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The exhibition around the work of the Genevan author and designer Zep attracted 20,820 people to the Château de Saint-Maurice (VS). In 2025, it’s time for Asterix, who is celebrating 65 years of adventures.
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November 18, 2024 – 09:01
(Keystone-ATS) The Zep exhibition at the Château de Saint-Maurice celebrated in “a brilliant way the 20 years of exhibitions of drawn arts of the Fondation du Château de Saint-Maurice”, announced the director of the Château Philippe Duvanel on Monday. This success places it in the trio of biggest audiences after The Smurfs and Petzi.
The exhibition, specially designed for the Valais venue, attracted visitors with the breadth of its outlook, explains the director. In addition to Titeuf, the character who made Zep famous, curious people “of all generations” were also able to see drawings, reproductions, original pieces and documents. “It seems to have, for many, revealed the very great extent of Zep’s work, its abundance and, if it were still needed, its indisputable narrative power.”
Asterix takes over
In 2025, the Château will present Astérix by screenwriter René Goscinny and designer Albert Uderzo from April 5 to November 16. This is the first major exhibition of the character in Switzerland, specifies the director in the press release.
Custom-created at the Château and produced in collaboration with Éditions Albert René, it will allow you to “savour the narrative and graphic virtuosity” of the series and to “discover its origins”. Geographical location requires, the mythical journey of Asterix among the Helvetii will be particularly honored.
An absolute icon of French-speaking comics and the French spirit throughout the world, Asterix now has more than 65 years of history, 40 albums translated into 117 languages and dialects as well as 16 animated and fiction feature films. .
