Liquida Photo Festival 2026

Directed by Laura Tota and produced by PRS Impresa Sociale brings together over 30 emerging artists alongside curators, editors, and industry professionals in a programme that combines exhibitions, talks, and editorial projects.

Overview

Hosted within the spaces of the Real Collegio Carlo Alberto in Moncalieri in Turin, Italy, the 2026 edition of the festival—titled Learning and Unlearning – (re)writing the rules—presents an extensive program of exhibitions, publishing, talks, and professional activities, confirming its status as a platform for research and visibility for new contemporary photography.

Liquida Photofestival inaugurates a broader program of exhibitions, events, and cultural activities that will animate the Real Collegio Carlo Alberto from April to November 2026. This journey is designed to transform the venue into a vibrant and open cultural hub, capable of connecting historical heritage, cultural production, and community participation.

The festival features over 50 authors selected through open calls and awards. At the heart of the program is the group exhibition Fuori traccia. Storie di ribellione, identità e nuove possibilità (Off Track: Stories of Rebellion, Identity, and New Possibilities), curated by Laura Tota. Featured artists include Tiziana Amico, Gabriela De Giacomo, Benedetta Di Ruggiero, Maria Di Stefano, Tim Gassauer & Manu Grueber, Alex Huda, Giulio Longo, Niccolò Quaresima, Jesús Umbría Brito, and Greta Valente. Through themes such as adolescence, dissent, identity, and the relationship with the landscape, they offer a plurality of perspectives on forms of deviation and self-determination.

The program expands through the Full Project and One Shot sections. The Full Project section showcases the work of Victoria Ruiz, a multidisciplinary artist born in Venezuela and raised in the USA. She presents We Knew the World in Fragments of Color, a visual narrative on the condition of living between two territories marked by instability, fractures, and opposing imaginaries (a condition made even more poignant by the current global situation). The One Shot group exhibition features ten selected shots by Chiara Bonetti, Annalisa Caroni, Su Cassiano, Vincent Karcher, Alice Muratore, Alicia Nieto, Danae Panagiotidi, André Ramos-Woodard, Chiara Francesca Rizzuti, and Odysseas Tsompanoglou. Winners are joined by recognitions awarded by festival partners such as ImagineNation Paris, De Pietri Artphilein Foundation, Discarded Magazine, and Icon Artist.

Liquida Photofestival also offers a rich calendar of talks, free portfolio reviews, and guided tours. On Saturday, 18 April, from 5:00 pm, the EdiTable section—dedicated to photographic publishing—will host the talks “Fine pena mai” with Veronica Barbato and “Le Monde ou Rien” with Angelo Leonardo: moments of discussion opening new interpretations of often marginal stories and realities. The section also welcomes various publications, including “Unlike Flowers” by Francesco Pennacchio, winner of the Artphilein Edition Prize 2025, which creates a dialogue between images, polaroids, and family archives, bridging nature and memory. Furthermore, free portfolio reviews offer emerging photographers a chance for direct feedback from curators, publishers, and industry experts.

New to this edition are guided tours that explore both the history of the Real Collegio Carlo Alberto and the behind-the-scenes stories of the projects on display, featuring artists and special guests.