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PHOTO LONDON’S FIRST EDITION AT OLYMPIA

Du 14 au 17 mai 2026
Photo London’s eleventh edition marks an exciting new chapter as the UK’s leading photography fair launches in its new home at Olympia in Kensington. The historic venue, currently undergoing a £1.3 billion redevelopment led by Heatherwick Studio and located near major institutions including the V&A, the Design Museum and the Serpentine, provides a fitting setting for the Fair to bring leading galleries and artists together to present outstanding photography and explore the medium’s future.

ABOUT PHOTO LONDON

Photo London brings the finest international photography to the British capital every year. The Fair presents the best historic and vintage works while also spotlighting fresh perspectives in photography.

Photo London was founded in 2015 by Candlestar, an internationally renowned cultural consultancy that specialises in the development of innovative projects in art and education. Candlestar runs a range of major photographic projects including producing Prix Pictet on behalf of the Pictet Group, the prestigious award for photography and sustainability.

ABOUT OLYMPIA

Olympia is one of London’s most ambitious regeneration projects. With its unveiling starting in the second half of 2025, the £1.3 billion transformation will turn Olympia into a showcase for the remarkable and the extraordinary. The transformed destination will include a new 4,000-capacity live music hall managed by AEG Presents; London’s largest purpose-built theatre in almost 50 years with 1,575 seats, managed by Trafalgar Entertainment; two hotels operated by citizenM and Hyatt Regency; 30+ restaurants, bars and eateries; Wetherby Pembridge, a new co-educational senior school; a boutique gym, 550,000 sq ft of o ices boasting some of the largest terraces in London, a new International Convention Centre and members house, managed by Olympia Events, as well as new public spaces for visitors to enjoy. Olympia is being developed by Yoo Capital and Deutsche Finance International, and codesigned by Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC.

Image credits (l-r):

  • Jorma Puranen, L´étang qui se souvenait de tout 10, 2024, 85 x 65 x 4 cm, Archival pigment print, credit: Persons Projects / The Helsinki School
  • Branko Lenart, The Medium is the Message, 1976, 30 x 40 cm, silver gelatine vintage print, credit: Photon Gallery
  • Santiago Porter, Paisaje I, Series Bruma, 2011, 150 x 205 cm, Inkjet print on cotton paper, credit: Santiago Porter, courtesy Rolf Art Gallery

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