Mallorca Photofest 2026 Brings Major International Photography Festival Back To The Island

Mallorca is group to invited a awesome caller taste arena successful 2026 pinch nan motorboat of Mallorca PhotoFest, an world photography show organised by Art Palma Contemporani (APC). Presented this week successful Palma, nan show will tally from 25 April to 30 August and intends to re-establish nan land arsenic a cardinal destination for modern photographic art. The inaugural draws straight from nan bequest of Palma Photo, a well-known visual-arts programme that took spot from 2001 to 2015.

The show was introduced astatine nan La Bibi + Reus City gallery, wherever representatives from Mallorca’s taste and organization scenery outlined nan project’s scope and ambitions. Attendees included nan first lawman politician and councillor for Culture, Javier Bonet; APC president, Fran Reus; show director, Xavier Fiol; and curator, Montserrat Torras. Also coming were officials from nan Consell de Mallorca, nan Institute of Balearic Studies and Palma City Council’s Culture and Tourism department, highlighting nan wide organization support down nan event.

Set to revive nan bequest of Palma Photo pinch world-class exhibitions

APC emphasised that nan show reflects years of collaboration betwixt galleries, taste professionals and nationalist institutions. This corporate attack has progressively shaped Palma’s taste strategy, peculiarly arsenic nan metropolis advances its bid for European Capital of Culture 2031. Mallorca PhotoFest is positioned arsenic a flagship task wrong this wider taste development, strengthening nan island’s world floor plan done high-level programming and semipermanent partnerships.

The inaugural 2026 version will centre connected awesome exhibitions by 2 globally recognised photographers. Joan Fontcuberta, recipient of nan prestigious Hasselblad Award—often described arsenic 1 of nan highest honours successful photography—and doubly victor of Spain’s National Photography and National Essay Prizes, will coming a task created successful collaboration pinch nan Toni Catany Foundation and creation theorist Iván de la Nuez. The accumulation forms portion of a associated inaugural supported by Palma City Council.

The show will besides characteristic an accumulation by celebrated American photojournalist Donna Ferrato, whose activity has received nan PhotoEspaña Award and nan Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. Her Mallorca accumulation will beryllium curated by Mallorcan photographer Tomeu Coll and supported by Palma City Council.

Mallorca PhotoFest is planned arsenic a biannual event, giving residents, expats and visitors entree to a sustained programme of modern photography crossed nan island. With its operation of world artists, organization backing and semipermanent taste vision, nan show marks a important caller section successful Mallorca’s arts calendar.