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Photo London Returns to Somerset House with 85 Galleries and Wolfgang Tillmans' Anti-Brexit Posters

festival-fair · 2026-05-05

Photo London, the UK's leading photography fair, returned for its second edition at Somerset House, featuring 85 international galleries and around 50 satellite events across London. The fair's highlight was the first complete exhibition of Wolfgang Tillmans' 26 anti-Brexit posters, displayed on the new Photo London Pavilion's exterior walls. Other special projects included Martin Parr's Real Food van, a show by war photographer Don McCullin, works by Russian Sergey Chilikov, Turner Prize-nominated Craigie Horsfield, and The Magic Lantern Show of street photography. Institutional partners included the V&A, National Portrait Gallery, Barbican Centre, Camden Arts Centre, Science Museum, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Photographers Gallery, and Whitechapel Art Gallery. Four Italian galleries participated: Damiani (Bologna), Galleria Valeria Bella (Milan), ILEX Gallery (Rome), and Paci Contemporary (Brescia–Porto Cervo). A photographic reportage by Mario Bucolo documented the event.

Key facts

  • Photo London held its second edition at Somerset House.
  • 85 international photography galleries participated.
  • About 50 satellite events took place across London.
  • Wolfgang Tillmans exhibited all 26 anti-Brexit posters for the first time as a single group.
  • The posters were displayed on the new Photo London Pavilion's exterior walls.
  • Special projects included Martin Parr's Real Food van, Don McCullin, Sergey Chilikov, Craigie Horsfield, and The Magic Lantern Show.
  • Institutional partners included V&A, National Portrait Gallery, Barbican Centre, Camden Arts Centre, Science Museum, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Photographers Gallery, Whitechapel Art Gallery.
  • Four Italian galleries exhibited: Damiani, Galleria Valeria Bella, ILEX Gallery, Paci Contemporary.

Entities

Artists

  • Wolfgang Tillmans
  • Martin Parr
  • Don McCullin
  • Sergey Chilikov
  • Craigie Horsfield
  • Mario Bucolo

Institutions

  • Photo London
  • Somerset House
  • V&A
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • Barbican Centre
  • Camden Arts Centre
  • Science Museum
  • Tate Britain
  • Tate Modern
  • Photographers Gallery
  • Whitechapel Art Gallery
  • Damiani
  • Galleria Valeria Bella
  • ILEX Gallery
  • Paci Contemporary
  • Artribune

Locations

  • London
  • United Kingdom
  • Bologna
  • Italy
  • Milan
  • Rome
  • Brescia
  • Porto Cervo

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