Luminato Festival and Wedge Curatorial Projects Host Tyler Mitchell Talk in Toronto
On June 12, 2026, Luminato Festival and Wedge Curatorial Projects announced a public conversation between Tyler Mitchell and artist-curator Liz Ikiriko. The event is scheduled for June 18, 2026, at 7pm at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto. The discussion will address visual culture and the theme of play through the histories, strategies and processes in their work, followed by a question-and-answer session. Wedge Curatorial Projects is a Toronto-based nonprofit focused on Black identity and diasporic narratives in contemporary art.
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The pairing highlights institutional platforms for cross-disciplinary exchange between photographers and curators working with identity themes. Collectors tracking Mitchell's trajectory will note the festival context as an extension of his practice into live programming. The event also reflects Wedge's ongoing role in shaping Toronto's discourse around diasporic visual culture.
- Artists: Tyler Mitchell, Liz Ikiriko
- Galleries: Wedge Curatorial Projects
- Locations: Toronto
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