Events, talks and tours

Curator Tour: Magnum's First + Chim's Children of Europe

Explore the world of documentary photography at mid-century on a special exhibition tour with curator Gaëlle Morel:

Magnum’s First revisits the agency’s 1955 debut exhibition Gesicht der Zeit (Face of Time)—rediscovered in 2006 after being lost for decades. Featuring 83 original prints by early Magnum members, it reveals the agency’s formative vision and global reach.

Chim’s Children of Europe presents original prints and objects revealing Magnum Photos co-founder David “Chim” Seymour’s compassionate lens and enduring humanitarian vision as he documented children’s lives across war-torn Europe for UNESCO’s 1949 publication.

Tanenbaum Lecture: Kristen Lubben, Executive Director of the Magnum Foundation

More information coming soon. 

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Student Gallery Opening
Nytha Oronga: What If We Walked Like Birds Fly

Celebrate the opening of Nytha Oronga: What If We Walked Like Birds Fly in the Student Gallery. Light refreshments and cash bar. 

The exhibition explores intercultural tensions around how humans understand and relate to the natural world, focusing on Toronto as a historically layered, contested space. Drawing on animist, Indigenous, and Western paradigms, Oronga creates an interactive multimedia installation using recycled materials, soundscapes, and imagery. The work invites visitors to inhabit a non-hierarchical space where diverse perspectives on nature, coexistence, and collective responsibility can meet and converse. 

Exhibition Talk: Ben Shneiderman

Join us for a special exhibition talk with Ben Shneiderman, nephew of renowned photojournalist and Magnum Photos co-founder David “Chim” Seymour.

Shneiderman will reflect on Chim’s UNESCO commission, Children of Europe (1949), created in the aftermath of World War II to document the lives of children across a war-torn continent. The resulting photographs—made in Austria, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Poland—capture both hardship and resilience, bearing witness to childhood amid displacement and recovery. This talk will offer deeper insight into the historical context, personal legacy, and lasting impact of this postwar photographic series.

Chim's Children of Europe (1949) is on view at The Image Centre from January 14 to April 4, 2026.

* Requires Eventbrite registration. Link coming soon.

Curator Tour: Magnum's First + Chim's Children of Europe

Explore the world of documentary photography at mid-century on a special exhibition tour with curator Gaëlle Morel:

Magnum’s First revisits the agency’s 1955 debut exhibition Gesicht der Zeit (Face of Time)—rediscovered in 2006 after being lost for decades. Featuring 83 original prints by early Magnum members, it reveals the agency’s formative vision and global reach.

Chim’s Children of Europe presents original prints and objects revealing Magnum Photos co-founder David “Chim” Seymour’s compassionate lens and enduring humanitarian vision as he documented children’s lives across war-torn Europe for UNESCO’s 1949 publication.