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For Melkweg Expo, photography represents the driving force in the arts. Therefore, the photography selection of ARTY PARTY - a multidisciplinary one-night-only art festival - will be on display from 13 September until 12 October 2025 in Melkweg Expo. On Friday 12 September between 17:30 and 20:30, the exhibition will officially open. Be welcome!
This year we invited international scouts - art professionals from the photograp why and contemporary art world - to handpick each of these photographers from the pool of talented art graduates from all over the Netherlands. So don’t worry if you’ve missed the graduation shows, because at the 'Arty Party: Photography Graduates 2025' group exhibition at Melkweg Expo, you can discover the most extraordinary, surprising and fresh photographic work!
Meet this year's international team of scouts:
Francesco Rombaldi - Yogurt Magazine
Francesco Rombaldi (b. 1981, Reggio Emilia) is a curator, editor, and art director with a background in advertising and design. He founded Track Magazine in 2007, later joining Rome’s 001 collective to produce fanzines and photography events. In 2016, he launched Yogurt Magazine, where he serves as Editor-in-Chief and Curator, publishing work by renowned photographers such as Alec Soth and Alba Zari. He also leads Yogurt’s publishing house and creative agency, co-founded the independent photography bookshop Paper Room in Rome, and directs Charta, Rome’s photobook festival.
Francesca Hummler - Der Greif
Francesca Hummler (b. 1997) is a German-American visual artist, researcher, and the Community Manager and Program Curator at Der Greif, the award-winning platform for contemporary photography. Based between London and San Diego, she holds degrees in Media Arts, Biochemistry (UC San Diego), and an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art. Her work explores identity, familial intimacy, and generational trauma through archives and self-portraiture, often drawing on photo-therapeutic practices. She has exhibited at Paris Photo, the Sprengel Museum, and the Crypt Gallery, and received awards including Carte Blanche Étudiants and the Vonovia Young Talent Award.
Lisanne van Happen – The Eriskay Connection
Lisanne van Happen does the project development and editing for The Eriskay Connection. A Dutch studio for book design and an independent publisher. They focus on contemporary storytelling at the intersection of photography, research and writing. In close collaboration with authors they make books as autonomous bodies of work.
Zineb Seghrouchni - DAR Cultural Agency
Zineb Seghrouchni is the founder of DAR. A Rotterdam-based cultural agency and platform representing some of the finest (emerging) contemporary talents in art, design, and architecture. DAR is built as a solid home, aiming to provide room for creative growth through cultural programming, thoughtful curation, and meaningful collaborations between talents, museums, brands, and communities.
