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Is This Allowed?

When Humor Leads to Controversy and Censorship

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29 | 06 | 2025 > 21| 09 | 2025

You can visit the exhibition in the ECC for free,

every Sunday from 10 to 12 and from 14 to 17

Under the title “Is This Allowed? When Humor Leads to Controversy and Censorship,” the European Cartoon Center presents recent cartoons with painful backstories.


All over the world, cartoonists are being threatened, fired, or imprisoned because of the sharpness of their pencils. Even in our own country, cartoons spark controversy, diplomatic incidents, and editorial refusals to publish them.


Is freedom of expression under pressure? Are we taking everything too seriously? Are we living in a culture of fear?


Discover some controversial images and the stories behind them until the end of September at the European Cartoon Center.

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Practical information

  • Opening hours

    Every Sunday from 10-12 and 14-17 you can visit the ECC as an individual with free entrance

    Winterbreak: the European Cartoon Center is closed between the 22nd of December till the 22nd of January.

  • Fee

    As we want to promote cartoons as an art form to the general public and find it important that everyone has the possibility to see cartoons, you can visit the ECC on Sunday by the 'Pay what you wish'-principal. You decide what your visit to the exhibition is worth and according your own budget. This way of working is only possible because the European Cartoon Center is a non-profit organization that operates 100% on volunteers.

    Keep in mind that your voluntary contribution makes it possible to make cartoon art accessible to all. 

    For groups there are different paid formulas: 

    • Formula A: 5 euro per person (with a minimum of 50 euro) admission and introduction
    • Formula B: 8 euro per person (with a minimum of 80 euro) admission, introduction and a free drink of your choice

     

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