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SUMMARY:Special Tour | Scotiabank Photography Award: Dawit L. Petros
DESCRIPTION:On May 27 at 6 pm\, IMC Curator Gaëlle Morel and Diaspora Engagement Advisor Helen Tewolde will lead a guided tour of Dawit L. Petros’s survey exhibition\, exploring migration\, memory\, and colonial legacies across two decades. Free; no registration required. \nAbout the Exhibition \nOn view May 6–August 1\, 2026 \nThis survey exhibition celebrates the career of Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist Dawit L. Petros\, winner of the 2025 Scotiabank Photography Award. Spanning over 20 years\, this presentation of more than 60 photographs and serigraphs traces a long-standing inquiry into the legacy of colonial history across Africa\, Europe\, and North America. Rooted in rigorous scholarly research and extensive travel\, Petros’s practice is defined by his creative use of archival photographs\, colour\, and abstraction. The artist challenges photography’s documentary function while investigating migration\, belonging\, displacement\, and the lingering effects of colonial memory. \nAbout the SpeakersGaëlle Morel (French/Canadian\, b. 1976)\, PhD\, has been the Curator at The Image Centre\, Toronto Metropolitan University\, since 2010. Based on extensive archival research\, her most recent exhibitions include Lee Miller\, A Photographer at Work\, 1932–1945 (2024); Stories from the Picture Press: Black Star Publishing Co. & The Canadian Press (2023); and Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81 (with accompanying catalogue\, 2023). In 2009\, Morel was the guest curator of the photography biennial Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal. \nHelen Tewolde has built her career advancing access to higher education\, justice\, and employment across the public\, private\, and philanthropic sectors. Her work focuses on ensuring underrepresented and diaspora communities are meaningfully included in institutional policies and programs. Tewolde holds degrees from McMaster University\, OISE/UT\, and Osgoode Hall Law School\, and has served on boards\, industry associations\, and community networks advising on diaspora engagement\, AI ethics\, and equitable trade and market access. She is also the Founder of Mela Glow + Co.\, a lifestyle brand inspired by global diasporas.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/special-tour-scotiabank-photography-award-dawit-l-petros/
LOCATION:The Image Centre\, 33 Gould St\, Toronto\, ON M5B 1W1\, Canada\, Old Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5B 1W1
CATEGORIES:Art & Design,Exhibitions,History & Heritage
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SUMMARY:Exhibition Talk: Lucy Sante on Larry Fink
DESCRIPTION:Join acclaimed author Lucy Sante for a special talk exploring Larry Fink’s role as a social photographer\, examining both his social engagement and his commitment to documenting society. \nPeople and their interactions were central to Fink’s work. Over a career spanning more than sixty years\, he photographed debutante balls\, Oscar parties\, demonstrations\, boxing matches\, and his neighbours in rural Pennsylvania—all with bold framing and masterly chiaroscuro\, and with urgency\, immediacy\, and deep human feeling. \nEventbrite registration required. Get your ticket! \nPresented in conjunction with the exhibition Larry Fink: Social Graces & Runway. \nWith support from Muus Collection. \nAbout the Exhibition \nLarry Fink: Social Graces & RunwayOn view May 6–August 1\, 2026 \nDrawn from the collection of The Image Centre\, this exhibition presents prints from two series by photographer Larry Fink: Social Graces and Runway. Shot between 1974 and 1982\, Social Graces exposes America’s class divide by contrasting Manhattan’s urban high society with Pennsylvania’s rural countryside. Runway\, photographed from 1993 to 1999 in Paris\, Milan\, and New York City\, reveals the behind-the-scenes world of fashion shows and designer showcases\, highlighting the chaotic operations and performative nature of fashion runways. Both series are defined by black-and-white tonalities and the artist’s signature use of flash. \nAbout the Speaker \nLucy Sante is the author of Low Life\, Evidence\, The Factory of Facts\, Kill All Your Darlings\, Folk Photography\, The Other Paris\, Maybe the People Would Be the Times\, Nineteen Reservoirs\, Six Sermons for Bob Dylan\, My Heart & I Agree\, and I Heard Her Call My Name\, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. \nHer other honours include a Whiting Writers’ Award\, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, a Grammy Award (for album notes)\, an Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography\, a Windham-Campbell Prize\, and Guggenheim Fellowship and Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers fellowships. \nShe recently retired from Bard College after 24 years teaching about writing and the history of photography.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/exhibition-talk-lucy-sante-on-larry-fink/
LOCATION:The Image Centre\, 33 Gould St\, Toronto\, ON M5B 1W1\, Canada\, Old Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5B 1W1
CATEGORIES:Film & Media,Talks & Panels
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SUMMARY:Student Gallery Opening Reception and Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the opening of Mursal Mohammadi: BAQĀ/بقا (The Unforgotten) in the IMC Student Gallery. Light refreshments and cash bar. \nAbout the ExhibitionMursal Mohammadi: BAQĀ/بقا (The Unforgotten)Student GalleryOn view June 24–August 1\, 2026 \nIn 1997\, during a period of civil war and political violence in Afghanistan\, my uncle Baqauddin was kidnapped. My family—grandparents\, his wife\, and siblings—spent years searching for him and writing to government officials\, holding onto the hope that he might return. No one answered their letters. To this day we have no news of his whereabouts or what happened to him. \nAlthough this event predates my birth\, it has shaped my family across generations. I came to know my uncle through stories passed down over time. His framed photograph in our home became a quiet symbol of his presence\, revealing how absence can be felt as vividly as presence. The project takes its title from his name\, Baqauddin\, derived from baqā\, meaning endurance or survival. BAQĀ / بقا (The Unforgotten) explores how memory and intergenerational trauma circulate through family life\, domestic space\, and the body. \nAt the centre of the installation is a film that weaves together scenes from my uncle’s wedding\, family archives\, interviews\, and personal narration. Archival photographs and documents appear alongside recorded conversations\, tracing how memory moves through storytelling\, silence\, and emotional inheritance. Sound functions as an intimate element: recordings of my father singing and oral storytelling become forms of embodied memory and healing\, while my own voice situates the archive within lived experience. My many questions highlighting all that is still unknown. \nThe installation includes a textile work featuring a photograph of my uncle taken before his kidnapping\, printed onto fabric and embroidered with traditional Afghan patterns. The embroidery foregrounds the role women play in sustaining memory and carrying emotional labour within the family. Additional photographs and documents bear witness to histories of loss and political violence. I approach these materials with care and responsibility: the archival objects remain unaltered. My role is to preserve them and make visible what has long been carried in silence. \n— Mursal Mohammadi
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/student-gallery-opening-reception-and-artist-talk/
LOCATION:The Image Centre\, 33 Gould St\, Toronto\, ON M5B 1W1\, Canada\, Old Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5B 1W1
CATEGORIES:Art & Design,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Special Tour | Scotiabank Photography Award: Dawit L. Petros
DESCRIPTION:IMC Curator Gaëlle Morel will lead a guided tour of Dawit L. Petros’s survey exhibition\, exploring migration\, memory\, and colonial legacies across two decades. Free; no registration required. \nAbout the Exhibition \nOn view May 6–August 1\, 2026 \nThis survey exhibition celebrates the career of Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist Dawit L. Petros\, winner of the 2025 Scotiabank Photography Award. Spanning over 20 years\, this presentation of more than 60 photographs and serigraphs traces a long-standing inquiry into the legacy of colonial history across Africa\, Europe\, and North America. Rooted in rigorous scholarly research and extensive travel\, Petros’s practice is defined by his creative use of archival photographs\, colour\, and abstraction. The artist challenges photography’s documentary function while investigating migration\, belonging\, displacement\, and the lingering effects of colonial memory. \nAbout the SpeakersGaëlle Morel (French/Canadian\, b. 1976)\, PhD\, has been the Curator at The Image Centre\, Toronto Metropolitan University\, since 2010. Based on extensive archival research\, her most recent exhibitions include Lee Miller\, A Photographer at Work\, 1932–1945 (2024); Stories from the Picture Press: Black Star Publishing Co. & The Canadian Press (2023); and Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81 (with accompanying catalogue\, 2023). In 2009\, Morel was the guest curator of the photography biennial Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/special-tour-scotiabank-photography-award-dawit-l-petros-2/
LOCATION:The Image Centre\, 33 Gould St\, Toronto\, ON M5B 1W1\, Canada\, Old Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5B 1W1
CATEGORIES:Art & Design,Exhibitions,History & Heritage
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