Tolerance Posters

On December 5, the Tolerance Poster Show in Sofia was installed on the fence of the National School of Music. The School is situated on one of the capital's most iconic streets — Oborishte Street — in immediate proximity to the Union of Bulgarian Artists, Shipka 6. There, from December 15, 2025, to January 20, 2026, the 11th International Triennial of Stage Poster — Sofia 2025 is on display, which this Tolerance Poster Show was a part of. On Saturday, December 13, the organizer of the Tolerance exhibition received indications that some parents had protested to the principal of the Music School. On the evening of Monday, December 15th, parents tore off four panels they considered problematic. All four billboards have posters with rainbow colors. By the morning of Tuesday, December 16th, the principal ordered the removal of the complete exhibition. Now, not just the colors of the rainbow, but all the colors are gone. All that's left is the iron fence and the black tarpaulin. An  ...

We are pleased to let you know that there are still some Tolerance Posters on display in Sofia , despite the removal of the outdoor exhibition. Running alongside the International Triennial of Stage Posters , the Connectivity collection will be on display at the Union of Bulgarian Artists building at Shipka 6 until January 20th, 2026. CONNECTIVITY is a collection that connects images from several existing series – posters from the renowned global project Tolerance by Mirko Ilic and from the International Triennial of Stage Posters’ Contact and Coexistence initiatives. What they have in common has different manifestations – from the closeness of their thematic pathos rooted in a poster’s power to appeal for greater humanity, expressing the natural urge for peace and mutual trust in a world of deepening conflicts, through their international structure uniting artists from all over the world to the several shared posters that appear in both Contact and Tolerance, which most convinc...

We are pleased to share with you this catalog containing Tolerance Posters that were selected by the   11th International Triennial of Stage Poster, Sofia 2025   to be displayed on the fence of the National School of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria. The School is situated on one of the capital’s most iconic streets — Oborishte Street — which leads to Bulgaria’s main cathedral. The location was also chosen for its immediate proximity to the largest gallery for temporary exhibitions, the Union of Bulgarian Artists, located at Shipka 6. The show will be open from December 15, 2025, to January 20, 2026. The Triennial and the Tolerance Poster Show were held with the support of Sofia Municipality. We are deeply grateful to Albena Spasova, whose tireless efforts made this show possible. You can download the full catalog for yourself   here .  

We are pleased to inform you of the opening of a Tolerance Poster Show in Agrigento, Sicily. The show is opening today, December 5th, in the Piazza Pirro Marconi, near the central train station. The installation will consist of four monumental banners containing 256 square meters of Tolerance Posters. The show is our latest collaboration with  the Trieste-based association   Cizerouno . A crossover project, coordinated by Massimiliano Schiozzi and Vincenzo Luongo, connecting several geographically distant communities—Agrigento, Trieste, Lampedusa, Gorizia—shared by similar border dynamics: places where history, culture, and migration intertwine and generate new forms of coexistence. Once we receive more images of the installed posters, we will share them with you here. In the meantime, you can see images from the Trieste Tolerance Poster Show organized by Cizerouno   here .        

  I’m pleased to inform you that on November 13th, I held a lecture at   Algebra Bernays University   in Zagreb. The lecture was titled “Recognitions and Purpose” and explored the role of design in a social context, balancing accolades with the creation of art that communicates values, shapes perspectives, and inspires responsibility. Algebra Bernays University is part of the largest private educational organization in the Republic of Croatia and the region, present in more than 20 cities throughout Croatia. You can learn more about the lecture   here . I’m thankful to   Iva Babaja , Assistant Professor at Algebra Bernays University, for her tireless efforts in making this lecture possible.  

On September 18, 2025, we held the opening of a beautifully displayed Tolerance Poster Show at Belgrade Fortress   (Kalemegdan) in Belgrade, Serbia. The show was a part of the broader Tolerance Campaign — a joint initiative of the United Nations and the Council of Europe launched earlier this year to promote inclusion and counter hate speech. The exhibition underscores efforts to use art, education, and public engagement to challenge prejudice and strengthen solidarity. But that didn’t last long. After being hung, the posters of Andrzej Pagowski of Poland, Blazo Kovacevic of Montenegro, and Levente Bendek of Romania were soon vandalized. The poster of Levente Bendek was vandalized repeatedly. First, somebody drew a skinhead symbol and scratched homophobic slurs. Then, someone ripped the rainbow flag depicted in the poster. After that, even more hateful messages and symbols were drawn over a rainbow flag that continues to be torn. So much for tolerance. Unfortunately, this happens ...

  As a present from my friend, I received this beautiful painting by Brad Holland . He was probably the most influential American illustrator after the WWII.   Not only was I gifted the painting, I also received two pieces of reference material Brad used to create his painting—a Polaroid of his assistant Jonathan Twingley and the yamaka which he was wearing in the polaroid.   Brad turned the yamaka with concentric rings into an archery target by adding characteristic colours. He painted this to create a poster for my Tolerance Project Inc. , the traveling Tolerance Poster Show.    Brad Holland was my friend. His work and personality had tremendous influence on me. Because of his illustration, " The Junkie " from 1971, I became a professional illustrator.   I miss him a lot.