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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.

Chim's Children of Europe

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

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Illustration of northern landscape with polar bears, snow, mountains and ice.

Ali Kazma: North

September 10–December 13, 2025
Salah J. Bachir Media Wall
Curator: Gaëlle Morel

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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.

Jessica Berger: Lost and Found

October 29–December 13, 2025
Student Gallery

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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

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Ali Kazma, *North*, 2017, double-channel video (still). Courtesy of the artist

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Jessica Berger, *Smoke Break*, inkjet print, 2024. Courtesy of the artist.

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Klaus Kindermann, [East Berlin riots against SED government], June 1953, gelatin silver print. The Black Star Collection, The Image Centre (BS.2005.018313)

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View highlights from our collection of nearly 375,000 objects spanning the history of the medium of photography, including the iconic Black Star Collection and several major artist archives.

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Time-lapse video of The Image Centre. Created by Anthony Saleh

Explore our video archive

Watch over 80 videos of past artist talks, exhibition videos and panel discussions featuring seminal curators and photographers.

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A man and woman looking at a black and white photograph on a wall. — Fig. 3
*Archival Dialogues: Reading the Black Star Collection* (Nuit Blanche), The Image Centre, 2012 © The Image Centre

Delve into past exhibitions

Explore the wide range of exhibitions on view at The Image Centre since our opening in 2012.

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Man delivers announcement atop a platform in the dark of the night, surrounded by spectators and lit only by a lamp post. — Fig.
Henri Cartier-Bresson, [Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announces Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, Delhi, India], 1948, gelatin silver print mounted on fiberboard. © Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos

News

The Image Centre Launches Fall Season with North American Premiere of Magnum’s First

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

July 29, 2025. Toronto, ON — The Image Centre opens its Fall 2025 exhibition season with Magnum’s First, a landmark presentation that brings the famed picture agency’s long-forgotten first exhibition to North American audiences for the first time.