Tolerance Posters

As a part of the new show in front of NGPI St. Luke, in Sofia, Bulgaria, Albena Spasova, co-founder of the   International Triennial of Stage Poster   - Sofia, held a lecture showing, among others, Tolerance Posters that were not displayed at the school because of space limitations. Spasova also spoke about the mission of art — and of the poster in particular — to defend just causes, to shape public attitudes, and to cultivate civic intolerance toward all forms of violence and violations of human dignity. The lecture was held on March 9th for students from the Advertising Design and Metal departments. Albena Spasova, in 1994, cofounded the International Triennial of Stage Poster - Sofia. Today, it is the only international platform focusing on stage posters and their myriad incarnations.  Special thanks to Ralitsa Karapanteva, the director of the National High School of Applied Arts “St. Luka” (NGPI St. Luke), and Albena Spasova, for organizing this event .

We are pleased to let you know that tomorrow is the last day to visit the distributed exhibition "Crossing the Border, Tolerance." The posters of the Tolerance Poster Show, brought to the city by "Crossing the Border," are on display at the Trieste Covered Market, in Piazza Goldoni and Viale D'Annunzio. An installation of some of these posters is also present in Gorizia, in Corte Bratina, until the end of the month. The show was organized by   Cizerouno   Cultural Association as part of the Varcare la Frontiera (Crossing the Border) festival, with the support of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, and in co-organization with the Municipality of Trieste. Pictured above and below is the work of the   Performance Klub Fiskulturnik   collective, which debuted in Trieste on January 24th during the 37th edition of the Trieste Film Festival, and has generated great interest and participation after being presented in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom. ...

We are pleased to inform you that in 2025, we helped organize 27 Tolerance Poster Shows in 14 countries: Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Serbia, Switzerland, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Thailand, and the USA.   Despite the politically and economically challenging times, we managed to continue sharing the Tolerance Project with an audience around the world. These shows brought us to a total of 235 shows in more than 50 countries around the world. We hope to have more shows in 2026, especially in the United States, because of the 27 shows held last year, just one was in the United States.   You can see all of our shows from the past year and beyond here .    

We are pleased to inform you that a collection of Tolerance Posters features in the PQBK catalog, which showcases works from the   Poster Quadrennial Bardejov Kraków   (PQBK). The shows are organized by   Peter Javorík , a professor at the Department of Visual Communication at the Faculty of Industrial Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. The catalog features posters, not just from the PQBK 2025 collections, but also of the Poster Quadrennial Bardejov 2021 collections, accompanying exhibitions, the   Tolerance Poster Show held in Bardejov, Slovakia   in 2021, and four more related shows. The section containing the Tolerance Posters includes over 170 posters that were exhibited in Bardejov alongside the Quadrennial’s 2021 edition. You can see a PDF of the entire catalog   here .  

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 .