CIEL VARIABLE 131 - Collecting
Summary
The thematic dossier of this issue, titled Collecting, brings together series by artists and a writer—Christos Dikeakos, Michel Campeau, and Sara Knelman. Their work invites readers to explore portraits of collectors, archival materials that pay tribute to darkroom practices, and a century of images depicting women reading, highlighting the significance of the gestures, forms of knowledge, and modes of engagement that shape and circulate culture.
The issue also features three essays. The first examines Andrew Jackson’s exhibition Little Burgundy – Evolving Montreal at the McCord Stewart Museum, a visual inquiry into the memory of the neighbourhood’s English-speaking Black community. The second explores Paulie B’s (Paul Baldonado) YouTube video series Walkie Talkie, which gives voice to New York City’s street photography community. Finally, a third essay traces fifty years of Clara Gutsche’s practice through the exhibition devoted to her at the Image Centre.
In an interview, Michel Hardy-Vallée discusses Mise au point sur la photographie québécoise, one of the earliest histories of photography in Quebec to be made available online by a collective active in college-level education.
The issue also presents a survey of recent exhibitions in Quebec, across Canada, and internationally—featuring Skawennati, Julianknxx, Jacynthe Carrier, Simon Émond, Sébastien Michaud, Patrick Dionne and Miki Gingras, Yan Giguère, as well as Marie-Alice Dumont and Raymonde April—along with reviews of three books on photography by Michel Hardy-Vallée, Sandra Brewster, and David Hlynsky.
Details
Ciel variable: art, photo, medias, culture
Collectionner | Collecting
Issue 131, winter 2026, 106 pages
Languages: French and English
ISBN 978-2-924357-62-0 (print)
ISBN 978-2-924357-61-7 (digital)
Publisher: Les productions Ciel variable