For the past four years, the ESDR Congress has been giving increasing prominence to medical art through dedicated exhibitions.
In 2026, as the congress will be held in Heidelberg, it will be an opportunity to focus on German painters and engravers who depicted skin diseases.”
The first exhibition is dedicated to dermatological iconodiagnosis, a discipline focused on identifying diseases or dermatological signs depicted in works of art. Organized under the auspices of the scientific society ISI, the International Iconodiagnosis Society, chaired by Dr. Philippe Charlier, this exhibition invites participants to contribute to the project by reporting paintings from their national museums in which a skin condition can be recognized.
An exhibition dedicated to dermatological iconodiagnosis is being prepared, with a particular focus on the works of German painters.
The second exhibition, created by Corinne Déchelette, PhD in skin biology and founder of the medical art concept PEAUrigami® and LA PEAU AUTREMENT, offers an exploration of the skin at the tissue and cellular scale, made visible through black line drawing. It also invites the public to take part in the Drawing Skin Challenge, a participatory collective drawing experience focused on the creation of a giant epidermis. Get your pencils ready !
