Opening: November 26, 11:00 a.m.
Ikonomov House, 119 Shipka Street
Period: November 26 – December 3, 2025
The Museum of Humor and Satire presents in Dryanovo the first visit of the mobile exhibition “SIN” – a contemporary look at the unique museum collection of 50 panels, created in the 1970s as copies of Renaissance frescoes with satirical and instructive motifs.
Half a century later, the museum team conducted a large-scale study of all the temples from which the original frescoes originated.
Some of them are now severely damaged or lost, which turns the copies into a valuable historical document.
A monograph is also being prepared as part of the project, which will present the entire process of research, analysis and interpretation of the collection as a basis for its future re-exhibition.
The exhibition includes:
– archival materials and reproductions from the collection;
– footage from field research;
– analytical texts by specialists in the fields of art, theology and psychology;
– contemporary interpretations of the place of the theme of sin in our cultural memory.
“SIN” invites the audience to enter into a dialogue with the past and discover how moral, laughter and human weaknesses remain relevant throughout the centuries.
The Sin Research and Exhibition Project is implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and in partnership with the Historical Museum – Dryanovo.