Centenary

Centenary Visual

Sep 08 2025

John Berger would have been 100 years old in 2026. Several rendez-vous will take place to celebrate this anniversary, and so Carmen Balcells Agency through Teresa Pinto proposed to create a centenary visual.
Here it is. It uses a self-portrait and a quote that we specially love.
This visual will be associated to all these centenary events, as a “fil rouge” between all of them.
With this page, we sp…
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Centenary events in preparation

May 21 2026

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As you know, 2026 will be the 100th anniversary of John’s birth ! During this coming year, many events will take place to celebrate John Berger’s work and collaborations. Exhibitions, performances, lectures, screenings, theatre creations, publications and more are to be expected. From small alternative initiatives to bigger national institutions, the range of events will be l…
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Questions for John

Aug 19 2025

1st date : 19th of August 2025 at Edinburgh International Festival (EIF).
A Complicité ProductionConceived & Performed by Simon McBurneyProduced by Tim BellSound design by Ross FlightDramaturg/Creative Associate: Jaz Woodcock-Stewart
Questions for JohnA work in progress from Complicité Artistic Director Simon McBurney.
Why is it so easy for us to look away?How did we get here? What have we allowed to …
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Centenary publications in preparation

Dec 01 2025

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Across the world, many publishers are preparing launchings for various titles, for John Berger’s centenary in 2026. We can already announce the following upcoming publications:
TO TELL A STORY, a transcription of dialogues between Susan Sontag and John Berger, edited by Benoît Bourreau. Published by Canongate in English, also in Turki…
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To Tell A Story

Book 2026

Books, Centenary, Collaborations, Essays, Feminism, Films, Letters, Photography

To Tell A Story, essay by John Berger and Susan Sontag, edited by Benoît Bourreau, first published by Canongate Books in 2026.
Despite their status as intellectual giants of the twentieth century, John Berger and Susan Sontag’s artistic collaboration – and intense friendship – remains virtually unknown.
Published for the first time, To Tell a Story offers a glimpse into their shared history th…
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Rencontres en poèmes

Jan 22 2026

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Tour in the Alps (FR) – Line Agreil and Dany Audet with their association « Rencontres en poèmes » proposent lectures of John Berger’s poems. Other lectures mix John Berger’s poems with others authors, Mediterraneans (Ghayda Al Hadj Hussein, Mohamed Aouine, Mahmoud Darwich), French (Jean Tardieu, Jacques Prévert, Louis Aragon, Ana Luna Fédèle …
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Mientras quede una rosa

Feb 12 2026

Mientras Quede Una Rosa – Miradas de John Berger has been written by Javier Morales who interviewed many Iberian artists connected to John such as Marisa Camino, Manuel Rivas, Joaquín Araújo, Leticia Ruifernández… published in Spanish by Cuatro Lunas in February 2026.
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Book launch with Javier Morales in Spain 2026 :Plasencia, La Puerta de Tannhäusser. Februar…
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