2026 Vendu-Sold Selection Committee

Roxanne Arsenault lives and works in Montréal. She holds a master’s degree in art studies from UQAM and is often invited to speak, moderate, and serve on juries, and hosts radio shows on contemporary art, kitsch, feminism, and heritage. She has been programming coordinator at La Centrale, co-executive and artistic director of Centre CLARK, and director of Patel Brown gallery in Montréal. She is currently director of artistic programming at CAB.

Photo: © Jocelyn Michel

Julie Bélisle is an art historian with a doctorate in art history; in her dissertation she examined the use of material culture in contemporary art. She has over twenty years’ experience in research, conservation, and cultural action in the museum sector. Since 2022, she has held the position of curator of exhibitions at Biosphère | Espace pour la vie, where she collaborates on the development of visual and performing arts programming related to environmental issues.

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Manel Benchabane is the head of exhibitions at the Stewart Hall Art Gallery. Her exhibitions include La mouvance des sons, Petites baleines à dents – Cynthia Girard-Renard, Entre les lignes – Writing Mountains, and Prendre empreinte – Holding Knowledge. She is interested in nature and the environment, diversity and cultural issues, heritage and feminism. She is a regular contributor to various contemporary art publications and has served on various committees and juries.

Anaïs Castro is a curator and author living between Montréal and New York. She has organized exhibitions and projects in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, and China. She is a founding member of the curatorial collective The Department of Love, which has presented projects in Shanghai, London, and online. She is an editorial member of Daily Lazy and contributes regularly to different publications.

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Olivier Fabry is an independent curator and a doctoral candidate in Art History at the Université de Montréal. His work focuses on the development of visual arts practices in Québec in the 1980s, viewed from a critical and theoretical perspective. He is also an administrator at the OPTICA art centre, was associate curator for the La Caisse collection, and is involved in various committees.

Sarah Kitzy Gineau Delyon is an independent curator, mediator, and cultural worker, as well as the mother of two children. An experienced director, she leads artch, an organisation dedicated to emerging visual artists. She is also the founder of Saco, a collective for creative and cultural mediation initiatives. In addition, she sits on the board of directors of Cinéma Nomade, a platform that celebrates and distributes Pan-African and Pan-Caribbean films.

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Sylvette Babin is director of Les éditions Esse. She holds an MFA in studio arts from Concordia University and for many years has had a multidisciplinary art practice. She has published in various books and is particularly interested in contextual art forms staging the body or employing writing as an apparatus, as well as practices raising ethical and environmental issues.

Photo: © Alain Beauchesne