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20 must-sees at Contact PhotoFestival 2017As the massive photo festival takes over Toronto galleries, we fearlessly forecast
success for an assortment of Canadian artists
BY FRAN SCHECHTER
APRIL 25, 2017 6:05 PM
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It’s hard to know where to begin at a festival with so many shows open for so long. Our list of tips
includes entries from all the Contact categories – primary, featured and open exhibitions and outdoor
installations. If we’ve bypassed some of the best-known names, it’s because we assume that art lovers
already plan to check out Mark Lewis at the AGO, Luis Jacob at Gallery TPW, Suzy Lake and Max Dean
at Ryerson Image Centre, Michael Snow at Pre�x ICA and Robert Burley at John B. Aird.
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4/28/2017 20 must-sees at Contact Photo Festival 2017 - NOW Magazine
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4. 2Fik: His And Other Stories, at Ko�er Gallery, to June 4
The Moroccan-born queer Montrealer poses as various interrelated male and female characters in
narrative photographs that often send up European paintings.
5. Finn O’Hara and Steve Driscoll: Size Matters, at McMichael Canadian Art Collection, to
August 20
The two Toronto-based artists collaborate on quirky images of Driscoll’s landscape paintings
photographed by O’Hara in urban and rural locations.
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Finn O’Hara & Steve Driscoll, For a Moment, 2014. Chromogenic print, 45 x 60”.