The Illustrators Exhibition is an important international showcase of new trends in children’s book illustration. After the fair, the Exhibition travels to many countries, including Japan, China and South Korea.
Unlike the sector-specialist public at Bologna Children’s Book Fair, visitors to the itinerant exhibition will be primarily children, with their families or on school visits, who will be able to enjoy the vibrant energy and imaginative force of the illustrations on display. Venues include museums, art galleries and major libraries. Now regularly held in Japan and China, the exhibition subsequently moves on each year to other countries as new projects develop. Thanks to a partnership of over thirty years with JBBY Japan, the Illustrators Exhibition is a much-awaited annual event in Japan, hosted by art museums in many cities around the country. Since 2016, China has been the second important stop on the international tour, with the Exhibition showing at art museums and major libraries in five cities. Starting from 2019, South Korea is the a new stop on the Illustrators Exhibition’s international tour!
The 2020 Illustrators Exhibition’s World Tour
The 2020 Illustrators Exhibition started his tour in Japan.
- Itabashi Art Museum (Tokyo) - 22 August - 27 September 2020
- Yokkaichi Municipal Musuem (Mie) - 3 October - 1 November 2020
- Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum (Ishikawa) - 6 November - 13 December 2020
- Art Museum and Library, Ota (Gunma) - 19 December - 24 January 2021
In the same days, the project Beyond Sight / Oltre la vista / 視る」を超えて is hosted too.
Beyond Sight / Oltre la vista / 視る」を超えて is a selection of works from the Bologna Children's Book Fair's Illustrators Exhibiton 2020 has been made accessible to the visually impaired. Organized by Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo and JBBY. In collaboration with Azienda Speciale Palaexpo and Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
Then, the exhibition will be hosted in South Korea and China, until 2022.