Spotlight of the Week ⚡
Besides our extensive exhibition features you can find our weekly, quick Spotlights for photography exhibitions/events across Europe below – picked by PiE’s editorial team.
Minor Tides
World Press Photo Exhibition 2026
Disorder
THE GÄLLERY – Raum für Fotografie, Stuttgart, DE
Cortona On The Move
Les Rencontres d’Arles
Opening week: July 6 – 12, 2026
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Previous Spotlights of the Week
Recommendations for the week of June 29 – July 5, 2026
Solo Exhibition
José María Sert
“Études photographiques”
Galerie Julian Sander Süd, Cologne, DE
May 30 – July 31, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Richard Sharum
“America Trilogy”
Stadthaus, Ulm, DE
June 7 — Sep 20, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Aria Shahrokhshahi
“Wet Ground”
Kaunas Photography Gallery, Kaunas, LT
June 19 — July 19, 2026
Recommendations for the week of June 22 – 28, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Ed Alcock “Secrets et mensonges”
Jeu de Paume, Paris, FR
June 19 — Nov 8, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Helga Paris “Häuser und Gesichter – Halle 1983–85”
Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle (Saale), DE
June 12 — Sep 20, 2026
Duo Exhibition
Kawada Kikuji x Iwane Ai “Kyotographie”
Japan House, London, UK
June 3 – Oct 18, 2026
Recommendations for the week of June 15 – 21, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Achtung Kultur! | Holger Biermann “Outside – 25 years of photography”
Bordeaux, FR
June 18 — Sep 18, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Brassaï “The Secret Signs of Paris”
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SW
June 4 – Sep 6, 2026
Recommendations for the week of June 8 – 14, 2026
Photography Festival
“Copenhagen Photo Festival”
Copenhagen, DN
June 11 — 21, 2026
Photography Festival
“Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo”
Baden bei Wien, AT
June 12 — Oct 11, 2026
Photography Festival
“23rd Krakow Photomonth”
Krakow, PL
May 15 – Aug 30, 2026
Recommendations for the week of June 1 – 7, 2026
Photography Festival
“Sarajevo Photography Festival”
Sarajevo, BA
June 1 – 7, 2026
Group Exhibition
“Panorama: Dreams and Places”
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, TR
Feb 19 – Oct 18, 2026
Group Exhibition
“Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait”
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
June 4 – Sep 6, 2026
Recommendations for the week of May 25 – 31, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Þórdís Erla Ágústsdóttir
“Heartstrings: intimacy in the everyday”
Museum of Photography, Reykjavík, IS
May 21 — Sep 6, 2026
Duo Exhibition
Gabriela Bulisová & Mark Isaac
“The Second Fire: Love Letter to Baikal”
GHMP House of Photography, Prague, CZ
May 19 — Aug 16, 2026
Photography Biennial
Riga Photography Biennial 2026
Riga, LV
Apr 16 — July 3, 2026
Recommendations for the week of May 18 – 24, 2026
Solo Exhibition
René Burri
“Utopia”
10 Years of Budapest PhotoFestival
Műcsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, HU
Mar 28 — June 28, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Youssef Nabil
“To dream again”
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, FR
May 19 — Sep 13, 2026
Photo Festival
Nordic Light Festival
Kristiansund, NO
May 15 — 24, 2026
Recommendations for the week of May 11 – 17, 2026
Photography Fair
Photo London
National Hall, Olympia, London, UK
May 13 — 17, 2026
Photography Festival
PHotoESPAÑA
Various locations, ES
May 13 — Sep 13, 2026
Group Exhibition
“Settled”
Mahmoud Alhaj, Adji Dieye, Jennifer Douzenel, Eric Gyamfi, Kapwani Kiwanga, George Mahashe, Otobong Nkanga, Leonard Pongo
La Filature, Mulhouse, FR
May 16 — July 11, 2026
Recommendations for the week of May 4 – 10, 2026
Solo Exhibition
William Wegman
“Looking Right and Left”
Huxley-Parlour, Gallery Wiltshire, Mildenhall, Marlborough, UK
May 5 — June 3, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Shannon Taggart
“Séance”
Echo Fine Arts, Cannes, FR
May 5 — July 4, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Anja Schlamann
“Straightto – 22 years of photography”
Burgau Castle, Düren, DE
May 10 — July 5, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Apr 27 – May 3, 2026
Group Exhibition
“Ukrainian Dreamers: The Kharkiv School of Photography”
Radvila Palace Museum of Art, Vilnius, LT
Apr 23 — Sep 20, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Iollann Ó Murchú “Tarraingíonn Scéal Scéal Eile”
Belfast Exposed, Belfast, UK
Apr 2 — May 23, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Aleksander Minorski “Photography as Intervention”
Museum of Warsaw, Warsaw, PL
Mar 18 — Sep 6, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Apr 20 – 26, 2026
Duo Exhibition
Laurent Sturm & Dr. Lis Kayser “Nuclear Paradise”
Centre d’Art, Dudelange, LU
Apr 18 — June 14, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Richard Prince
Albertina, Wien, AT
Apr 17 — Aug 16, 2026
Duo Exhibition
Ute Mahler & Werner Mahler “Monalisen der Vorstädte”
Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt, DE
Apr 25 — June 6, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Apr 13 – 19, 2026
Group Exhibition
“A Kind of Paradise – Colonial-Era Photography in Contemporary Art”
Museum Rietberg, Zürich, CH
Apr 16 — Sep 6, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Bernhard Fuchs “Heustock”
Haus Esters, Krefeld, DE
Apr 19 — Sep 6, 2026
Group Exhibition
“The Photography Collection: Two Germanies circa 1980”
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, DE
Feb 26 — May 24, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Apr 6 – 12, 2026
Group Exhibition
“Under Water”
Westlicht, Vienna, AT
Mar 13 — May 17, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Fred Stein “Selected works”
noir blanche, Galerie für Fotografie, Düsseldorf, DE
Apr 10 — May 30, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Pérez Siquier
KBr Photography Center – Fundación MAPFRE, Barcelona, ES
Feb 26 — May 24, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2026
Group exhibition
FOTOHAUS Bordeaux 2026
“Controversy & Paradoxes 3 or How to Re-enchant the World”
Hôtel de Ragueneau, Bordeaux, FR
Apr 1 — May 2, 2026
Saturday, Apr 4
3 pm Guided tour (de/fr), with the photographers and Karsten Kurowski in attendance
4 – 6 pm Franco-German quiz (de/fr)
6:30 – 10 pm Opening reception at 6:30 pm, and party from 8 pm with DJs Franky Fahrenheit / Moscha.
natural touch © Jef Bonifacino
Group exhibition
Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie
“3von19, 3von20”
Consulat République Fédérale d’Allemagne, Bordeaux, FR
Apr 4 — May 30, 2026
Friday, Apr 3
6 pm Artist talk (de/fr)
7 pm Opening reception
© Lukas Städler, VG-Bild Kunst, Bonn, DE, 2025. Courtesy DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM, Berlin.
Photobook Festival
Exhibitions as part of the “LEIPZIG PHOTOBOOK FESTIVAL 2026”
HALLE 14, Leipzig, DE
Until Apr 2, 2026
© Loh Xiang Yun, Organised Scenery, photobook, 2019, Photo: Jenny Starick, on view in the Photobook Exhibition “Fragile Volumes – The photobook beyond paper”.
Recommendations for the week of Mar 23 – 29, 2026
Solo exhibition
Carrie Mae Weems “The Heart of the Matter”
FOMU – Fotomuseum Antwerpen, BE
Mar 20 – Aug 23, 2026
Solo exhibition
Sophie Calle “Something Missing?”
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, DK
Mar 26 – Sep 6, 2026
Photography Fair
“UNSEEN PHOTO”
Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, NL
Mar 27 – 29, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Mar 16 – 22, 2026
Solo exhibition
Annegret Soltau “Uncensored. A Retrospective”
Francisco Carolinum, Linz, AT
Feb 1 – June 21, 2026
Photography Museum
Reopened: Nederlands Fotomuseum
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NL
From Feb 7, 2026
Photography Festival
“Circulation(s) festival 2026”
CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Paris, FR
Mar 21 – May 17, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Mar 9 – 15, 2026
Group exhibition
“Living Environments – Contemporary Perspectives from North Rhine-Westphalia”
Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln, DE
Mar 13 – July 12, 2026
Solo exhibition
Salvatore Vitale
“Sabotage”
Photo Elysée, Lausanne, CH
Mar 6 – May 31, 2026
Solo exhibition
Susanne Kriemann “Lupin, fougère, genêt”
Goethe-Institut Lyon, FR
Jan 9 — Apr 28, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Mar 2 – 8, 2026
Solo exhibition
Luc Delahaye
“The Echo of the World”
Photo Elysée, Lausanne, CH
Mar 6 – May 31, 2026
Solo exhibition
Inuuteq Storch
“Rise of the Sunken Sun”
Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, SE
Feb 6 – May 3, 2026
Group exhibition
“X-RAY – The Power of Roentgen Vision”
Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte, DE
Nov 9, 2025 — Aug 16, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2026
Solo exhibition
Agnès Varda
“Here and there, Paris-Rome”
Villa Medici, Rome, IT
Feb 25 – May 25, 2026
Group exhibition
“Remix: Photography – Fiction and Truth”
Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, DE
Feb 25, 2026 – Spring 2027
Group exhibition
“Female. Focus. Photo Archives.”
Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur, CH
Feb 28 – June 14, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Feb 16 – 22, 2026
Group exhibition
“NO PLACE LIKE HOME. Italian photography since the 1980s”
SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, DE
Feb 02 – July 26, 2026
Solo exhibition
“Body as Resistance”
Yumna Al-Arashi
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, NL
Feb 14 – June 21, 2026
Solo exhibition
“Über Land”
Hans-Christian Schink
Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, DE
Nov 27, 2025 – Mar 1, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Feb 9 – 15, 2026
Solo exhibition
“Daido Moriyama – Retrospective”
FOTO ARSENAL WIEN, AT
Jan 31 – May 10, 2026
Group exhibition
“AS IF”
Eamonn Doyle, Niall Sweeney, David Donohoe
International Centre for the Image, Dublin, IE
Feb 6 – Apr 5, 2026
Group exhibition
“Community. Photography and Belonging”
Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, DE
Viktoria Binschtok, Mayara Ferrão, Ludwig Schirmer, Clemens von Wedemeyer et al.
Feb 11 – May 25, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Feb 2 – 8, 2026
Photography Festival
PhotoBrussels Festival 2026
PhotoBrussels @ 52 locations across Brussels, BE
Jan 22 – Feb 22, 2026
Solo exhibition
“Jessica Backhaus. Shadows might Dance”
Fotografie Forum Frankfurt (FFF), DE
Curated by Andrea Horvay and Celina Lunsford in close cooperation with the artist.
Jan 31 – Apr 26, 2026
Group exhibition
PROJECT GROUNDSWELL
FOTOHOF Salzburg, AT
Gonçalo Fonseca, Yvette Monahan, Ingmar Björn Nolting, Maria Oliveira ua.
A collaboration between Photomuseum Ireland, FOTOHOF, Cortona On the Move and Imago Lisboa.
Feb 6 – Apr 4, 2026
Recommendations for the week of Jan 26 – Feb 1, 2026
Solo exhibition
Martin Parr “Global Warning”
Jeu de Paume, Paris, FR
Jan 30 – May 24, 2026
Solo exhibition
Lee Miller “Works 1930-1955”
CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Turin, IT
Oct 1, 2025 – Feb 1, 2026
Solo exhibition
Gregory Crewdson “Retrospective”
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, DE
Oct 9, 2025 – Feb 22, 2026