their project "Paysage Sauvage" over a discussion. This fictive documentary that shows an imagination of the île de Montréal… See more

JAY FOX AND LOUISE VANARDOIS Ctrl + Art + V Although ideally universal, language is unique to everyone. Connotations, interpretations, from one person to another, from one consciousness to another; language is constantly being remodelled. Today however,… See more

PROGRAM THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 - 7PM Seripop is interested in the life and actions of materials; how shifting, scuffing, peeling, crushing and fading creates performative gestures within space. Their performative work with dancers builds on these gestures… See more

Program Thursday, July 30 AN EVENING CURATED BY JEAN-PHILIPPE LUCKHURST-CARTIER - 7PM This evening of performances will introduce practices that revolve around the expression of an environment embodied by humans. Maude S. Pilon and Simon Brown (Montérégie),… See more

Program Thursday, July 16 Tina Carlisi - 19h POSSIBLE / POSSIBILITIES Tina Carlisi’s participatory installation is a poetic intervention on the Darling Foundry’s pop-up greenery. Part picnic, part workshop, visitor’s are invited to build paper windmills… See more

Livia Johann, the 2015 Alsatian artist recipient of the Swiss Studio, and Fernando Garcia, the 2015 Spanish artist recipient of the International Residency, will present their work, talk about their experience at the Darling Foundry and in Montreal. See more

Just do it is a performance fusing the two disciplines of basketball and visual arts during a live match on the Place Publique. Constantly going back and forth to confuse or at least disrupt the rules of the game, Julia Borderie uses the conventions of… See more

The Darling Foundry is pleased to invite you to the opening of its new exhibitions: Let us be us, again and again, and always, by Belgian artist Lieven De Boeck and Asylum In the Sea by Montreal artist Hajra Waheed, who both will be present for the occasion.For… See more

Summer is just around the corner and the Darling Foundry is already busy concocting an ambitious project on the square that is opened to the public in front of its premises during the summer season. In parallel to the inauguration of the artwork Sans… See more

Thursday May 14 at 6 pm, Astria Suparak will talk about her research and her experience at the Darling Foundry. See more

In conjuntion with the exhibition For Romantic Fantasy, Loveless and moore will address the following topics: women’s voices, feminist sound, translation/transcription/transformation, materiality, and space for both the presentation and reception of sound… See more

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**We apologize, there is no translation available for this page** Nous souhaitons que cet événement soit l'occasion de célébrer ensemble 30 ans d'engagement en faveur de la création contemporaine. Promoteur de l’art contemporain à Montréal depuis 30… See more

When art frequents the bees : God Save the Queen #2 Since Spring 2013, the artist collective known as Les aiguilles tournent à l’envers has installed and taken charge of a beehive on the rooftop of the Darling Foundry in Griffintown.  Their beekeeping… See more

This discussion between artist and curator provides the public with an opportunity to better understand the different levels of interpretation and strategies of presentation found within the exhibition Razzle Dazzle Sis Boom Bah. Karen Kraven received… See more

This week, the Bar Éphémère is moving inside of the Darling Foundry and will be hosting a concert by the Soundwich family at 7:30pm. ~ Simon Chioini Guillaume Cliche Line Katcho Matthew Schoen + DJ ~   See more

Havres is a collaboration between two artists, poet Sylvain Campeau, and sound artist Chantal Dumas.  The artificiality of Montreal’s industrial and urban landscape was first and foremost the starting point of their work. This work explores the Parc… See more

Poetry Night Passages is the third event of the Poetry series at the Darling Foundry, organized by the Maison de la Poésie de Montréal. The artistic direction of this evening will be led by Stéphanie Filion, accompanied by José Acquelin, Luc Courchesne… See more

Community based urban laboratories  Shauna Janssen, Ph.D, Noémie Despland-Lichtert, Roger Latour et Jessica Hart  A number of known and lesser known ecologically diverse landscapes thrive in the city of Montreal, and particularly in its postindustrial… See more

Aurélie Pétrel and Vincent Roumagnac, recipient of the 2014 France-Québec Exchange Residencies (Paris), would like to invite you to discover Altérations #00 at the Darling Foundry. The event marks the end of their summer residency in Quebec. Altérations… See more

Artist Jean-Paul Ganem presents Variations, his third collaboration with the Darling Foundry. This time, his research is informed by the transformation and the slow evolution of the elements, and explores the ranging possibilities of color within our… See more

Poetry Where I come from… is the beginning of the story that we invite you to discover thanks  to the poems f Nadine Ltaif, Danielle Fournier, Violaine Forest and Etienne Lalonde. This is a public, yet intimate action, surrounded by art, an inclusion… See more

On August 28th, Variations will be inaugurated at the height of its flowering, during an evening of poetry, visual arts, and ecology. Variations is a project by artist Jean-Paul Ganem, who presents a green composition in which the public is invited… See more

COMMUNITY BASED URBAN LABORATORIES  Shauna Janssen, Ph.D, Marie-France Daigneault-Bouchard, Dr Thomas Strickland Lost + Found: Archiving Urban Change The postindustrial landscape is the subject of Points of view’s third in situ urban laboratory.… See more

The moods and murmurs of the city remind the human behaviour, which is ironically restricted by the  laws of nature. How do we perceive the bodies which we find within the boundaries of the rural and the urban, between the sterilized architectures designed… See more

Poetry We are in the midst of summer, let poetry refresh your senses! Every body knows that it is forbidden to walk on flowerbeds. We have to pay attention to the fround under our feet, just like we have to pay attention to language: each voice is an… See more

Acts, manœuvres, and performances around and through walls and partitions. Audio art in situ, low-tech shows, and presence acts in socius.   With performances and manœuvres: Second regard (Alexandre St-Onge and André Éric Létourneau, Montréal) Anne-Marie… See more

Community based urban laboratories  Dr Thomas Strickland, Shauna Janssen, Marie-France Daigneault-Bouchard Public space, the second urban laboratory, will focus on the theme of accessibility and the city's plans for the creation of a new cultural venue… See more

Can a poetic text be evoked through performance and action art? How do artists embody and inhabit the imagery in the poem and color of words, without direct recitation?  Initiated by a curator who chose to remain obscure; five artists montrealaise with… See more

Curator: Janick Burn Free admission Performance is, among other things, an articulation between the physical and the oral body. It can sometimes lead those bodies to a critical state and/or a critic of the State. ARTICULATIONS is an evening organized… See more

Duo Nouveau Ft. Go is a locally-based melting pot of different influences. Each bring a different view of jazz and music to the table, and combined they are able to give rise to a youthful yet representative style of jazz that is all inclusive of gypsy,… See more

Darling Foundry offers an outdoor musical performance in duo, featuring two djs and long-timefriends. DJ modernity (Éric Milette) and R3V3R3NT (Steeve Pelletier) share their discoveries and musicalinfluences iconoclasts, tinted by the unique atmosphere… See more

Community based urban laboratories  Camille Bédard, Noémie Despland-Lichtert, Chantale Potié Les Jeunes, the first urban laboratory, invites children (ages 4-12, accompanied by an adult) to come explore Griffintown’s postindustrial landscape through… See more

In this first edition of the season, Art dans un jardin presents an evening in aparté. Thursday, June 19th, Soufia Bensaid, Philippe Lauzier and Marc-André Lion Casavant, accompanied by DJ Buck Smith, will offer you an evening secluded from the tumult… See more

For the eighth year in a row, the Darling Foundry expands its activities outdoors by occupying the Ottawa street between Queen and Prince streets. During the summer 2014, the Darling Foundry's ephemeral Place Publique has been very busy with artistic… See more

At the end of their residencies, Tris Vonna-Michell (International Residency) and Capucine Vandebrouck (Swiss Studio) present their approaches and the fruits of their researches. The meeting is open to all and will take place in the studios. British… See more

Barbara Perea is a Mexican curator, critic and lecturer in residency at the Darling Foundry. An electronic and digital arts specialist, she is studying the work of Steina and Woody Vasulka during her stay in Montreal. On Thursday, May 29, she will present… See more

On Wednesday, May 21st, the Darling Foundry inaugurates two new exhibitions : in the great hall, for the first time in Canada, internationally renowned artist Dora Garcia (Spain) presents Of Crimes and Dreams, an exhibition showing the films Désordre (2013), Hôtel… See more

20th anniversary of Quartier Éphémère Save the date for our annual fundraising event! On Wednesday May 21st 2014, we will celebrate the 20th anniversary for the establishment of Quartier Éphémère, a non-profit organization that administrates the Darling… See more

The Board of Directors and the team of Quartier Éphémère invite the members of the Darling Foundry to its Annual assembly which will take place on May 8 at 6 PM. It will be an occassion for its members to get the annual report on our activities of the… See more

An exceptional encounter with Sharon Kanach, Robert Dupuy, Chris Salter and Sofian Audry to discuss N-Polytope, the spectacular light and sound environment by Chris Salter.  FREE ENTRY See more

Performance event by Pascal Lièvre On May 1st 2014, the Darling Foundry will present three performance works of Pascal Lievre: Défilé Philosophique tells a story of the body in the form of a fashion show, L’Éternel Retour is a 4 minutes video where a… See more

Nicolas Lachance will present his exhibition Framing Smoke/ Cadrer la fumée with Caroline Andrieux (curator of the exhibition) during an open discussion with the public. On the same evening, chilian artist Javier González Pesce will assess his residency… See more

On the occasion of MONTRÉAL EN LUMIÈRE and Nuit Blanche, the Darling Foundry presents an Electric Night on March 1st from 7 pm to 2 am. This evening will be an opportunity to discover the two new exhibitions of the season, and will also include mulled… See more

Opening of Thomas Bégin & Nicolas Lachance's exhibitions. From 5 pm to 10 pm Open studios of the Darling Foundry residents. From 5 pm to 8 pm Free admition.     See more

For the occasion of his international residency at the Darling Foundry, Tris Vonna Michell presents an exhibtion at Vox Centre, from February 7 to April 12 2014. Tris Vonna-Michell stages installations and performs narrative structures, using spoken… See more