53The 53nd GOLDEN PEN OF BELGRADE / The 18th INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF ILLUSTRATION
We invite you to the accompanying program within the international illustration exhibition Golden Feather of Belgrade.
Monday, November 10, 2025. UK Parobrod, Kapetan Mišina 6a, Belgrade
19:00 Lecture by art historian Marijana Petrović Raić ARTISTIC AND THOUGHTFUL PERSONALITY OF BOGDAN KRŠIĆ (1932-2009). Lecture on the creative and theoretical oeuvre of Bogdan Kršić, one of the key artists and thinkers of Serbian illustration in the second half of the twentieth century. Free admission.
Welcome to the Golden Pen of Belgrade 2025!
The official opening of the 53rd GOLDEN PEN OF BELGRADE exhibition / the 18th INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF ILLUSTRATION was held on November 3, 2025 in UK Parobrod.
AWARDS
GRAND PRIX
Andres Rodrigues - Colombia International
Gold Feather
Ana Grigorjev - Serbia Kristina Skoumalov - Czech Republic Maryam Mahmodimohadam - Iran
Plaques
Viive Nor - Estonia Polona Lovsin - Slovenia Dunja Branovački - Serbia
The members of the jury were Pasquale Del Vecchio, Rajko Milošević Gera, Ljiljana Ćirkov, Beata Roštaš and the president Dragana Palavestra, who stated that they "were in perfect harmony" in the decision.
Due to great interest, the Golden Pen of Belgrade contest - the oldest collective exhibition of illustrations - has been extended until August 10
Dear artists and lovers of illustration, Back in 1959, illustrators were not recognized in the art world in the way they are today.
It took a lot of effort and dedication for illustrators to be as valued as painters or sculptors. The first European illustration exhibition that continues to this day - the Golden Feather of Belgrade - was founded with a clear intention: to provide illustrators with an equal status with fine artists and to affirm their role in society, and then in the history of art.
Today, social networks and personal websites are the best form of presentation, which raises the question: are exhibitions still necessary for artists?
Exhibitions today represent necessary physical places where like-minded people gather, and on the occasion of cultural content; the opportunity for the visitor to experience the work of art in a physical space! Also, the exhibitions are a reflection of the continuity of the duration of cultural manifestations during which respect is paid to those who once invested immeasurable effort for illustration to be recognized as an art and not just a craft!
The Golden Feather of Belgrade survives even today, but with great effort, without financial resources and thanks to the dedication of individuals like us.
Support the survival of this event by signing up. May the golden trail of the illustrator's pen from the past not be interrupted!
Sincerely, with golden regards, Marija Ristic curator of Golden Feather 2025
Ranko Radovic Award 2025
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53The 53nd GOLDEN PEN OF BELGRADE
Ranko Radovic Award 2025
