2024 Events at the IMC
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Winter 2024
Winter Exhibitions Opening Celebration
Join us to celebrate the opening of a new season of exhibitions. Light refreshments and cash bar available.
Free, no registration required.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
7:30-9:30pm
Opening Reception
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Conversation: Alexis Cordesse and Jérémie Molho (CERC Migration and Integration)
Join artist Alexis Cordesse and Jérémie Molho, Senior Research Associate at CERC Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University, in conversation about Cordesse's multi-channel video Talashi, on view on the IMC's Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall. Q&A to follow.
Presented with the support of the Consulate General of France in Toronto and the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
6pm
Artist in Conversation
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Round Table: Working Through Black Star
Join IMC team members Denise Birkhofer, Valérie Matteau, Gaëlle Morel and Chantal Wilson for a special round table exploring the behind-the-scenes of working with the Black Star Collection of nearly 300,000 photographs. Moderated by IMC Director Paul Roth, and presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Stories from the Picture Press.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
6pm
Panel Discussion
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Special Exhibition Tour: Otherworldly: Deborah Turbeville Photographs
Take in the dreamlike images of Deborah Turbeville, the American photographer widely credited with evolving fashion photography into an art form, on a special tour with IMC Collections Curator Denise Birkhofer and Eve Townsend, Director of Toronto Metropolitan University's Fashion Research Collection.
Free, no registration required.
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
6pm
Special Exhibition Tour
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Student Gallery Opening Reception
Celebrate the opening of Peyton Keeler-Cox's exhibition Questions Nobody Asked Me, on view in the IMC Student Gallery through April 6, 2024.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
6–8 pm
Opening Reception
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Deborah Turbeville: Beyond Fashion
Tanenbaum Lecture with Nathalie Herschdorfer
In the 1920s, fashion photography became a genre in its own right. Although originating in the commercial sphere, it also evolved at the hands of great artists. Over a career spanning 40 years, Deborah Turbeville developed a unique visual style, creating narrative photographs and collages that evoked her inner world. In this lecture, Nathalie Herschdorfer, Director of Photo Elysée (Lausanne, Switzerland), shares insights from her most recent exhibition and book Deborah Turbeville: Photocollage, which offers a new appreciation of Turbeville's contribution to the history of photography.
Herschdorfer's book Deborah Turbeville: Photocollage (2023) will be available for purchase at the event. Book signing to follow the lecture.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Otherworldly: Deborah Turbeville Photographs.
Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. No entry after 6:15 pm.
Nathalie Herschdorfer is a curator and art historian specializing in the history of photography. She is the Director of the museum Photo Elysée, the cantonal photography museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. Before that, as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts Le Locle, she organized important shows featuring the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Stanley Kubrick, Vik Muniz, Alex Prager, Viviane Sassen, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Andy Warhol, amongst others. She is an active voice in contemporary photography and has been invited to organize numerous exhibitions outside Switzerland. She teaches the history of photography at the Lausanne University of Art and Design (ECAL) and is the author of several books, including: Body: The Photography Book (2019); Mount ains by Magnum Photographers (2019); The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Photography (2018); Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photography at Condé Nast (2012); and Afterwards: Contemporary Photography Confronting the Past (2011). Her most recent book is Deborah Turbeville: Photocollage (2023).
Thursday, March 21
6 pm
Lecture
The Image Centre
33 Gould St., Toronto
Lecture Room IMA-307 (third floor)
Special Exhibition Tour: Stories from the Picture Press
Explore more than thirty-five stories about historic events and personalities, while learning how photojournalists and press agencies worked together to document the news and distribute images for publication. Led by co-curators Gaëlle Morel and Rachel Verbin.
Free, no registration required.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
6 pm
Special Exhibition Tour
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Spring/Summer 2024
Artist Talk: Ken Lum
Acclaimed Canadian artist Ken Lum shares insights into his four decades-long artistic practice spanning the mediums of painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and public art. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Scotiabank Photography Award: Ken Lum, on view at The Image Centre May 9–August 3, 2024.
Free; seating is limited and registration is required. No entry after 6:15 pm.
CANCELLED
Artist Talk
The Image Centre
Enter at 122 Bond Street
Lecture Room IMA-307 (third floor)
Spring/Summer Exhibitions Opening Reception
Join us to celebrate the opening of a new season of exhibitions, including Scotiabank Photography Award: Ken Lum. Light refreshments and cash bar available.
CANCELLED
Opening Reception
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Curator in Conversation: Privacy, Visibility, and Early Photography
Join guest curator Sarah Parsons (York University) in conversation with Zeynep Gürsel, media anthropologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University, about themes related to the exhibition, Hypervisibility: Early Photography and Privacy in North America, 1839–1900.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
6 pm
Curator Talk
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Special Exhibition Tour: Hypervisibility
Join guest curator Frances Dorenbaum for a special tour of Hypervisibility: Early Photography and Privacy in North America, 1839–1900.
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
6 pm
Special Exhibition Tour
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Special Exhibition Tour: Scotiabank Photography Award: Ken Lum
Join IMC Exhibitions Curator Gaëlle Morel + Dan Adler, Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Art & Art History at York University, for a special tour of Scotiabank Photography Award: Ken Lum.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
6 pm
Special Exhibition Tour
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Opening Reception and Artist Talk for A. Sheikh: The Test
Join us for a reception and artist talk to celebrate the opening of A. Sheikh: The Test in the IMC Student Gallery. The artist will be in conversation with Summeiya Khamissa, educator, activist, and the founder of Queer Muslim Network.
No registration required.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
6–8 pm
Opening Reception + Artist Talk
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Artist Talk: Ken Lum
Acclaimed Canadian artist Ken Lum shares insights into his four decades-long artistic practice spanning the mediums of painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and public art. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Scotiabank Photography Award: Ken Lum, on view at The Image Centre May 9–August 3, 2024.
Free; seating is limited and registration is required. Register here
Doors open at 5:30 pm. No entry after 6:15 pm.
All bags must be checked prior to the event.
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Artist Talk
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Lecture Room IMA-307
Special Exhibition Tour: Streamlined: Belterra, Amazônia / Alberta, Michigan
Join guest curator Noa Bronstein for a special exhibition tour of Clarissa Tossin: Streamlined: Belterra, Amazônia / Alberta, Michigan.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
6 pm
Special Exhibition Tour
The Image Centre
33 Gould St.
Toronto
Fall 2024
Opening Party | Fall Exhibitions 2024
Join us for the public reception and grand opening of The Image Centre's fall 2024 exhibitions. Celebrate with us as we unveil our latest showcases in an evening filled with art and conversation.
Light refreshments and a cash bar available - no registration is required.
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024
6–8 p.m.
Public Reception
The Image Centre
33 Gould St., Toronto
Exhibition Tour | Lee Miller, A Photographer at Work (1932—1945)
Join IMC Exhibitions Curator Gaëlle Morel and Eve Townsend for the first exhibition tour of the season, as they walk visitors through the works on view in Lee Miller, A Photographer at Work (1932—1945).
No registration required.
Speaker Bio
Eve Townsend is a lecturer in the School of Fashion at Toronto Metropolitan University, where she is the Director of TMU's Fashion Research Collection. Her research focuses on fashions and material culture of the twentieth century. She is the co-author of Schreiner: Masters of Twentieth-Century Costume Jewelry.
Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024
6 p.m.
Exhibition Tour
The Image Centre
Main Gallery
33 Gould St., Toronto
In Conversation: Antony Penrose and Gaëlle Morel
Join us for an enlightening discussion on the life and work of iconic photographer Lee Miller. This special event features Antony Penrose, the son of Lee Miller and a renowned author and historian, in conversation with Gaëlle Morel, Exhibitions Curator at The Image Centre. Together, they will delve into Miller's remarkable career, her impact on the world of photography, and the stories behind some of her most celebrated works.
Limited seating, registration required. No entry after 7:15pm.
This event is generously supported by Kris Vikmanis and Denny Creighton.
Speaker Bio
Co-Director of Farleys House and Gallery Ltd which manages the Lee Miller Archives and The Penrose Collection. Antony Penrose is the son of the American photographer Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, surrealist artist and biographer of Picasso, Miró, Man Ray and Tàpies.
Antony has written numerous books, articles and two plays on the subject of his parents and their associates. The movie LEE to be released in 2024 starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller is based on his biography The Lives of Lee Miller. He lectures widely and is a curator of photography, an artist and film maker in his own right.
Monday, Sept. 30, 2024
7 p.m.
Exhibition Talk
Rogers Communication Centre
80 Gould St., Toronto
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Exhibition Tour | Nadine Valcin: Origines
Join us for an exclusive tour of Nadine Valcin's striking double channel video installation, Origines. Experience an in-depth exploration of this captivating work as Valcin guides you through her artistic process and the themes woven into the video.
No registration required.
Artist Bio:
Nadine Valcin (Canada, b. 1965) is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, and writer of
Haitian descent whose documentary and fictional work investigates questions of identity and language. Her documentary projects have been presented in Canada on CBC, CBC News Network, and TFO, among other broadcasting networks. Valcin has directed four documentary projects for the National Film Board of Canada, including the critically acclaimed Black, Bold and Beautiful: Black Women’s Hair (1999) and Une école sans frontières (A School Without Borders, 2008). Valcin was artist-in-residence at Osgoode Hall Law School and Library and Archives Canada through the research project Archive/Counter-Archive. She has been awarded numerous grants and prizes, including two Chalmers Arts Fellowships from the Ontario Arts Council (2005, 2016). Valcin is currently a professor in the Bachelor of Film and Television program at Sheridan College, Oakville.
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024
6 p.m.
Exhibition Tour
The Image Centre
33 Gould St., Toronto