House of Humor and Satire ( Bulgarian. House on Humora and Satirat ) is located in Gabrovo , Bulgaria .
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It is an exposition of traditional local humorous art, including various posters, photographs, paintings, sculptures and records of verbal humor. The house combines the features of a museum and an art gallery . Gabrovo is also known as the international capital of humor and satire. His motto is "the world exists because it laughs . "
Exposition and events
The house of humor and satire is the cultural center of Gabrovo. It hosts permanent and temporary exhibitions of humorous and satirical works of art in Bulgaria and the world. The management of the House also publishes and holds contests and festivals of humor.
The following events are held at the House of Humor and Satire:
- International Assembly of Humor and Satire in the Arts (IBHSA)
- Goodwill , National Assembly of Storytellers and Comedians
- Carnival of humor and satire
- World Fine Arts Exhibition and Artist Contest
The exhibition entitled Humor of the Nations includes more than 51,620 works of art by more than 9,000 authors from 173 countries of the world: among them about 22,000 cartoons, more than 3,000 satirical graphics, more than 1,000 drawings, about 1,000 sculptures, about 9,500 photographs, more than 200 posters, more 300 carnival masks and costumes. Another part of the museum's collection is a specialized library, which contains 25,000 titles and 1000 volumes of periodicals in 35 languages. Most of these works of art were received through donations.
Such an abundance makes it possible to constantly update exhibits and install current exhibitions of various authors and topics. Over the 35 years of its existence, DUS has organized more than 500 thematic, group, individual and traveling exhibitions in Europe , Africa , North America and the Middle East .
DUS is a unique cultural institution of humor and satirical art, which has international fame. It was created on the site of an old tannery on April 1 in 1972. The main architect of the complex was Karl Kandulkov.