CLOSE UP VIEW. CARTOONS, SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS BY ILIYA BESHKOV
Opening: August 7, 2026 (Friday), 6:00 PMMuseum of Humor and Satire, Hall 4The exhibition runs until February 2027 July 24 marked the 125th anniversary of the birth…
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CARTOON SALON 2026 – OPENING
Three exhibitions bring together the best of the international and Bulgarian scene in Gabrovo From July 16, the Museum of Humor and Satire in Gabrovo is once…
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Curatorial Tour of “Brieftopia: Art Between Crises and Imagination”
June 27, 2026 12:00 PM, Museum of Humor and Satire, Hall 2 We invite you to a special tour with Snezhana Krasteva – curator of “Brieftopia: Art…
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Interview with Dr. Maria Jodlowiec, PhD, Professor at Jagiellonian University – Part II
From May 22 to June 20, 2026, the Museum of Humor and Satire, as part of the HUMLIT project, hosts Maria Jodlowiec, Professor of Linguistics at the…
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The presentation of the monograph “Boris Dimovski”
On June 17 at 6:00 PM, we presented the new monograph dedicated to the artist and cartoonist Boris Dimovski. The publication is the result of in-depth research…
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Interview with Dr. Maria Jodlowiec, PhD, Professor at Jagiellonian University – Part I
From May 22 to June 20, 2026, the Museum of Humor and Satire, as part of the HUMLIT project, hosts Maria Jodlowiec, Professor of Linguistics at the…
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Presentation of the monograph “Boris Dimovski”
June 17, 2026 (Wednesday)6:00 p.m., free admissionMuseum of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo On the last day of the retrospective exhibition “Boris Dimovski – 100 Years of Birth”…
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Voin de Voin Workshop “How to Organize in Times of Chaos?”
June 27, 20261:00 PM – 5:00 PMMuseum of Humor and Satire, 2nd floor, Hall 2, in the exhibition “Brieftopia: Art between Crises and Imagination” Registration form:https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSer7HiERJMtZn…/viewform… How…
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On the Eve of the 2026 World Cup: football cartoons by Iliya Lipavtsov have arrived at the museum
We are happy to share the latest donation to the collection of the Museum of Humor and Satire! Thanks to Gabriela Lipavtsova, granddaughter of cartoonist Iliya Lipavtsov…
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Briftopia: Archives of Futurity brought together critical voices from Europe and beyond in Gabrovo
Talking about the future during a storm On May 23 and 24, the University Library of the Technical University of Gabrovo hosted the international symposium Briftopia: Archives…
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SIN – Research and Exhibition Project
May 20 – June 20, 2026 The Alley in Front of the Aula, New Bulgarian University, 21 Montevideo St., Sofia Host Vladimir Dimitrov What does sin look…
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Speakers Symposium Briftopia: Archives of Futurity – Michael Dutton
Michael Dutton, “Moments of Communism” Michael Dutton examines political life through the lens of various theories of energy expenditure that go beyond the calculative logic of both…
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Speakers Symposium Briftopia: Archives of Futurity – Edgar Schmitz
Edgar Schmitz, “Trading in Brieftopia” To shape and face the future without negotiating it with the past would simply be preposterous in most cases. When the here…
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Speakers Symposium Briftopia: Archives of Futurity – Maria Lind
Maria Lind will address the question of “How far do we get with moments of magic?” through presenting and discussing three projects with which she has been…
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VIRTUAL WALK IN EXHIBITION “BORIS DIMOVSKI – 100 YEARS BIRTH ANNIVERSARY”
For those who missed the opportunity to view the exhibition “Boris Dimovski – 100 Years Birth Anniversary” on site, it can now be viewed in the virtual…
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Speakers Symposium Briftopia: Archives of Futurity – Magnus Bärtås
Magnus Bärtås, “A Tower Taller Than Myself: A Brieftopian Experiment in a Prison” What do prisons and museums have in common? Having emerged historically at the same time,…
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Speakers Symposium Briftopia: Archives of Futurity – Snejanka Mihaylova
Snejanka Mihaylova, “Diagonal Thinking” Snejanka Mihaylova’s lecture explores thinking as a creative and political practice unfolding in the gaps between past and future, destruction and renewal. Beginning…
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Speakers Symposium Briftopia: Archives of Futurity – Boris Buden
Boris Buden, “Can it laugh? Surviving with AI” AI is an agency supposedly able to think. But can it laugh? When asked directly, the AI answers: “If…
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Speakers Symposium Briftopia: Archives of Futurity – Behzad K. Noori
There’s just over a week left until the “Brieftopia: Archives of Futurity” symposium on 23 and 24 May in Gabrovo, and over the next few days, we’ll…
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The Museum’s Digital Catalog is now online
As part of the project “Digital House of Humor and Satire: Art from 170+ Countries over the Last Century”, funded by the National Culture Fund, the Museum…
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100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF STEFAN FARTUNOV – OPENING
On 29 April 2026, the Museum of Humor and Satire presented the exhibition 100 Years Since the Birth of Stefan Fartunov. The exhibition is dedicated to the…
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Exhibition in the Park of Humor Opening: 29 April 2026, 5:00 PM The history of Gabrovo is a complex puzzle of events, places, and buildings, shaped by…
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Symposium Brieftopia: Archives of Futurity
23-24.05.2026 Speakers: Behzad K. Noori, Boris Buden, Edgar Schmitz, Michael Dutton, Magnus Bärtås, Maria Lind and Snejanka Mihaylova Moderated by: Behzad K. Noori and Snejana Krasteva Organized…
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54TH BIRTHDAY: GALLERY
Gallery with photos from our Festive Program for April 1, 2026. Thanks to RadLab Studio – Ivelin Penchev.
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JUST CATS
Photo Exhibition by Veselin BorisevApril 1 – June 30, 2026Opening: April 1, 2026, 4:30 PMFloor 4, Hall 8 The author of Just Cats doesn’t describe himself as a cat…
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PUSTA VE4NOST / BLANK ETERNITY
The Museum of Humor and Satire presents:PUSTA VE4NOST / BLANK ETERNITYExhibition by Filip Boyadzhiev April 1 – June 30, 2026Opening: April 1, 2026, 6:00 PMFloor 2, Giraffe…
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AT 54 WE DON’T TAKE THE WORLD TOO SERIOUSLY, EXCEPT WHEN WE HAVE TO
Open Doors Day at the Museum of Humor and Satire Humor has a curious ability: the more years it accumulates, the better it sees the weaknesses of…
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“Structures in Transition” – Curatorial School 2.0 Exhibition
Opening: 24.03.2026 at 1:30 p.m., Fourth floor, Museum of Humor and Satire The exhibition “Structures in Transition” (24 March – 25 July 2026) is the culmination of the two‑month Curatorial School – an educational…
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Opening Brieftopia: Art Between Crisis and Imagination
21.03.2026 – 30.06.2026 First International Laboratory for the 26th Gabrovo Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art Participating artists:Voin de Voin, Nevena Ekimova, Armando Lulaj, Ivan Moudov,…
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Who is behind the “Brieftopia” project: Voin de Voin
We continue our introduction of the artists in “Brieftopia: Art Between Crisis and Imagination” with the Bulgarian artist Voin de Voin. Voin de Voin (b. 1978, lives and works in…
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