The XVI International «Photo Biennale 2026» will open at the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, and will showcase Russian and international photography in all its diversity of visual languages and genres.
«Theater of the Subconscious» by Roger Ballen is a retrospective of the classic works of the renowned South African photographer and the Russian premiere of his new project «Inferno» (2025), created based on Dante’s «Divine Comedy».
«About Aliens, Mermaids, and Jellyfish» by Jan Schlegel — works by a contemporary German photographer with series from 2024−2026 that explore the plastic forms of nature, from brutalist architecture to microorganisms.
«Behind the Glass» by Alexandra Cattier — an exhibition by a French photographer and award winner, continuing the traditions of classical photographic art and complex hand‑printing.
«Metro — the pulse of time» is a historical project about the 90‑year evolution of the Moscow Metro, presented through archival footage, architectural sketches, and chronicles from the 1930s to the 2020s.
«Talking posters of silent cinema. Masterpieces of film posters from the 1920s-1930s from the collection of Alexander Dobrovinsky» is an exhibition marking the 130th anniversary of cinema in Russia, featuring a programme of silent film screenings with pianists. [1]
«Lilya Brik: an icon of style and muse of the avant—garde» — photographs from the 1910s and 1970s, collages by Alexander Rodchenko and archival materials.
«You’re giving me a car! From the history of Soviet motorization in the 1920s and 1930s» is a project about the era of rapid development of transport.
