Exhibition pays tribute to prolific Lebanese cartoonist
The Sursock Museum in Beirut is displaying thousands of cartoons by Pierre Sadek, who inspired many Lebanese satirists and created space for the next generation.
Pierre Sadek, Lebanon’s pioneering satirist, acquired indisputable fame over 53 years of working for Lebanese newspapers and television. Sadek, armed with a sharp eye and an even sharper pen, used his caricatures to reflect his political analyses until his death in 2013. “Picturing History,” an exhibition at the Sursock Museum in Beirut created in partnership with the Pierre Sadek Foundation, displays 720 of his drawings. The exhibition opened on Feb. 8 and runs until April 30.
The drawings on display are just a small selection of the 30,000 illustrations, TV animations and book covers that Sadek left when he died five years ago. His family created the foundation to maintain his legacy.
