Athens Photo Festival 2026 opens on Wednesday, June 10, at the Benaki Museum, bringing together 70 artists from 30 countries for one of the region’s largest photography events.
APhF26 Jinyong Lian
The festival’s main program unfolds across 3,000 square meters, occupying all exhibition spaces of the museum. The large-scale exhibition presents photographic works alongside projections, archival materials, texts, artists’ publications and installations, expanding the ways photographic images are displayed, interpreted and experienced.
This year’s exhibitions explore a range of interconnected themes, including memory, history and archival practices; kinship and care; place, displacement and collective trauma; the body, visibility and identity; ritual, symbolism and myth; and the relationship between human and non-human life within ecological systems.
APhF26 Elliot Kreyenberg
In addition to the exhibitions, the festival features an extensive public program designed to encourage dialogue and audience participation. Activities include screenings, educational workshops, portfolio reviews, talks, guided tours and a series of parallel events.
Athens Photo Festival also continues to develop year-round initiatives that support emerging artists, photography publishing, research and community engagement. These include programs dedicated to emerging Greek photographers, photobooks, urban-focused projects and photographic research.
APhF26 Laura Pannack
Admission to the opening event is free. Visitors can find the full program on the festival’s official website.
