Description
A contemplative, TALK-FREE, and INFLUENCER-FREE walkthrough of Collective Visions: 25 Years of Photography, an exhibition featuring 94 works selected by a range of leading voices in Toronto’s photography community to mark the 25th anniversary of the Art Gallery of Ontario's Photography Department. The exhibition features works spanning from the 1840s to the present day and highlights artists from both Toronto and around the world.
This exhibition runs until May 10, 2026 at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in downtown Toronto, Canada. This visit was recorded on November 21, 2025.
For the best experience visit the AGO in person. If you're unable to do so, hopefully this video will provide some creative inspiration despite my wobbly camera!
From the website:
https://ago.ca/exhibitions/collective-visions-celebrating-25-years-photography
EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION
"In 1984, for its first major exhibition of photography, the AGO relied on loans from local collectors. In a jubilant reversal, on the occasion of the department’s 25th anniversary, the museum presents this exhibition drawn from the rich collection the AGO has since built, featuring artworks chosen by the community that has helped it flourish.
In a departure from traditional curatorial models, Collective Visions: Celebrating 25 Years of Photography is shaped by more than 80 artists, collectors, donors, curators, community leaders, and scholars, beginning with a selection by Curator Emeritus Maia-Mari Sutnik. Structured as an “exquisite corpse”—the collaborative game popularized by the Surrealists in the 1920s—each participant selects a photograph in response to the previous choice. Unfolding image by image, the exhibition reveals a web of relationships, sensibilities, and perspectives, offering a living portrait of photography’s evolving place in Toronto’s cultural landscape.
Organized by Sophie Hackett, the AGO’s Curator of Photography, Collective Visions: Celebrating 25 Years of Photography aims to highlight the breadth of the AGO’s photography collection, representing a diverse range of artists, artistic genres and approaches, subject matter, and materials. Accompanied by responses from the participants, the works on view offer a rich and varied perspective on the medium of photography."
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