A guided tour of a gallery of forbidden books, four publishing premieres by RUST Publishing, an exhibition of German photobooks, and Tadeusz Rolke in two acts – a highly intense final weekend of May lies ahead, marking the halfway point of the 23rd edition of Krakow Photomonth. The Muri Library – Guided Tour of the[…]
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Tadeusz Rolke Fischmarkt (1978) Gallery of the Association of Polish Art Photographers (ZPAF) 24 Św. Tomasza St., Kraków May 14 – June 14, 2026 Organized by: Krakow Photomonth and Krakow Film Festival In the 1970s, the recently deceased master of Polish photography, Tadeusz Rolke, lived and worked in Hamburg. One of his favorite spots in[…]
Unreal Estate: On Borders, Entanglements, and Unfinished Histories. Curatorial text.
Uncategorized May 19, 2026
Chapters Chapter 1: Speak, Volumes (MOCAK) Participating artist: Annette Kelm Chapter 2: A Possible Arrangement (Bunkier Sztuki) Participating artists: Bownik, Fungi (Phuong Tran Minh), Karolina Gembara, Eiko Grimberg, Jonas Höschl, Susanne Keichel, Arwed Messmer, Ines Schaber, Arne Schmitt, Paweł Starzec, Andrzej Steinbach, Tytus Szabelski-Różniak Chapter 3: Shifting Strata (Potocki Palace) Participating artists: Jonas Höschl, Jadwiga[…]
We’re stepping into “Unreal Estate” today! At 6 pm, we’ll be kicking off the 23rd Krakow Photomonth with a discussion at the International Cultural Centre in Krakow. Together with our distinguished guests, we will discuss Central Europe and its images as a historical community of experience – but also as a space into which competing[…]
Krakow Photomonth and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK invite audiences to the solo exhibition Annette Kelm – Speak, Volumes. The exhibition marks the first chapter of the main programme of this year’s edition of Krakow Photomonth, dedicated to Germany and Polish–German relations at a time of crisis in established narratives, declining trust,[…]
We invite you to the FRINGE Campus Finale – a one-day showcase of projects by students from the best Polish art universities! FRINGE is the experimental section of Krakow Photomonth, directed to and dedicated for students studying photography departments. As part of FRINGE Campus, representatives from six universities will gather in Kraków for three days[…]
Join us for the opening of the 22nd edition on May 14, 2026. From powerful imagery exploring politics, the economy, and society in the Main Programme, to rising stars in the ShowOFF Section, to fresh student voices in the FRINGE Section – the city will be buzzing with artistic energy. Since we’ve been running as[…]
Konrad Pustoła (1975–2015) was one of the most captivating photographers from the Transformation Generation, and yet, his oeuvre has not been presented as a retrospective so far. The Disappear by the Vistula exhibition constitutes a draft for such a show and at the same time, it creates an opportunity to rethink the issues addressed by[…]
“AFROTOPIAS” – the exhibition can be viewed until September 1st at the Main Market Square in Krakow
NEWS, Uncategorized Jul 24, 2024
Although the Photomonth officially ended in July, some exhibitions, including the Central Exhibition ‘AFROTOPIAS’ will be open until September 1st. You can view it at the Potocki Palace on the Main Market Square in Krakow. ‘AFROTOPIAS’ is the largest exhibition of contemporary art from Sub-Saharan Africa in Central and Eastern Europe. Through this exhibition, we[…]
On July 21st, we invite you to curatorial tours and meetings with artists concluding the exhibitions of this year’s ShowOFF section.
NEWS, Uncategorized Jul 17, 2024
Only until July 21st in Krakow, you can view 6 exhibitions presented as part of the ShowOFF Section. ShowOFF is one of the three sections of the Photography Month, during which debuting artists’ premiere projects, selected through an open competition, are presented. The organizers, together with invited curators, have provided them with mentoring support as[…]