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The OFF Festival Arles welcomes you from July 6 to October 5, 2026.
When images go beyond the margins!
The OFF Festival Arles welcomes you from July 6 to October 5, 2026.
When images go beyond the margins!
A major highlight of contemporary visual creation, the OFF Festival has established itself as an essential event on the cultural calendar. Running alongside the city's leading photography festivals, it brings Arles to life with a rich, eclectic, and entirely free program open to all audiences.
An invitation to discover unique perspectives, bold artistic works, and innovative forms of expression that push the boundaries of the image.
Discover 150+ venues and 200 exhibitions.
The exhibitions at La Kabine
The 13th associates
Paper program .
Portfolio Review
Talks
Announcement: Les Filles de la Photo Tour × Arles Off Festival 2026
For the first time in 2026, Les Filles de la Photo is partnering with the Arles OFF Festival to create a curated trail dedicated to women photographers and the diversity of perspectives they bring to the world.
The trail highlights ten women photographers with distinctive artistic practices, presenting their work as part of the OFF Festival programme through solo and group exhibitions.
2026 Trail
Carolina Arantes and Nathyfa Michel – Au Bord des Mondes exhibition, La Kabine, Le Printemps, 2 Avenue Lafayette, 13200 Arles.
27 June – 20 September 2026
July & August: Tuesday–Sunday, 11:00 am–6:00 pm.
September: Thursday–Sunday, 1:00 pm–7:00 pm.
Opening receptions: 27 June from 5:00 pm and 9 July from 7:00 pm.
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Françoise Huguier – Secrètes, Ira Leonis Arles Gallery,
20 Place de la République, 13200 Arles.
6 July – 29 August 2026
Wednesday–Saturday, 2:00 pm–7:00 pm.
Opening reception: 7 July, 6:00 pm.
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Sayuri Ichida – A Simple Distance (with Ayako Sakuragi),
Chapelle de la Madeleine, 19 Rue de la Madeleine, 13200 Arles.
06.07 → 12.07.2026 (11h-13h, 14h-19h) puis 13.07 → 30.07.2026,
mardi-samedi (10h-13h, 14h-18h).
Vernissage 08.07 / 18h.
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Nyo Jinyong Lian – AFP Collections (with Li Hui and Hui Choi),
Fisheye Gallery, 19 Rue Jouvène, 13200 Arles.
6–15 July 2026: daily, 11:00 am–8:00 pm.
16 July – 3 October 2026: Tuesday–Saturday, 11:00 am–7:00 pm.
Opening reception: 10 July, 6:30 pm.
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Laura Martin Person and Nazanin Pirmohammadi – Ichnôs: The Survivals of the Instant, curated by Violette Wood,
Galerie Artenae, 23 Rue des Suisses, 13200 Arles..
06.07 → 29.07.2026.
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Maryam Saeedpoor - COLORS Manifesta - Galerie-café Artaban,
9 avenue Victor Hugo, 13200 Arles.
06.07 --> 04.10, mardi-samedi, 10h-19h.
Opening 09.07 / 18h
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Ratika Singh - SAAH, Galerie du Rhône, 9 rue Jouvène, 13200 Arles.
06.07 → 30.07.2026, 10h-13h, 15h-18h.
Opening 06.07 / 18h.
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Madeleine Waller – Fotozofio 2026 Arles (with T. Viet Van, M. Wakayama, O. Yutaka, S. Lawson, W. Richards, A. Hayashi, M. Chiyoda, R. Barnes, F. Magnani, and B. Roscot),
Le Café Japonais, 23 Rond-Point des Arènes, 13200 Arles.
6–12 July 2026: daily, 9:00 am–5:00 pm.
13–26 July 2026: Tuesday–Saturday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm.
Opening reception: 10 July, 6:00 pm.
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Contact :
parcoursfillesdelaphotoxoff@gmail.com
Portfolio Review
No appointment necessary
Monday, 6 July 2026
3:00–6:00 pm
With Isabelle Habert, Photo Consultant and Iconographer at La SAIF Images
Legal Consultations
With Alice Cedolin, Legal Advisor at La SAIF
Le Printemps 2 Avenue Lafayette
Open Call
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
4:00–6:00 pm
Speed Dating with Inland
Meetings between emerging photographers and image professionals, conceived by Inland, followed by a portfolio screening and a friendly drinks reception.
https://inlandstories.com/speed-dating
Le Printemps 2 avenue Lafayette
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
9:00 am–12:00 pmOne-to-One Sessions
Portfolio Reviews with Les Filles de la PhotoApplications open on 22 June via the
Les Filles de la Photo website
Le Printemps
2 Avenue Lafayette
Thursday, 9 July 2026
4:00–6:30 pmHosted by OFF Photo Arles - La Kabine, LUX, and the directors of the member festivals, this afternoon of portfolio reviews offers photographers the opportunity to present their work and receive personalised feedback, expert advice, and recommendations to support their artistic development.
Free admission – limited to two appointments per photographer.
Applications open on 18 June via the
LUX Network website
Le Printemps 2 Avenue Lafayette.
Friday, 10 July 2026
4:00 pmPortfolio Review led by Pascal Beausse, Curator and Head of the Photography Collections at Cnap.
Applications via the official website:
Foto Zofio official website
Le Café Japonais
23 Rond-Point des Arènes, 13200 Arles.
Café – Le Printemps Community Café & Canteen
Every lunchtime throughout July, Le Printemps welcomes visitors to its community café and canteen, where Eveline serves homemade African-inspired dishes, bissap, coffee, and relaxing garden breaks in deckchairs. During the opening week, the canteen will also be open in the evenings from Monday to Thursday.Le Printemps, 2 avenue lafayette, Arles
AT THE EDGE OF WORLDS
What does it mean to inhabit a place when it is disappearing, changing, burning, running out of water, or becoming a war zone? From the drying shores of the Caspian Sea to the scorched landscapes of California, from the beaches of Gaza to the sacred villages of Burkina Faso, the exhibition offers a sensitive mapping of vulnerable, contested, and transforming spaces, all shaped by forces of memory, resistance, and reinvention.
Through eight photographic and documentary projects from different parts of the world, At the Edge of Worldsbrings together artists who explore contemporary ways of inhabiting the earth, its borders, memories, bodies, and territories made fragile by ecological, political, and social upheavals. Within these landscapes of tension, living and belonging become profound acts of resistance.
Le Printemps2 Avenue Lafayette, Arles
Exhibition dates:
27 June – 20 September 2026
Opening hours:
- July & August: Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
- September: Thursday to Sunday, 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Opening Reception:
Saturday, 27 June 2026, from 5:00 pm
Official Opening Week Reception:
Thursday, 9 July 2026, from 7:00 pm
The Dreamers Competition: A springboard for young talent.
It was created to meet a fundamental need: to provide teenagers aged 12 to 16 with a platform to develop and showcase their photographic talents.
Winners 2026 :
1er prix : Gala Vilarrasa Richard, Creixement (Croissance)
2e prix : Mathieu Vernier, lost in
3e prix : Luka Piaud, Une vie en 4
Special “Région Sud” Nomination The Dreamers × La Kabine :
1er prix : Soan Beltran, Doudou
2e prix : Charlie Frapolli-Denis, À travers l’usage
The finalist series are exhibited at Le Printemps, 2 Avenue Lafayette, Arles, from 27 June to 20 September 2026.
Discover the 13 OFF Associates in the city centre
The OFF Associates represent a vibrant parallel scene where diverse perspectives, emerging creativity, and artistic encounters intersect, helping make Arles a true laboratory for contemporary image-making.Discover
The OFF Radio is back!
The talks are produced in collaboration with Radio Béguin.
Radio Béguin is an online radio station based in Lyon that broadcasts a continuous and evolving programme, featuring a wide range of shows: talk radio, diverse DJ sets, and live events.Tuesday, 7 July | 10:00–12:00
Artist agents: what role in your career?With Les Agents Associés, Émilie Wallet (Ask & Wallet), and Éric Barbero (Barbero & You), focusing on issues of representation, negotiation, and the protection of artistic works.
Wednesday, 8 July | 10:30–12:00
Off-screen: the forced silences of photographyWith Agnès Tricoire, Jordan Beal, Nadine Hounkpatin, and moderated by Guillaume Lanneau, exploring self-censorship and the invisibilisation of artistic perspectives.
Thursday, 9 July | 10:00–11:00
Discussion around the exhibition At the Edge of Worlds with participating artists.
Thursday, 9 July | 4:00–5:00 pm
Bearing witness over time: how to tell the story of the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
In partnership with Reporters Without Borders, with Pierre Haski, Aïda Belloulid, Pauline Maufrais, and Adrien Vautier, discussing forms of testimony and engagement in times of war.
Friday, 10 July | 10:30–11:30
Seeing differently: when social photography reveals agency
With François Le Guen, Valérie Horwitz, Séverine Le Gall, CCFD-Terre Solidaire, and France Terre d'Asile, discussing representations of vulnerability and dignity.
Friday, 10 July | 2:30–3:30 pm
Photography and co-creation: questioning institutionalisation
A discussion between Collectif POP and the Réseau Diagonal, with Andrea Eichenberger, Karl Joseph, Amandine Turri Hoelken, Hortense Soichet, and Camille Varlet, moderated by Lydia Echeverria.
Entrée libre