FOTO ARSENAL WIEN is Austria’s new center for photography and lens-based media. 

Opened by the City of Vienna in March 2025, the institution presents and promotes contemporary photography in all its forms and applications. As a hub for photography and lens-based media in Austria, the institution brings together historical and international topics at the interface between analog and digital worlds as well as between static and moving images.

Across roughly 1,000 m² of exhibition space, up to twelve exhibitions per year showcase the full breadth of the photographic medium—a combination of young talents, still-to-be-discovered photographers, and internationally known artists.

The Activities department not only offers a wide-ranging educational program with workshops for children, young people, and adults, but also forms the institution’s second core pillar. Dedicated seminar rooms and an analog darkroom have been established for this purpose.

Since 2023 it has been responsible for the FOTO WIEN festival, and starting in 2025 it will be responsible for the Festival Vienna Digital Cultures with the Kunsthalle Wien.