PhEST, the international festival of photography and art, returns with its eleventh edition to Monopoli, in Puglia from August 7 to November 1, 2026.

3 months of intense display, events, new projects and many more to encourage the cultural and tourist activity of the territory, transforming the city into a diffuse laboratory of art and inspiration. The inauguration day was held on August 7, 8 and 9.

TOPIC OF THE EXIBITHION

The topic – What if? – is an invitation to sustain the certainty of the real and ad abitare the space of the possible. Through photography and visual art, the festival explores alternative scenes in whose history, identity, technology and nature whether rewritten, dissolved or reinvented.