Festivalzentrum: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum 12.05. – 21.05.2023

Photoszene-Festival Cologne

12. - 21. May 2023

We are looking forward to 80 exhibitions, over 400 artists and lots of opportunity for exchange and networking!NewsEvent

Seven exhibitions at ten locations in Cologne form the core programme of the Photoszene Festival 2023, including current photographic positions in the Photoszene Co-Labs!, the Temporary Gallery, the Kunsträume am Ebertplatz and the Kunsträume of the Michael Horbach Foundation, and the residency project Artist Meets Archive #3 at the Museum of East Asian Art, the NS Documentation Centre, the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum and the Rheinisches Bildarchiv. In addition, over 70 museums, galleries and art spaces are participating in the festival's large city-wide participatory exhibition format. The NEXT! Festival of the Young Photo Scene at the Altes Pfandhaus is also aimed at young photographers and visitors with an extensive programme.

all exhibitions & events at the Photoszene-Festival

Event Location

Festivalzentrum: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Cäcilienstr. 23
50676 Köln

Duration and Admission

12.05. – 21.05.2023

Vernissage and Special Events

Vernissage
11.05.2023 19:00
Das Photoszene-Festival 2023
  • Event

    Photoszene-Festival

    May 12th - 21st 2023
  •  NEXT! Festival, 2022 © Thekla Ehling
    NEXT!

    NEXT! Festival

    of the young photo scene
  •   (c) buerofueerkunstdokumentation
    Photoszene-Specials

    Thousandfold Photobook Fair

    Photo books from independent publishers and self-publishers

    Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
    13.05. – 14.05.2023

  •   (c) buerofuerkunstdokumentation
    Photoszene-Specials

    Portfolio Review Sichtbar

    In cooperation with Thousandfold Photobook Fair

    Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
    13.05. – 14.05.2023

  • Pablo Lerma besucht das NS-Dokumentationszentrum, 2022 © Silviu Guiman
    Artist Meets Archive

    Artist Meets Archive #3

    4 Artists in 4 Archives of the City
  •   © buerofuerkunstdokumentation
    Artist Meets Archive 01

    Yokohama Souvenirs

    Naoya Hatakeyama

    Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Köln
    12.05. – 05.11.2023

  •   © buerofuerkunstdokumentation
    Artist Meets Archive 02

    The Opening. an institution, a depot, the boxes

    Pablo Lerma

    NS-Dokumentationszentrum der Stadt Köln
    12.05. – 18.06.2023

  •   © buerofuerkunstdokumentation
    Artist Meets Archive 03

    Ghosts@Work

    Lilly Lulay

    Rheinisches Bildarchiv zu Gast in der Handwerkskammer zu Köln
    12.05. – 11.06.2023

  • Artist Meets Archive 04

    Shall you Return Everything, but the Burden

    Lebohang Kganye

    Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
    12.05. – 05.10.2023

  • Artist Meets Archive

    Research Meets Artist

    Dialogue Symposium on the Third Edition of Artist Meets Archive

    Rheinisches Bildarchiv im Historischen Archiv
    13.05.2023

  •  Maxim Zmeyev, Type 1.5.11.5, 2021, Courtesy the artist
    Photoszene-Specials 05

    Photography in Progress: Fragile Infrastrukturen

    Kunsträume der Michael Horbach Stiftung
    12.05. – 11.06.2023

  •  Lito Kattou, San Point Centre for Contemporary Art, 2018. Skins Feathers VIII, 2018. Detail Photo © Nikos Alexopoulos
    Photoszene-Specials 06

    Vibrant Waters

    Temporary Gallery – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst e.V.
    12.05. – 11.06.2023

  •   © Arisa Purkpong
    Photoszene-Specials 07

    The Loneliness One dare not sound

    Part One

    Gemeinde Köln
    12.05. – 21.05.2023

  • © Gago Gagoshidze
    Photoszene-Specials 07

    The Loneliness One dare not sound

    Part Two

    GOLD+BETON
    12.05. – 21.05.2023

  •   © defrag zine
    Photoszene-Specials 07

    The Loneliness One dare not sound

    Part Three

    Labor
    12.05. – 21.05.2023

  •   © Moshtari Hilal
    Photoszene-Specials 07

    The Loneliness One dare not sound

    Part Four

    Mouches Volantes
    12.05. – 21.05.2023

  • Photoszene-Specials 07

    'Check your habitus'

    Sommerblut Kulturfestival

    Ebertplatz Außeninstallation
    07.05. – 24.05.2023