It is regrettable that the authors of these posters are not mentioned. They are anonymous. However, they tell the story of both the gallery and the works of the painters who have succeeded one another in this space.
They constitute a showcase, even the quintessence of the work of the artist who chose to exhibit in the Kheireddine Palace in the Medina.
The Press — Since January 1, 2026, the Kheireddine Palace, museum of the City of Tunis in the Medina, has hosted an exhibition of posters of pictorial events that took place in the gallery. The exhibition, which was to end at the end of January, is extended throughout the month of February. A fairly original exhibition dedicated to an underappreciated art. More than a hundred posters are brought together to retrace the different periods of the gallery.
These posters, which are primarily communication media intended to inform the public of the holding of an exhibition and including the street walls, which are the space where they are exhibited, become real works and are no longer simple supports doomed to perdition. We focused on a few posters presented in this documentary exhibition which retraces a part of the history of art exhibitions in Tunisia.
It is regrettable that the authors of these posters are not mentioned. They are anonymous. However, they tell the story of both the gallery and the works of the painters who have succeeded one another in this space. They constitute a showcase, even the quintessence of the work of the artist who chose to exhibit in the Kheireddine Palace in the Medina.
If they do not bear the signature of their authors, it is simply because they are not real creations. They remain a medium in which there is barely an illustration of the artist’s work with some information on the date of the exhibition.
The poster for the exhibition by filmmaker, storyteller and painter Nacer Khemir is a black and white drawing. It is signed by the artist himself and represents a character with wings flying over the Medina, its houses and its mosque which seems to be a sketch reflecting the author’s favorite themes, namely the themes of the desert, the tale and the imagination similar to his cinematographic productions. The exhibition took place in 2002. The poster appeals thanks to this fantastic character, half angel, half demon. Nacer Khemir frees himself from colors and traditional perspective and uses simple and modern forms on this medium.
“Dix-Art and War”, original prints from the 1920s by the German artist Otto Dix which was held from April 8 to 30, 2005 and organized in partnership with the Goethe Institute. The black and white poster represents a model of the artist’s print. The characters are shown in perspective, having their legs or arms amputated in a chaotic space which, as indicated on the poster, are traumas caused by war.
Painter and engraver associated with the expressionist movements and the new objectivity of which he is one of the founders. Recognized worldwide for his protest art. He draws inspiration from his experience as a soldier in the two world wars which he transcribes in his creations.
The poster for the exhibition of the works of the Austrian painters Gustave Klimt (1862-1918) and Egon Schiele (1890-1918) is a watercolor from Klimt’s work representing the portrait of a female character with a large hat, her head tilted back and her eyes closed. She seems to be either taking a nap or enjoying a moment of peace and quiet. The exhibition was part of relations with Austria and celebrated the great masters of symbolism and expressionism of this country.
“Fumetti nei musei” (la mostra) visual of a comic book exhibition organized from June 9 to 30, 2022.
The poster for this project from the Italian Ministry of Culture evokes a multitude of protagonists created in the form of comic strips. Unlike the two previous posters, this one is in color and brings together a selection of original plates created by Italian authors. The collection uses the language of 9e art to tell stories inspired by real museum collections. The poster loaded with characters is the perfect illustration of this.
These are just a few examples of an exhibition where other painters, like the Tunisians Hédi and Zoubeir Turki, the Spaniards Picasso and Miro to name a few, have left their mark and this exhibition of posters comes to revive our memory.
