May – and on, 2026
Various locations in Toronto and the GTA
The largest photography festival in the world, and a premiere cultural event in Canada.
CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2026
Category: FEATURES
CONTACT 2026 / Artoronto.ca picks
May – and on, 2026
Various locations in Toronto and the GTA
With so much choices of Canadian and international artists exhibiting, it isn’t easy picking exhibits to see.
Michael Thompson at Franz Kaka
Remembering Gwen Tooth at Propeller Art Gallery
by Antonella Pecora Ruiz
This exhibition showcases abstract art that honours Gwen Tooth’s profound influence and vivacious spirit.
Hassan Hajjaj at the Aga Khan Park
by Nusrat Papia
Placing Arab women in sport activities at the centre of images are at once playful, theatrical, and sharply self-aware.
Mehdi Dandi at Stephen Bulger Gallery
by Lena Chermoshniuk
Mehdi assembles and disassembles images in a way that feels exploratory.
Proof of Life / Art Museum at U of T
Yehyun Lee
Each object appears suspended between the present moment and an imagined future in which these materials might remain as evidence of lives once lived.
Jes Young at Dupont Rail Gallery
by Phil Anderson
Young invites viewers to get down on the floor to properly view her collection of ceramic pigeons and the surrounding leftovers.
The Artist Project 2026
by Phil Anderson
Indeed, this year’s Artist Project seemed to have something for everyone.
Artist Project 2026
March 26 – 29, 2026
Enercare Centre Hall A, Exhibition Place
Here you can meet and buy art directly from the artists
Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the ROM
by Yehyun Lee
The exhibition offers an incredibly meaningful engagement with the diversity of life on Earth through the lens of photographic practice.
Montina Hussey at Riverdale Hub Gallery
by Polyna Alexseev
Nothing ever feels like it is finished, but rather a relief, a deep and freshing breath of air.