Bathing beauty

The nearly century-old Piscine St-Michel, (5300 St-Dominique), a bathhouse in the industrial district east of St-Laurent and north of Laurier, has in the past few years been used for reasons more artistic than hygienic, hosting many the exhibition and performance. As of next year, the space will undergo another permutation, as it will be renovated into a rehearsal space for a local dance company.

As a sort of adieu, the Centre de recherche urbaine de Montréal has enlisted 12 artists to create Objet 01: Les derniers jours d’un bain public, an exhibit of works that each interact intimately with the architectural structure of the bathhouse. The artists—who include Carl Trahan, Matt Killen, La Petite enveloppe urbaine, and André Clément—have spent four weeks in the place, working with photography, sculpture, painting and other media. Their “interventions,” as they’re called, will be on display from April 26 (with a vernissage at 7 p.m.), through May 11. :

—Mark Slutsky