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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. 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”.