Parachute - revue d'art contemporain was a bilingual French and English contemporary art magazine.

The magazine occasionally devoted articles to other art forms when they transcended their conventional boundaries and provoked theoretical debates.

[1][2] Parachute was founded by René Blouin and Chantal Pontbriand, who met at Véhicule, one of the first artist-run centres in Canada, (together with A Space and the Western Front) and the Research Group in Arts Administration.

Until then, Parachute had been published in black and white and in a large, staple bound magazine format 22.5 x 30.5 cm.

[5][6] A number of thematic issues weer published, three in "community", and others on "resistance," "democracy," "violence," and "economies".

[7] The board of directors consisted of Jean-Pierre Grémy (chairman), Chantal Pontbriand (president), Colette Tougas (treasurer), Mary Ann Ferguson, Paul Fraser, Robert Hackett, Johanne Lamoureux and Réjean Legault.