On the occasion of the 3 of MAY, The “Let me draw you a cartoon” page in Le Monde is about the Freedom Press International Day.
To discover on Le Monde edition of this week!
Have a look at the “Je te fais un dessin” archives.
The origins of Cartooning for Peace
Thought up by the French cartoonist Plantu, Cartooning for Peace is an initiative born on 16 October 2006 at UN headquarters in New York. A two-day conference organised by Kofi Annan, the then Secretary General of the United Nations, brought together the twelve best-known political cartoonists in the world for "unlearning intolerance".
An exhibition was staged at the same time as the meeting.
A movement was born!
Learning materials
Learning materials for use with primary and secondary schoolchildren accompany some of our exhibitions.
The youngest students can thus widen their overall understanding of the exhibitions and be made aware of some of the main themes of the Cartooning for Peace action.
Cartooning for Peace at the Caen Memorial
Permanent exhibition
The Caen Memorial has elected to support Cartooning for Peace and is presenting Opinion Spots, an audacious exhibition of a selection of cartoons from all five continents which recalls the importance of maintaining the utmost vigilance of opinion and judgement in an increasingly complex and threatened world.
They won a prize!
Swiss cartoonist Patrick Chappatte received the Thomas Nast award by The Overseas Press Club of America in New-York.
New publications
Dégage! Tunisie, Égypte, Libye, Syrie : le temps des Révolutions
Cartooning for Peace pay tribute to the Arab revolutions with the album "DĂ©gage!" (Get out!). 16 international cartoonists took part in the project, through cartoons and comics to deal with these events.
This event, co-organized by Piasa, will present cartoonists Willis From Tunis (Tunisia), Dilem (Algeria), Kichka (Israel) and Plantu (Le Monde and L’Express) and will be conducted by the auctioneer James Fattori.
For this unprecedented meeting between editorial cartoons and films, original collector artwork will be put on sale. The funds raised will benefit Cartooning for Peace to support their action.
19 April
“Les «paradis fiscaux», bientĂ´t promis Ă l’enfer? Les rĂ©vĂ©lations de l’OffshoreLeaks, le 4 avril,sur l’évasion fiscale mondiale et la mise en production Ă une Ă©chelle quasi industrielle de sociĂ©tĂ©s Ă©crans dans les Ă®les des CaraĂŻbes ou du Pacifique ont crĂ©Ă© une onde de choc politique.”
Article d’Anne Michel et dessins de Mix & Remix (Suisse), Avi Katz (IsraĂ«l), Kroll (Belgique), Chimulus (France) et Haderer (Autriche).
Retrouvez toutes les archives « Je te fais un dessin », la page coordonnée par Plantu et Cartooning for Peace publiée chaque vendredi dans Le Monde.
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The 66th Festival de Cannes welcomes Plantu & Friends : Cartooning for Peace.
The Festival de Cannes is hosting a fund raising auction sale on Monday, 20th of May at the Festival Agora to support Cartooning for Peace.
This event, co-organized by Piasa, will present cartoonists Willis From Tunis (Tunisia), Dilem (Algeria), Kichka (Israel) and Plantu (Le Monde and L’Express) and will be conducted by the auctioneer James Fattori.
The exhibition linked to the benefit event, will be presented at the Palais des Festivals, during the whole festival. A selection of eighty cartoons portrays legendary films, the films industry and famous film directors such as Fellini, Bergman, Spielberg or Haneke, in a light and satirical tone.
15 April
“No more laughing” is cross media project about Freedom of Speech new limits through editorial cartoonists point of view, co-produced with Arte and the RTBF (Belgium).
Initiated in 2006 at the launch of the Cartooning for Peace association in New York in the aftermath of the Prophet Muhammad cartoon affair, No More Laughing explores this question through those who, as both artists and journalists, are at the forefront of a fight that lies at the heart of 21st century political and social issues: press cartoonists.
No More Laughing uses press cartoons in the same way as a history book is opened: i.e. in order to understand issues, you distance yourself from them and then analyse them and form your own opinion. Throughout the course of history, from knowledge, know-how, changes in attitudes, advances in technology, to the invention of the global printing press and the worldwide web, the fight and defence of freedom of expression is one which is constantly being reinvented.
The project is built around a 52’ unitary documentary and a web documentary.
“No more laughing” web documentary on Arte.
13 April
The country of Kim Jong-un is still aliving between opening times and moments of great tension. Update on the situation in the “Let me draw you a cartoon” of this week.
An article written by François Bougon, and Aurel (France), Kichka (Israël), Aroeira (Brazil), Choi Min (South Korea) and Bénédicte (Switzerland) cartoons selection.
Have a look at the “Je te fais un dessin” archives.
05 April
From April, 8 to 26, the multidisciplinary University of Bayonne (France) hosts the educational travelling exhibition Cartooning for Peace / Dessins pour la Paix.
5 conferences about Media, Peace and Democracy are also organized by the University and The Fondation Varenne : meetings with journalists, cartoonists, researchers, NGO’s workers.
Opening of the exhibition on Tuesday April, 9 at 7:00 p.m. Free entrance.
Current Exhibitions
Arte – The Arab world in revolution(s)
In partnership with “Cartooning for Peace”, once a week ARTE is publishing a press cartoon on events unfolding in the Arab world.
More informationsThey joined us
Cartooning in the Near East
One of the spearheads of Cartooning for Peace is its involvement in the Near East. On several occasions Cartooning for Peace has hung up its hat and exposed cartoonists to opinions, confessions and diverging commitments; they have, however, known how to share a common goal without animosity.
