KPMB sponsors Jeff Wall retrospective at MOCA

November 14, 2025

KPMB is a major sponsor of Jeff Wall Photographs 1984-2023 at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Toronto. It is the Vancouver-based photographer’s first major survey in Canada in more than 25 years. 

The exhibition charts four decades of Wall’s photographic practice, which has continuously expanded the boundaries of the art form. Large lightbox transparencies, black and white photographs, and colour prints span all three levels of MOCA. While these images often resemble documentary photography at first glance, their meticulous staging challenges photography’s role as a medium of documentation.  

“As an artist, Jeff Wall has a unique ability to draw the viewer into the narratives and settings of his cinematic photographs. He moves the story without dialogue or script — and keeps me speculating,” says KPMB founding partner Bruce Kuwabara. 

Wall’s career has continually displayed his deep knowledge of art history, which he studied at the University of British Columbia (UBC) during the 1960s. Among other photographs, the MOCA exhibition features A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai), a photographic recreation of 1830s Japanese woodcut Travellers Caught in a Sudden breeze at Ejiri. 

“The new MOCA exhibition reunites Wall with curator Kathleen Bartels for an important retrospective. We’re pleased that KPMB could help bring it to life,” adds Kuwabara. 

Jeff Wall Photographs 1984-2023 runs until March 22, 2026. 

(Lead image courtesy of the Museum of Contemporary Art)