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New Creatives
Top Graduate Shows 2026

This summer, we spotlight exciting talent emerging from the UK’s leading art schools, offering a glimpse of those set to shape the future of visual culture.

Joel Meyerowitz:
The Poetics of Looking

Huxley Parlour showcases the huge breadth of Joel Meyerowitz’ six-decade-long career, examining the artist’s ever-evolving approach to photography.

Cao Fei: The Limits of Perception

In her biggest European show to date, Cao Fei transforms Kunstmuseum Basel’s Gegenwart building into an immersive, city-like environment.

The Deutsche Börse Photography
Foundation Prize Winner 2026

This year’s winning artist is Rene Matić, recognised for “raw and honest photographs” that “bring a story of Britain today to audiences outside the UK.” 

Five Shows for the Weekend

We spotlight our top international exhibitions to add to your list, each one addressing something truly urgent about our complex, contemporary moment.

Shaping Identity

Black Bricolage at MEP in Paris brings together photographs, notebooks and documents that bear witness to Black experiences in Europe and beyond.

Building a Legacy

The summer season at Fotografiska Tallinn begins with two exhibitions that celebrate the biggest names in photography, and the next generation.

Uncertainty & Possibility

KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival returns for its 14th edition, presenting exhibitions that explore the “in-between” spaces found in cities.

Women Photographers of
the Bauhaus: A Landmark Show

Museum für Fotografie, Berlin’s new exhibition is made up of more than 300 photographs, which showcase the influence of Female Bauhaus artists. 

Photo London 2026: A New Chapter

Photo London marks an exciting milestone this May, by making a new home at Olympia in Kensington. Discover what’s new at this year’s photography fair.

Rediscovered Archives

John Baer: The Extraordinary Ordinary is a remarkable collection of images of postwar Europe and 1950s New York City, bursting with new-found optimism.

Constructing Portraiture

The 14th edition of Portrait(s) in Vichy, France brings together David LaChapelle, Paul Graham, Yohanne Lamoulère, Julia Gat and Patrick Tournebœuf.

Reinventing Tradition

A new book from Damiani celebrates the youth culture of Mexico, where individuals are reimagining expression, gender, identity, culture and tradition.

Stephen Shore: Uncommon Places

Vancouver Art Gallery is now home to the work of Stephen Shore, offering audiences the chance to explore his most iconic series, Uncommon Ground.

Cecil Beaton: Staging Icons

Harewood House presents over 60 photographs which explore how Beaton reshaped 20th-century portraiture across monarchy, stage and screen.

Photographic Representation

Stills, Edinburgh hosts The Queering of Photography, which explores the relationship between queer representation and photographic tradition.

Mediations on Presence

Two parallel exhibitions at Moderna Museet in Malmö place people at the centre of images marked by presence, atmosphere and timelessness.

Hidden Realities

A new book from Magnum photographer Sohrab Hura documents the three stages of winter in Kashmir, capturing life under military occupation.

Diana Markosian:
Between Presence & Absence

Gallerie d’Italia presents a new body of work by photographer Diana Markosian, which confronts the relationship between love and heartbreak.

Xin Zhang: A New Perspective

Xin Zhang is a London and Beijing artist and rope practitioner whose practice interrogates the intersections of intimacy, resistance and the body.

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