From 6 October, we will be presenting an exhibition within an exhibition, with an incursion into the sometimes dreamlike yet very real world of Serguei, best known for his work as an editorial cartoonist for over thirty years at the daily newspaper Le Monde.

This will be a unique opportunity to take a different look at press cartoons, without which our press would have neither the same strength nor the same flavour. Alongside works by Dubout, Effel, Serre, Siné and Wolinski, Serguei’s prints illustrate the role played by political cartoonists over the generations in awakening the sensibility and conscience of our society.

Serguei, “chronicler of human tragedy”, according to Fabien Simode, and true to the lesson of Saul Steinberg, who believed that “a good editorial cartoon speaks for itself”, will be signing his latest novel, Le Tango du dessinateur.

This beautiful book brings together over three hundred drawings in an allegorical tale dear to Serguei’s heart: the environment, religion, dictatorships, finance, love, education, etc.… where, as the author writes:

“it only takes one reader, provided he or she has a modicum of determination, for your drawing to be demonised and, with it, the entire future of your work. From now on, you’ll be blacklisted. And the wound of censorship will make you a censor in your turn, because the virus is contagious”.

His words have a special resonance for those who want to keep their minds and consciences alert.