23rd Krakow Photomonth 

May 14 – June 14, 2026
Admission to all events is free unless otherwise stated.

OPENING WEEKEND

THURSDAY, MAY 14

6.00 PM | Inaugural Debate Memory and its Images: Where do Central Europeans come from? Participants: Felix Ackermann, Joanna Czudec, Anna Kwiatkowska, Adam Leszczyński. Moderator: Bartosz Sadulski International Cultural Centre (MCK), Rynek Główny 25 Free tickets available at: rsvp@photomonth.com (limited capacity) Event in Polish with simultaneous English translation.

7.30 PM | ShowOFF Section Opening The Last Efendi | Ostatni Efendi Abdalsalam Alhaj Curator: Yulia Krivich Szara Kamienica Gallery, Rynek Główny 6

8.00 PM | Festival Opening & Exhibition Opening Unreal Estate, Chapter III: Shifting Strata | Uwarstwienia Jonas Höschl, Jadwiga Janowska, Susanne Keichel, Susanne Kriemann, Anna Orłowska, Wojciech Wilczyk, Tobias Zielony Curatorial team: Krzysztof Pijarski, Anna Voswinckel Potocki Palace Gallery, Rynek Główny 20 / Bracka 2

FRIDAY, MAY 15

11.00 AM | Artist & Curator Talk Portraits of Books, Views of Ruins A conversation on photography as a historical research tool: Annette Kelm, Anna Voswinckel. Coffee & library meeting. MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, ul. Lipowa 4 Tickets: 5 PLN

11.00 AM – 3.00 PM | Portfolio Review MuFo Invites: Portfolio Review with the Sputnik Photos collective MuFo, ul. Józefitów 16 Registration: bilety.mufo.krakow.pl

4.00 PM | Curatorial Tours Sneak prev vol. 1 Led by: Krzysztof Pijarski, Anna Voswinckel Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a Tickets: 11 / 6 PLN (Regular / Reduced) Event in English.

6.00 PM | Exhibition Opening Unreal Estate, Chapter II: A possible arrangement | Możliwy układ Bownik, Fungi (Phuong Tran Minh), Karolina Gembara, Eiko Grimberg, Jonas Höschl, Arwed Messmer, Ines Schaber, Arne Schmitt, Paweł Starzec, Andrzej Steinbach, Tytus Szabelski-Różniak Curatorial team: Krzysztof Pijarski, Anna Voswinckel Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a Free admission; from 7.00 PM: 5 PLN (as part of the Night of Museums).

7.30 PM | ShowOFF Section Opening If | Jeśli Monika Libera Curator: Aneta Grzeszykowska “W Przyziemiu” Art Gallery, ul. Starowiślna 36

8.00 PM | FRINGE Section Opening Wonders ASP Kraków, ASP Łódź, AS Szczecin, Łódź Film School, HFBK Hamburg, UAP Poznań, UKEN Kraków. Former University Hospital Building, ul. Kopernika 15

10.00 PM | Afterparty Tańczymy vol. 1 — DJs: Kaj’t & Puszkin Wesoła Immersive, ul. Mikołaja Kopernika 17a

SATURDAY, MAY 16

11.00 AM – 6.00 PM | Art Fair FRINGE × Przetargi Works by FRINGE Section participants at the “Przetargi” art fair. Klub Poczta Główna, ul. Wielopole 2

12.00 PM | Brunch & Seminar Exchange — Image-based practices in Central and Eastern Europe Marketa Kinterova (FOTOGRAF), Karolina Ziębińska-Lewandowska.
Moderators: Krzysztof Pijarski, Anna Voswinckel Potocki Palace, Rynek Główny 20 / Bracka 2 (courtyard) or MCK, Rynek Główny 25 (in case of bad weather) Event in English.

12.00 PM | meeting Around the Table with Archives | A Meeting with Agnieszka Rayss MuFo Józefitów, 22A Rakowicka Street

2.00 PM – 5.00 PM | Workshop Screen Printing in the Courtyard Bring your own T-shirt or bag! Potocki Palace, Rynek Główny 20 / Bracka 2

2.30 PM | ShowOFF Section Artist Talk A Little Memory of “The Beginning” | Małe wspomnienie z «Początków» The Archive as Personal Memory: A meeting with Maite Vanhellemont and the project’s protagonist. Moderators: Witek Orski, Agnieszka Tarasiuk Archive of Science of the PAN and PAU, ul. św. Jana 26

3.00 PM | Curatorial Tour MuFo Invites: Exhibition tour with members of the Sputnik Photos collective MuFo, ul. Rakowicka 22a Tickets: 20 / 14 PLN (Regular / Reduced)

3.30 PM | ShowOFF Section Opening A Little Memory of “The Beginning” | Małe wspomnienie z «Początków» Maite Vanhellemont Curator: Agnieszka Tarasiuk Archive of Science of the PAN and PAU, ul. św. Jana 26

4.00 PM | Conversation Ewa Dyszlewicz (MINT Magazine) in conversation with Tobias Zielony Potocki Palace, Rynek Główny 20, 1st floor Event in English.

6.30 PM | ShowOFF Section Opening Heat Signatures | Ślady ciepła Vitaliy Gerasymenko Curator: Tobias Zielony Piana Gallery, ul. Długa 15

8.00 PM | ShowOFF Section Opening Guest Room | Pokój gościnny Andrzej Frydrych Curators: Turnus — Kamila Falęcka, Marcelina Gorczyńska Szaber Gallery, ul. Wrocławska 56

10.00 PM | Afterparty Tańczymy vol. 2 Betel, plac Szczepański 3,

music: Rusałka, Semprey

SUNDAY, MAY 17

1.00 PM – 3.00 PM | Curatorial Tours Sneak prev vol. 2 Led by: Krzysztof Pijarski, Anna Voswinckel Potocki Palace Gallery, Rynek Główny 20 Event in Polish and English.

6.00 PM | ShowOFF Section Opening Family Album | Album rodzinny Sonia Góral Curator: Dorota Szulc APTEKA Janicki Gallery, ul. Józefińska 43