UPCOMING
May 13 – June 13, 2026
Curators: Florent To Lay and Nicole Burisch
With the participation of Loïc Chauvin, Clara Congdon, Geneviève Dagenais, Hazel May Eckert, Melanie Garcia, Daniel Gillberg, ro heinrich, Sam Lee and Prune Paycha
EVENTS
IGNITION 21 : Meet with the artists followed by the opening reception
Wednesday, May 13, 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM
In French & in English
At the Gallery
Free
The Being of Relation: Screening & Discussion
Saturday, May 16 & 23, 2026, 1PM to 4:30 PM
At the Galler
Free, in English, Register here
SIGHTINGS
February 9 – May 17, 2026
A project by Philippe Battikha and Martín Rodriguez
Curator: Julia Eilers Smith
CALL FOR APPLICANTS
ADVISORY COUNCIL GRADUATE Student REPRESENTATIVE
Deadline: May 25, 2026
The Gallery invites applications from Concordia MFA or MA Art History students to fill a newly created seat on the Gallery’s Advisory Council. This paid role involves representing the perspectives of the Concordia graduate student body.
Candidates are invited to submit their CV and cover letter to ellen.artgallery@concordia.ca.
NEW CURATOR
The Gallery is excited to introduce Ronald Rose-Antoinette as the new Max Stern Curator. A Martinican art curator, critic, and researcher, he is interested in advancing creative experiments in anticolonial, cross-cultural practice and has organized talks, workshops, film programs, and exhibitions across Canada, Germany, France, Martinique, and online. We warmly welcome him to the team.
RECENT publication
March 2026
General Editor: Nicole Burisch
Publisher: Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University
Texts: Nicole Burisch, Ingrid Jones, Gabrielle Moser
Design: House9
128 p. ill. French, English
ISBN 978-2-924316-75-7
Price: 20.00
TERMS
Dive into the second segment of the TERMS program, exploring the concept of “depression,” this time through the prism of the economic crisis of the 1930s. Read Andrée Lévesque’s essay, a professor in the Department of History at McGill University, shedding light on the repercussions of the Great Depression in Montreal. Explore a series of photographs taken by Canadian artist Margaret Watkins (1884-1969) during a stay in London amidst the Crisis years, along with the meticulous interpretation by Debra Antoncic, art historian, curator, and Director of the Riverbrink Art Museum.
UNICEF
The Gallery’s programming is free and open for all, in absence of fees we encourage you to make a one-time or recurrent donation to UNICEF.