In response to new COVID-19 restrictions announced by the Government of Ontario, the RIC is temporarily closed.

What's On

A staged scene of people in a park by the ocean.

Scotiabank Photography Award: Stephen Waddell

September 16–November 28
Curator: Gaëlle Morel
Main Gallery and Salah J. Bachir New Media Wall

A primary exhibition of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

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Ethan Murphy: Front & Back

September 16–November 28, 2020
Student Gallery

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A Black man rides away from the camera on a horse decorated in silver and red streamers.

Mohamed Bourouissa: Horse Day

September 16–November 28, 2020
Curator: Gaëlle Morel
University Gallery

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Fig. 1
Stephen Waddell, *Hive Burner*, 2017, archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery

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Ethan Murphy, *Dad Smiling on Dad's House,* 2019, chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist

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Mohamed Bourouissa, *Horse Day* (still), 2015, two-channel video. Courtesy of the artist, kamel mennour, Paris/London, and Blum & Poe, New York/Tokyo/Los Angeles

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Klaus Kindermann, [East Berlin riots against SED government], June 1953, gelatin silver print. The Black Star Collection, Ryerson 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 the Ryerson Image Centre. Created by Anthony Saleh

Explore our video archive

Watch over 60 videos of past artist talks and panel discussions featuring seminal curators and photographers.

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Logo for the RIC's podcast, Sightlines.

Listen to Sightlines

Hear from artists, curators, and collectors about the representation of African women in photography on season 1 of our podcast, produced with The Walrus Lab for our fall 2019 exhibition, The Way She Looks.

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A man and woman looking at a black and white photograph on a wall. — Fig. 4
*Archival Dialogues: Reading the Black Star Collection* (Nuit Blanche), Ryerson Image Centre, 2012 © Ryerson Image Centre

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Explore the wide range of exhibitions on view at the RIC since our opening in 2012.

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Ryerson Image Centre, 2020 © Larissa Issler, Ryerson Image Centre

News

Temporary Closure — Fall Exhibition Season

The health and safety of our community is our top priority. In response to the latest COVID-19 restrictions announced by the Government of Ontario on Friday, October 9, we have temporarily closed our galleries and research centre. We hope to reopen our doors in November in concert with the 28-day period outlined in the new restrictions.

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