For the 10th consecutive year, Brussels hosts a huge photography festival – 52 exhibitions and over 100 artists in the spotlight for 1 month of discovering the 3rd art.

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Attention photography enthusiasts – the huge PhotoBrussels Festival will be setting up in various venues around the city for a month from January 22. Created in 2016 on the Hangar’s initiative by Delphine Dumont, the festival aims to bring together all enthusiasts, players and professionals of contemporary photography. Art galleries, museums and art centers, discover what’s in store for the program of this 10th edition.

PhotoBrussels Festival – when photography takes over 50 venues in the capital

An unmissable rendezvous for contemporary photography, the PhotoBrussels Festival has established itself as a major event that “gives Brussels its place as a key player on the international photography scene”. For its 10ᵉ edition, the festival will take over 52 venues across the European capital, transforming galleries, cultural centers and exhibition spaces into veritable meeting places for artists and audiences.

The program, particularly rich and plural, explores a wide variety of viewpoints, artistic approaches and themes. Galerie Zwart Huis, for example, will present the work of Belgian photographers Peter H. Waterschoot and Stefan Peters, focusing on the tension between rupture and renewal. At the Maison d’Art d’Uccle, Anne-Françoise Tasnier and Benoît Feron will take us on a photographic journey to meet indigenous peoples, while the Centre Culturel Jacques Franck will host the exhibition Work, bringing together Belgian, French and Syrian photographers to reflect on the world of work and its contemporary realities.

The PhotoBrussels Festival will run for almost a month throughout the city, accompanied by numerous activities – meetings, guided tours, discussions and events – making Brussels a veritable crossroads for contemporary photography.

PhotoBrussels Days – the inaugural weekend of encounters and discovery

From January 22 to 25, 2026, the PhotoBrussels Festival opens with PhotoBrussels Days, a series of inaugural days featuring a rich and varied program. On this occasion, the public can attend meetings with photography professionals, take part in workshops, talks and discussions, as well as guided tours of newly opened exhibitions.

On Thursday, January 22, join us on Place du Châtelain from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.for the official opening of the festival. The evening will then continue at partner venues across Brussels, where each center will celebrate the opening of its exhibitions.