BEFORE THE START OF THE BIENNALE
MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain happens every two years in Montréal, a not-to-be-missed event that brings out the public into the city’s museums, galleries, and artist-run centres. Activities include exhibitions, public events, and educational workshops featuring both local and international artists whose works inspire curiosity and reflection.
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Join us for our roundtable titled “Les images manquantes : potentialités et renouvellement”
As part of our collaboration with the Forum Plural program as a cultural partner, MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain invites you to an exceptional roundtable discussion.
📅 Saturday, April 12, 2025 🕓 4:00 PM 📍 Grand Quai du Port de Montréal About the roundtable: This panel, moderated by Dominique Sirois-Rouleau, Executive Director of MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain, brings together artist and independent curator Michaëlle Sergile, artist My-Van Dam, and Tamar Tembeck, Artistic Director of OBORO Artist Centre, for an in-depth reflection on the spaces between individual and collective memories. Central to the 19th edition of MOMENTA, which will take place starting September 10, 2025, these issues will drive the discussions between the panelists and the audience, while revealing themultiple facets of invisible narratives and the challenges involved in bringing them to light. Reserve your spot now 🎟️ 👉 Get your tickets We look forward to seeing you there! |

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We are pleased to announce a major milestone in MOMENTA's evolution, as we continue to establish ourselves as a contemporary art biennale.
A contemporary art biennale
In recent editions, our programming has gradually opened up to various transformations of contemporary imagery, expanding to include a multiplicity of practices in visual arts. We now fully affirm this transition. Our goal is to represent the diversity of contemporary practices while asserting our position and perspective within both the Canadian and international art scenes. We remain closely engaged with issues of imagery, as reflected in the theme of our upcoming edition, "In Praise of the Missing Image," though no longer limiting ourselves. This further confirms MOMENTA as an emblematic event characterized, first and foremost, by its thoughtful and sensitive reflection on society.
MOMENTA gets a makeover
This renewal is the result of deep conversation, carried out alongside an enlightening consultation process with our broader community. Essentially, it formalizes what MOMENTA has always been: a large-scale contemporary art biennale, with an explicit mission statement for all our audiences and partners. Proud of its community, MOMENTA is excited to begin this new chapter with you and to share this fresh visual identity that embodies our renewed commitment to promoting contemporary art from here and beyond.
We take this opportunity to give a huge thanks to the entire House9 team for their exceptional work on MOMENTA's new visual identity. Your creativity and expertise have surpassed our vision!

MOMENTA Press

Marie-Ann Yemsi nommée directrice du centre d’art de la Villa Arson

Séamus Gallagher Mother Memory Cellophane

Contourner les pièges de la visibilité. MOMENTA 2023 : Mascarades. L’attrait de la métamorphose

Marie-Ann Yemsi appointed curator

Marie-Ann Yemsi Appointed Curator for MOMENTA 2025

Marie-Ann Yemsi Appointed Curator for MOMENTA 2025

Dominique Sirois-Rouleau nommée directrice générale de MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain

Mascarades. L’attrait de la métamorphose : 18e édition de MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain

MOMENTA 2023 : un appel au mouvement au-delà de la biennale
