The exhibition presents two hundred titles from around the world, revealing how fables and fairy tales form a universal heritage shared across distant cultures and generations.
From animal stories to tales of magic and wonder, imaginative narratives represent one of the earliest ways through which humanity learned to understand and interpret the world. First passed down by word of mouth, then from book to book and image to image, these stories continue to thrive in picture books—their natural home.
This is a collective, inexhaustible, and living heritage: stories that can be reinvented, transformed, questioned, or even parodied, yet never forgotten. Every culture grows from its own roots, and the characters, symbols, and archetypes of folktales seem to cross borders and continents, preserving and renewing those shared foundations.
The two hundred titles on display evoke timeless figures such as Aesop, Andersen, and Afanasyev, while also exploring universal themes, human traits, and archetypes that have shaped the collective imagination since the dawn of time.
An exhibition that fosters meaningful dialogue by exploring the stories, symbols, and archetypes that unite us across time and cultures.
