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Merck Prize, symposium, exhibitions, and residency


The Darmstadt Photography Days will take place from April to May 2026.
The exhibitions and events are organized by the respective institutions.
German version here

Program overview

  • Tenth Merck Prize of the Darmstadt Photography Days – endowed with €10,000 in prize money
  • Information on the current open call: 10th Merck Prize
  • 10 exhibitions
  • Symposium: Lectures at the Faculty of Design at hda.de
  • Artist-in-Residence Program

    Further information available from March


Call for entries for the 10th Merck Prize

Six works will be nominated from the open call for the exhibition at the Museum Künstlerkolonie. From this selection, one work will then be awarded the Merck Prize, which comes with €10,000 in prize money. All information and the theme can be found on this page

DTdF Community

Between festivals, the DTdF Friends Association organizes exhibitions and artist talks and manages the archive and editions. The exhibition in the Stadtkirche is organized and curated by the DTdF Friends Association. www.dtdf-foerderverein.de


Thanks!

The Darmstadt Photography Days program is only possible because many helpers and sponsors support the individual projects:

  • Science City Darmstadt

    WDA

  • Merck

    MERCK

  • World Design Capital 2026

    WDC 2026

  • the foundations and sponsors

  • the volunteers of the Darmstadt Photography Days
  • the jury of the Merck Prize
  • the employees of the respective exhibition venues