PHotoEspaña
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PHotoEspaña, the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts of Madrid, began in 1998 and has now evolved into a celebrated photography forum.
The Festival’s program gives the general public and specialists a chance to see extraordinary works created by the most prestigious Spanish and international image-makers.
In the past decade, over 600 exhibitions have been presented in museums, art centres and galleries, which have attracted more than half a million visitors each year, making PHotoEspaña the largest cultural event in Spain and an important stop on the international art circuit.
Each edition of PHotoEspaña is dedicated to a specific theme and the programme is divided into: the Official Section, which includes museums, institutions and large exhibition centres; and the Festival Off, which includes art galleries and other venues.
Some of the institutions that have opened their doors to the Festival’s proposals are: Casa de América, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Fundación Telefónica, Fundación Canal, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Real Jardín Botánico and the Prado Museum, among many others.
The Festival is made possible thanks to the support of private companies and public institutions such as the Ministry of Culture and the Regional and Municipal Governments of Madrid. It is organised by La Fábrica, a cultural management entity that has launched countless cultural, editorial and online projects.
