Together with Dieter Burkamp, Branko Najhold opened their common exhibition “His master’s line” in Oerlinghausen on June 22nd 2008. On the opening were presented participants Walter Hanel from Germany and Francoise Didier from Luxembourg and Najhold made very close contacts with them.

Zemun International Salon of Caricature realized collaboration with many festivals, museums and other similar institutions world around, as well as with a lot of most outstanding names of domestic and international cartoon scene. Many of them visited us, we were the guests of others…So was made, beside the professional contacts connected with cartooning, many nice friendships which still lasts.

Dr Zoran Milinković je, as a director of Zemun Salon, was on the opening of festivals in Italian towns Bordighera (1998) and Cita di Castello (1998) and on the festival in Salo he was the member of international jury (2000). Also, Dr. Milinković visited Museum of Caricature in Warszawa, the Association of Mexican Cartoonists and Cartoon Museum in Mexico City (2001), where his hosts
were Mexican cartoonists Apebes and Trizas, Cartoon Museum in Santa Clara on Cuba and the editorial staffs of humoristic magazines "Dedete" and "Palante" in Havana (2001 and 2002), where his hosts were Cuban cartoonists Thomas Rodriguez - Tomy, Ares, Lazaro and Adan. In Montevideo, Dr. Milinković was the guest of well known cartoonist Raquel Orzuj (2002) and in Santiago de Chile
he was a guest of most famous Chilean cartoonist Arturo Scot Rojas and opened his exhibition (2002).

Left: Mexico 2001. - Apebes, Dr Milinković & Trizas
Right: Cuba 2002. - Tomi, Dr Milinković, Lazaro & Ares

Zemun International Salon of Caricature organized the visit of 14 Yugoslavian cartoonists in Romania, on Romanian - Yugoslavian Workshop in Sinaja, from 14 till 18 March 2001. On that meeting, whom was present Dr Robert Russell, the president of Cartoonists’ Rights Network (CRN), it was found CRN Yugoslavia and for president of that organization was choose Julijana Živković. She done that duty until her death 2003 and until then Zemun Salon was the representative of Yugoslavian branch of CRN.

Yugoslavian cartoonists in Romania 2001.

On the first meeting of CRN branch for Southeast Europe, from 19 till 24 June 2002 in Ploiesti, as a representative of Zemun International Salon of Caricature participated Branko Najhold. Besides the cartoonists from Romania, on that meeting were cartoonists - the representatives of CRN from Bulgaria, Ukraine and Egypt as well as the president of the organization Dr Robert Russell.

Workshop in Ploesti 2002.

On the invitation of British Cartoonists’ Association (BCA), in September 2002 Branko Najhold visited London and Ayr in Scotland where he opened the exhibition of Zemun International Salon of Caricature. Beside the contact with a number cartoonists from Great Britain, Switzerland, Germany, France, Turkey, Israel, Australia and Canada, presented on the festival in Ayr, with his host
Mark Bryant, the secretary of BCA, Najhold visited prestige London Press Club where he was elected for a member, and a cult cartoonist bar "Punch".

Left: In “Punch” bar - Mark Bryant & Branko Najhold
Desno: Ayr 2002. - Jock Williams-Davies, Najhold & Sue Burleigh

On the invitation of Peter Nieuwendijk, secretary general of FECO, Branko Najhold twice was a guest on annual conferences of that organization in Saint Just la Martel in France (2002 and 2003). Except active participating in
official work of the conference, Najhold made nice contacts with over hundred cartoonists from about twenty countries, thanks the fact that conferences both time were held during the festival days in Saint Just. Coming back from Saint Just 2003 Najhold visited Amsterdam, where his host was Peter Nieuwendijk. There Najhold met several other Holland cartoonists.

Left: FECO Conference in St.Just 2003.
Right: With Peter and Peggy in Hillegom 2003.

Branko Najhold representative Zemun International Salon of Caricature in Lviv in Ukraine, on the manifestation "Fund of Dimitri Shelesta" from 20 till 24 October
2002. Beside domestic artists, there were presented representatives from Russia, Poland, Slovakia and USA and Najhold also was a member of international jury on animated film festival "Silver Fly".

Meeting in Lviv 2002.

After opening the exhibition of Zemun International Salon of Caricature in Winterthur, 2003, Branko Najhold visited Cartoon Museum in Basel, where his host was curator Daniel Bolsinger.

Left: Cartoon Museum in Basel
Right: Cartoon Museum, Basel 2003 - Daniel Bolsinger & Branko Najhold

Thanks to reputation of Zemun International Salon of Caricature and his personal reputation, Branko Najhold several times was the juror on domestic and international cartoon competitions. In Serbia he was the juror on the greatest domestic contest for "Golden Pjer" award (1998), international festival of humor and satire "Golden Helmet" in Kruševac (2002) and first festival in Leskovac in which organization he participated on the ask of founders (2003). Also, Najhold was the member of the juries in traditional and respectful festivals in Gabrovo in Bulgaria (2003) and Legnica in Poland (2004), as well as the festival in Urziceni in Romania (2005). During his being in Bulgaria Najhold was a guest of Bulgarian cartoonists in Sofia, where he officially visited the editorial staff of humoristic newspapers "Strsel", while in Gabrovo he visited House of Humor and Satire. In Poland he was a guest of Cartoon Museum in Warszawa and Cartoon Museum "Satirikon" in Legnica. At last, in Bucharest Najhold visited well known cartoonists’ club "Sorin Postolache" and his owner Constantin Vladareanu and met a number of Romanian cartoonists.

Left: Judging in Kruševac 2002.
Right: Najhold with Romanian and Bulgarian cartoonists

For a years Zemun International Salon of Caricature helps the biggest domestic children cartoon festival “Small Pjer” and collaborates with its organizers. In Zagreb 2003 Branko Najhold was guest of Nikola Plečko, secretary od Croatian Cartoonists Association.

Left: In Zagreb 2003.
Right: Opening of “Mali Pjer” 2005.

Very good contacts and cooperation Zemun International Salon of Caricature made with several similar institutions, specially with festival "Fanofunny" in Fano,
Italy, then with Iranian cartoon magazine "Kaihan", with festival in Omia in Japan and with Cartoon Museum in Boca Raton in USA, as well as with several most famous world collectors of cartoon publications, among them with Jean-Marie Bertin from France, Wolf Geyer from Germany and Gustaff van Damme from Belgium. Of course, must be mentioned the contacts with over thousand cartoonists from more then 90 countries from all continents. Some of those contacts by time become very close, even friendly, and a lot of cartoonists were the guests of Salon in Zemun. Beside those whom were invited as awarded on regular contests or those whom had personal exhibitions in Zemun (Enzo Apicella, Therence Parkes Larry, Davor Štambuk), Salon also visited Russian cartoonist Igor Smirnov, and Ukrainian cartoonist Vladimir Kazanevsky, both in 1997, as well as Romanian cartoonists Horia Crisan and Liviu Stanila, together in 2004.

Left: Jury in Gabrovo 2003.
Right: In newspapers “Stršel” in Sofia 2003.

Left: Judging in Legnica 2004.
Right: Opening ceremony in Legnica 2004.

Left: Cartoon Museum in Warszawa
Right: Cartoon Museum in Warszawai 2004. - Gradzina Godzievska & Branko Najhold

Left: Romanian cartoonists in Zemun 2004.
Right: Branko Najhold & Roger Penwil

Left: Branko Najhold & Marlene Pohle
Right: Igor Smirnov in Zemun

Left: Vladimir Kazanevski in Zemun
RIght: Jean Jacques Loup & Branko Najhold

Left: Miroslav Bartak, Branko Najhold & Jiri Sliva
Right: Najhold with cartoonists from Israel

Left: Branko Najhold & Toshiko Nishida
Right: Robert Szecowka & Branko Najhold

Left: Gerhard Gepp, Branko Najhold & Victor Kudin
Right: Club “Sorin Postolache” - Constantin Vladareanu & Branko Najhold

Also, Zemun International Salon of Caricature were one day host of British cartoonist Sue Burleigh on her "Toontrack" trip across Europe and Near East in Summer 2005.

On the initiative of Vlada Katić, about 30 Yugoslavian cartoonists made Album which was given to Branko Najhold on the opening of Zemun Salon 2001 as an acknowledgment for all what he has done for Yugoslavian cartooning.

Vlada Katić with album for Branko Najhold 2001.

In famous restorant “Daka” 2002 was put wall painting with the portraits of most outstanding cartoonists from Zemun and Branko Najhold among them.

Branko Najhold in “Daka” restaurant

Also must be mentioned a great recognition which Zemun International Salon of Caricature got for decade of successful work from Romanian cartoonists. The award was given to Branko Najhold personally during the opening of the exhibition and festival days in Urziceni, on December 2nd, 2005.

Najhold receives award in Urziceni 2005.

At last, Branko Najhold 2006 got the Special FECO award, third which was given in two decades of that organization. Before Najhold that award was given only to Gerard Van den Broucke (France) and Nezih Danyal (Turkey). FECO Secretar generaly Peter Niuwendijk gave award personaly to Najhold on the opening ceremony in Zemun on June 6th 2006.
The award was given to Najhold as a recognition for “his work in promoting the art of cartooning and fastening international friendship between cartoonists” with the following explanation: “For ten years Branko Najhold has organized the Zemun International Salon of Caricature with good prizes, fine catalogues and excellent hospitality”.

Branko Najhold receives FECO award from Peter Nieuwendijk at the openning of Salon 2006.

In September 2006 Branko Najhold was a guest on the opening of the exhibition “The Ten New Europeans” in Timeshare. On the ceremony also were presented outstanding Romanian cartoonists Florian Doru Crihana, Nick Lengher, Aurel Stefan Alexandrescu and others as well as the authors of the project, Dieter and Gisele Burkamp from Germany.

Branko Najhold was a special guest on the First international festival of humor and satire in Italian city Salerno. The other guests were Bulgarian satiric writer Ivan Kulekov and well known Italian editorial cartoonists Maximo Buchi and Riccardo Mannelli. On November 30th Najhold held a successful speech about the Serbian cartooning after the World War Second.

Salerno 2006.

On the reprise opening of the exhibition of the First contest of Greekartoon association in Thessaloniki, December 21st, Branko Najhold was a honorable guest together with the cartoonists Florian Doru Crihana (Romania), Ivailo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria) and Michael Kountouris (Greece). Najhold held a press conference about the experiences of Zemun International Salon of Caricature and together with other guests and hosts participated in the establishing of BAL.KA.NET (Balkan Cartoon Network), on the initiative of Nicolas Nikas.
At the end of 2006 Zemun International Salon of Caricature started collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts in Surgut (Siberia, Russia).

As a guest in Thessaloniki, December, 2006.

On the invitation of European Cartoon Center, like a special guest, Branko Najhold spent several days in Belgium where he presented the opening ceremony of the new museum building in Kruishoutem, on June 16th 2007. There he met a lot of old friends and made new contacts with a numerous of cartoonists and cartoon contest organizers from Belgium and other countries.

Left: Museum in Kruishoutem
Right: Guests on the openning

Left: Branko Najhold &i Rudy Ghrysens in museum's library
Right: Mordillo's exhibition

Left: Op de Beeck & Branko Najhold
Right: Giullermo Mordillo & Branko Najhold

Left: Rudy Ghrysens, Branko Najhold, Ivailo Tsvetkov
Right: Pol Leurs & Branko Najhold

In continue of their collaboration, GREEKARTOON and Zemun International Salon of Caricature signed a partnership agreement in June 2007. This agreement constitutes the first concrete step in initiating a series of bilateral or multilateral formal co-action enterprises regarding the broader Balkan (Southeastern Europe) area, within the principles stated in the founding declaration of BALCA.NET. The BALCA.NET is an affiliated institution of GREEKARTOON aiming at becoming a powerfull artistic and resourceful mechanism and a gateway of communication and cooperation between the institutions, organizations and artists engaged professionally in the art of cartoon making in the Balkan area (Southeastern Europe) and worldwide.
The objective of this cooperation agreement is to establish a management framework for collaboration in a series of complementary actions related, but not limited, to develop synergy opportunities for GREEKARTOON and Zemun International Salon of Caricature, and to promote mutual organizational interests in ways that are consisted with the mandates, polices, priorities and resources of each party.
From 8th since 16th September Branko Najhold was in Russia as a guest of Art Museum from Surgut (Siberia), where he was a member of international jury of Fourth cartoon contest. During visiting Russia he made contacts with most eminent Russian and Ukrainian cartoonists and in Moscow he visited cult place of capital artists, restaurant “Petrovič”, which coowner is outstanding cartoonist Andrei Biljžo.

Left: Judging in Surgut
Right: Press conference in Surgut

Left: Yuri Kosobukin, Branko Najhold, Michail Zlatkowsky
Right: Yuri Kosobukin Vladimir Stepanov, Michail Zlatkowsky,  Branko Najhold, Victor Bogorad

In restaurant “Petrovič” in Moscow


Soon after that, from 20th since 28th September, Najhold was in Greece as a guest of GREEKARTOON and was a member of international jury of Second cartoon contest of that organization. Except the serious talks with the hosts about the future collaboration, Najhold also made important contacts with the other jury members, specially with outstanding USA cartoonist Anan Lurie and Odile Conseil, the director of cartoons in French magazine “Courier International”.

Judging in Athens

Left: Branko Najhold & Renan Lurie
Right: Banquet in Athens

As a member of the jury, Branko Najhold presented the opening of the cartoon contest in Surgut from 9th until 15th June 2008. Beside the jury members, there were also 20 cartoonists from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Czech, Great Britain and Israel.

Left: Branko Najhold & Sergey Sichenko
Right: Oleg Goutsol & Branko Najhold


Left: Dmitri Skazhenik & Branko Najhold
Right: Dmitri Bondarenko & Branko Najhold


Left: Bratislav Kovarik, Branko Najhold, Ivailo Tsvetkov
Right: Dmitri Kononov, Evgeny Osipov, Branko Najhold, Alexandar Sergeyev, Nicolai Tchernishov, Vladimir Stepanov

Together with Dieter Burkamp, Branko Najhold opened their common exhibition “His master’s line” in Oerlinghausen on June 22nd 2008. On the opening were presented participants Walter Hanel from Germany and Francoise Didier from Luxembourg and Najhold made very close contacts with them.

Left: Branko Najhold & Francois Didier
Right: Walter Hanel & Branko Najhold

Branko Najhold participated on international conference “Satire in Culture” in Salerno, on 17. December 2008. Other participants were Serbian cartoonist Predrag Koraksić Corax, chief editor of French magazine “Canard Enchaine”, Erik Emptaz and Peppe Iannicelli as a moderator.

Erik Emptaz, Branko Najhold, Corax
Salerno 17. december 2008.

As a member of the jury, Branko Najhold spent several days in Kruishoutem in February 2009. There he made contacts with presented cartoonists from Belgium and France.

Judging in Kruishoutem

Left: Jury members
Right: Branko Najhold with belgian cartoonists



Left: Bernard Bouton & Branko Najhold
Right: Branko Najhold & Rudy Gheysens

On June 28th 2009 in Zemun was cartoonist from Ukraine Vladimir Kazanevsky, as a guest of Zemun Salon.

Kazanevsky in Zemun

In Eskisehir, Turkey, from September 29th until October 3rd 2009 was held First meeting of Cartoon Museum Directors. Except hosts, Museum of Cartoon Art from Eskisehir, on the meeting were presented the directors of the cartoon museums from Belgium, Bulgaria, Poland, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Iran, Indonesia, Japan and Turkeu, as well as from Serbia, which were represented with Museum of Catoon Art from Zemun – director Branko Najhold and Bojana Ivanović. The meeting was very constructive and among all it was concluded that such meetings will be regularu organised in a future.

Catalogue of the participants of the Cartoon Museum Directors


Left: Snapshot for remembering
Right: Outside the Cartoon Museum in Eskisehir

Left: In the Cartoon Museum in Eskisehir
Right: Branko Najhold & Atila Ozer

Presenting the Zemun Cartoon Museum

As a member of the jury of international contest „Chopin’s Smile“, Branko Najhold spent several days in Warszawa in the beginning of December 2009. There he made contacts with presented cartoonists from Italy(Alessandro Gatto) and France (Bernard Bouton), as well as with Poland cartoonists, specially with Andrzej Mlieczko, Henryk Sawka, Zbigniew Jujka, Jacek Frankowski and Gregorz Szumowski.

Judging in Warsaw

Judging in Warsaw

Left: Branko Najhold & Jacek Frankowski
Right: Andrzej Mlieczko, Branko Najhold, Ana Kulig, Henryk Sawka

From July 21st – 24th, Branko Najhold was in Oerlinghausen (Germany), as a special guest on the opening of a big cartoon exhibition of European cartoonists in organisation of Gisela and Dieter Burkamp. Except Najhold, on the opening were also Germany cartoonists Walter Hanel and Oliver Weiss, as well as Florian Doru Crihana (Romania), Jiri Sliva (Czesh), Zigmund Januszewski (Poland), Francois Didier and Pol Leurs (Luxembourg), Gerhard Gepp and Klaus Pitter (Austria) and Riber Hansson (Sweden).

Left: Guests in Oerlinghausen
Right: Najhold with grandsons of Gisela and Dieter Burkamp

Guests - cartoonists in Oerlinghausen draws for the visitors on the opening of the exhibition

Zemun International Salon of Caricature was the host of the Third meeting of Cartoon Museum Directors. Except hosts, on the meeting were presented the directors or high representatives of the cartoon museums from Azerbaijan (Bayram Hajizadeh and Konul Kangarli), Belgium (Saskia Gheysens and Fernand Vogels), Bulgaria (Yordanka Shyakova and Darina Marinchevska), Holland (Peter Nieuwendijk), Iran (Rahim Baghal Asghari), Poland (Zigmunt Zaradkievicz), Romania (Florian Doru Crihana) and Turkey (Vicdan Ozer), while the representatives of cartoon museum from Surgut (Russia) cancelled. The meeting with a theme „How to improve the collaboration between cartoon museums“ was held on September 2nd and 3rd 2011 in Zemun and was very good organised and very constructive.
In a free time, hosts organized sightseeing of Zemun, as well as a visiting of Belgrade and Manasija monastery. Also, the participants of the meeting visited a vice mayor of Zemun.

Left: Opening of the meeting
Right: Participants

Participants speaks


Participants speaks


Left: Refreshment in the break of meeting
Right: The end of the meeting


Participants of the meeting - guests of the vice mayor of Zemun


Participants of the meeting - guests of the vice mayor of Zemun


In a free time


In a free time


Participants of the meeting on the opening of the Salon

From March 18th – 21st, Branko Najhold was in Warszaw (Poland), as a member of the Jury for international cartoon contest „The ball is in play“ in the organisation of the Cartoon Museum in Warszaw. Except Najhold, the members of the Jury were Rudy Gheysens (Belgium) as well Zigmunt Zaradkievicz, Julian Bogdanowicz, Andrzej Person, Wlodzimierz Szaranowicz, Jozef Vegrzyn and Eliabeta Laskowska (Poland). Najhold also wrote a text for the catalog of the exhibition.

Judging in Warszaw

Branko Najhold was in Kruishoutem (Belgium) from 6th until 10th September 2012, as a participant of the Fourth meeting of Cartoon Museum Directors. Except him, on the meeting were presented the directors or high representatives of the cartoon museums from Azerbaijan (Vuqar Muradov), Egypt (Mohammed Abla), (Saskia Gheysens and Fernand Vogels), Bulgaria (Tatyana Tsankova), Egypt (Mohammed Abla), Holland (two museums – Wim Reijnders and Niels Beugeling), Israel (Gaon Galit), Poland (Zigmunt Zaradkievicz), Portugal (Luis Humberto Marcos), Russia (Svetlana Kruglova), Turkey (three museums - Sadettin Aygun, Ruhan Selcuk and Vicdan Ozer) and USA (Joe Wos), as well as the representatives of the hosts (Rudy Gheysens, Saskia Gheysens and Fernand Vogels), while the representatives of cartoon museum from Tabriz (Iran) cancelled. The meeting was very good organised and very constructive.

Details from Krouishoutem

Opening ceremony in Tabriz


Branko Najhold in Cartoon Museum in Tabriz

Left: School "Svetozar Mirtić"
Right: School "Lazar Savatić"


Left: School for children with special needs "Sava Jovanović-Sirogojno"
Right: Zemun Small Art Center

Left: National Museum in Kikinda
Right: Kamil Yavuz workshop