The Artists are Present series explores the approach and initiatives of local talents seeking sustainable artistic development in their communities. Directly linked to the activities taking place in the PHI_portal, these artists advocate for greater involvement and innovation in their respective spheres.
Singer and composer Montrealways makes music for the heartbroken. Drawing from her own personal pain, she expresses herself to make her emotions resonate with all the tortured minds. Her experience in the portal_PHI in Montreal, in connection with artist Miguel Korsa from Mexico City, allowed her to share an artistic, but above all human vulnerability, and to come out of it grown on all levels. A meeting that took place during the No Bad Sound Studio listening sessions.
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Marc Quinn
Oct 5 → Jan 6
Gathering over forty recent works, DHC/ART’s inaugural exhibition by conceptual artist Marc Quinn is the largest ever mounted in North America and the artist’s first solo show in Canada

Re-enactments
Feb 22 → May 25
Six artists present works that in some way critically re-stage films, media spectacles, popular culture and, in one case, private moments of daily life

Sophie Calle: Take Care of Yourself
Jul 4 → Oct 19
This poetic and often touching project speaks to us all about our relation to the loved one

Christian Marclay: Replay
Nov 30 → Mar 29
DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to present the North American premiere of Christian Marclay’s Replay, a major exhibition gathering works in video by the internationally acclaimed artist

Michal Rovner: Particles of Reality
May 21 → Sep 27
DHC/ART is pleased to present Particles of Reality, the first solo exhibition in Canada of the celebrated Israeli artist Michal Rovner, who divides her time between New York City and a farm in Israel

Living Time
Oct 16 → Nov 22
The inaugural DHC Session exhibition, Living Time, brings together selected documentation of renowned Taiwanese-American performance artist Tehching Hsieh’s One Year Performances and the films of young Dutch artist, Guido van der Werve

Eija-Liisa Ahtila: Int. Stage-Day
Jan 29 → May 9
Eija-Liisa Ahtila’s film installations experiment with narrative storytelling, creating extraordinary tales out of ordinary human experiences

Jenny Holzer
Jun 30 → Nov 14
For more than thirty years, Jenny Holzer’s work has paired text and installation to examine personal and social realities