Exhibitions

Celebrate the opening of our winter exhibition season on January 14, 6–8 pm.

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The Image Centre, 2022 © James Morley, The Image Centre

Upcoming

Magnum's First

September 10–December 13, 2025
Returning January 14–April 4, 2026

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Little girl with short haircut and arm outstretched to scribble on chalkboard. — Fig.
David "Chim" Seymour, [Terezka drawing"home" on blackboard, Poland], 1948, gelatin silver print. The Image Centre, Gift of Ben Shneiderman, 2022 © David Seymour Estate/Magnum Photos

Chim's Children of Europe

September 10–December 13, 2025
Returning January 14–April 4, 2026
Curator: Gaëlle Morel

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A winter scene of skateboarders on an icerink. — Fig.
Mark Igloliorte, *Tuvak Akkusinialuk Siaggijâk (Ice-Road Skating)*, 2022, multi-channel video (still). Courtesy of the artist

Mark Igloliorte: Tuvak Akkusinialuk Siaggijâk (Ice-Road Skating)

January 14–April 4, 2026
Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall

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Fred Morley, *Celia Franca Arrives at London Airport (now Heathrow)*, April 23, 1953, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada Archives

Staging Celia Franca

January 14–February 21, 2026
Student Gallery
Guest Curator: Sofia Beraldo

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Nytha Oronga, *Lake 1* (detail of *Arbre à palabres/Palaver Tree*), 2024, UV print on recycled cardboard. Courtesy of the artist

Nytha Oronga: What If We Walked Like Birds Fly

March 4–April 4, 2026
Student Gallery

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Richard Avedon, *Gloria Swanson, actor, New York, September 4, 1980,* gelatin silver print © The Richard Avedon Foundation

Richard Avedon Immortal: Portraits of Aging, 1951–2004

September 9–December 5, 2026
Main Gallery & University Gallery
Curator: Paul Roth

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Dawit L. Petros, *Colourscape, Coordinate #5, (Dakar, Senegal)*, 2012, pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal

Scotiabank Photography Award: Dawit L. Petros

May 6–August 1, 2026
Main Gallery
Curator: Gaëlle Morel

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Larry Fink, *Pat Sabatine's Eighth Birthday Party, PA,* 1977 (printed later), gelatin silver print © Larry Fink/MUUS Collection. The Image Centre, Gift of Gordon Fenwick, 2021

Larry Fink: Social Graces & Runway

May 6–August 1, 2026
University Gallery and From the Collection Wall
Curator: Gaëlle Morel and Sidney Haqq

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Past Exhibitions

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Two girls sit on the floor, one jumps up behind them. The girl closest to the camera is exhaling smoke. The one behind her surveys herself in a cosmetic mirror, propped on an office chair. — Fig.
Jessica Berger, *Smoke Break*, inkjet print, 2024. Courtesy of the artist.

Illustration of northern landscape with polar bears, snow, mountains and ice. — Fig.
Ali Kazma, *North*, 2017, double-channel video (still). Courtesy of the artist

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Isabella Della Penna, *Boxed In,* 2023, inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist

Exhibition Catalogues

As part of our exhibition program, The Image Centre publishes photo books in collaboration with a variety of partners and sponsors. Shop our exhibition catalogues.

The Faraway Nearby

What It Means To Be Seen

Archival Dialogues

Student Gallery

Call for Submissions:

The Image Centre is now accepting submissions for the Student Gallery. The deadline to apply is May 30, 2024. If you have any questions please contact The Image Centre Curatorial Coordinator, Sara Angelucci (s3angelu@torontomu.ca).

The Student Gallery showcases the art and curatorial practices of Toronto Metropolitan University’s current undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni from all disciplines. Rigorous yet inclusive, the program engages audiences with important issues through group or solo exhibitions of contemporary art and historical lens-based media. Presenting six exhibitions per year, the Student Gallery provides valuable, professional experience in the curation and display of artwork.

The exhibitions are selected annually, following a call for submissions, by a committee comprised of staff members from The Image Centre, along with students and faculty members from the School of Image Arts.

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