Art Metropole

Art Metropole is excited to be participating in the second weekend of the 2025 Tokyo Art Book Fair! Visit our booth December 19-21 to browse recent Art Metropole publications and a selection of small press and self published titles from artists based in Canada and internationally.

December 19 (Fri)
12:00-7:00, Last Admission: 16:30　

December 20 (Sat) – 21 (Sun),
11:00 - 6:00, Last Admission: 5:30

We are excited to be hosting a book signing for Memorial Park: Revisiting Vietnam, Minh Nguyen’s latest title co-published by Art Metropole and Wendy’s Subway. Stop by the Art Metropole booth on Saturday Dec 20th from 1 - 3pm to get your signed copy!

Held annually, the Tokyo Art Book Fair gathers independent publishers, gallery presses, bookshops as well as individual artists and groups. The fair has seen constant growth in its scale and content over the years, and the event now gathers more than 350 participants from Japan and abroad and attracts more than 20,000 visitors every year.

The Clichettes: Lips, Wigs, and Politics⁠
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Clichettes: Lips, Wigs, and Politics held at the McMaster Museum of Art (M(M)A) in Hamilton, Ontario in 2024. With essays by Ivana Dizdar, Marni Jackson, John Greyson, Alexandra Schwartz, Mark Kingwell, rl Goldberg, Lillian Allen, and Wanda Nanibush.⁠
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Bridging theatre, lip-sync, dance, drag, costume, and comedy, the Canadian artist trio The Clichettes (Louise Garfield, Janice Hladki, and Johanna Householder) developed a groundbreaking practice at the crossroads of performance art and feminist satire. In hundreds of performances and four full-length plays between 1978 and 1993, the artists adopted dozens of personas–from love-sick girl to metalhead to femme fatale–as they scrutinized the tropes of femininity and masculinity. Their sources and reference points included Greek mythology, art history, B movies, science fiction, 1960s fashion, Motown, and hard rock. Their characters were just as eclectic: Medusa, a quail hunter, a beanbag chair, a turtle, Fidel Castro. Unequivocally experimental, playful, and humorous, The Clichettes’ work was–above all–political, exposing the structures that define power under patriarchy. Published on occasion of the group’s first retrospective, this fully-illustrated catalogue presents The Clichettes’ many dynamic collaborations with artists, writers, designers, and directors and celebrates their radical vision for a better world.⁠
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Save the date! Back by popular demand, multiples multiples multiples is on Sunday December 15th, from noon until 5pm, this year at Art Metropole.
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Stop by Art Metropole at 896 College to browse the multiples made by this wonderful list of artists – and possibly do some last minute holiday gifting!⁠
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