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Artists withdraw from Toronto photography festival due to its ties to Israeli weapons manufacturer

The Art Newspaper

The Contact Photography Festival’s main sponsor, Scotiabank, has a large stake in Elbit Systems, which makes armoured vehicles, drones and other weapons

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To help preserve her works, Cindy Sherman is offering to destroy and reprint old photographs

The Art Newspaper

Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth The US photographer Cindy Sherman has launched a new initiative to preserve the physical and conceptual integrity of her work. It is the first initiative of its kind in photography and could set a new benchmark for legacy care among artists working in lens-based media.

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June Clark: the Toronto-based US artist exploring the American flag and its many meanings

The Art Newspaper

The New York-born artist, who has lived in Canada for more than half a century, explains how she bypassed sexism in the 1970s to teach herself photography, and why she will always be connected to the US

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The liberated lens: a chronicle of African cinema and photography

The Art Newspaper

A new book celebrates the pioneering artists who took control of the post-colonial agenda

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Artists including Theaster Gates, Miranda July and Martine Gutierrez receive Guggenheim Fellowships

The Art Newspaper

Around 50 artists working across disciplines including photography, video, sculpture, painting and installation received the coveted fellowships

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Dark camera action: new photography book expands our understanding of the night

The Art Newspaper

Night Fever features an international cohort of film and photography artists, including Malick Sidibé and Sohrab Hura

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Art Gallery of Ontario acquires more than 200 Peter Hujar photographs

The Art Newspaper

© 2025 The Peter Hujar Archive / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. The acquisitions comes as the gallery’s photography department prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary with the exhibition Collective Visions: Celebrating 25 Years of Photography (opening 7 November), which will feature around 80works chosen by the local community.