Talks and other events
Chappatte on "The CNBC Conversation"
Editorial cartoonist Patrick Chappatte sits down with Tania Bryer to discuss freedom of speech and the challenges to editorial cartooning in today's world. SEE BROADCAST TIMES
“You are a racist!" - Analysis of a Twitter storm
For a few days last June, I was called a racist, or islamophobic, or both. The culprit: a cartoon on the anti-abortion decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. Let’s take a look back at a troubling experience - which tells us a bit about…
The Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award 2022
At the invitation of the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation, the Nobel Peace laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov joined us in Geneva to celebrate World Press Freedom Day and editorial cartooning. A magic moment…
Chappatte Cartoon Exhibition
The grand exhibition presented at the Contemporary Art Building of Geneva in 2021-2022. A selection of Chappatte's best cartoons along with works by international cartoonists that have been the subject of debate...
Chappatte's 2019 TED Talk
“Are we entering a world where humor becomes impossible?” asks Chappatte in this impassioned speech in response to The New York Times banning political cartoons. His conclusion: “When political pressure meets political correctness, freedom of speech perishes”. Recorded at TED Summit 2019 in Edinburgh.
The end of political cartoons at The New York Times
All my professional life, I have been driven by the conviction that the unique freedom of political cartooning entails a great sense of responsibility. But something happened...
World Economic Forum 2018 – The Left Behind
Chappatte opens the 2018 World Economic Forum session “Left Behind in the United States”, presented by USA Today. By showing cartoons on subjects ranging from unemployment, social mobility and the struggle of small business owners against retail tech, he delivers a scathing assessment of inequality in the US...
World Economic Forum 2017 – SF DRS Live Debate
A live debate on SF-DRS channel at the 2017 Davos Forum titled “Strenghtening Democracy”. Next to the moderator Suzanne Wille, Chappatte makes three cartoon presentations introducing the topics discussed : What’s happening to democracy? ; How did we get there? (21:50) ; What are the perspectives for Europe? (40:22)
TEDxRC2: Revealing Humanity
A unique TEDx organized by by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement took place on November 27, 2011 in Geneva. More than 550 people gathered to hear talks on “Multiplying the power of humanity” and on tomorrow’s humanitarian challenges. Chappatte was one of the speakers.
Chappatte's 2010 TED Talk
In “The Power Of Cartoons”, recorded at TED Global 2010 in Oxford, Chappatte makes a poignant case for the power of the humble cartoon, what it can – and what it should – accomplish. A video viewed 750’000 times.
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