The Centre Pompidou hosts the exhibition: “Corto Maltese, a romanesque life”. Created in 1967 by Hugo Pratt (1927-1995), Corto Maltese is one of the most famous and recognizable characters in comics. Explorer, anarchist sailor, gentleman, travels the world in turmoil at the beginning of the twentieth century. There are many literary sources that accompany his adventures: Hermann Melville, Jack London, Joseph Conrad, among others.
The exhibition explores this literary and poetic dimension through original documents (including storyboards, notes, photographs, studies). Realization Beaubourg, team Cong Sa, co-curator Patrizia Zanotti. Until November 4th.
