The State Institute for Culture
THE INSTITUTE supports and works towards priority delivery of national and international cultural projects and programmes. It offers assistance to Bulgarian diplomatic missions abroad in their effort to expand the bilateral and multilateral cultural relations and cooperation. It preserves, makes acquisitions and promotes the artwork collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.
The Mission Gallery
Bulgarian-Swiss Exhibition Gathered Connoisseurs of Contemporary Art at the Mission Gallery
"Visible & Invisible" is a joint Bulgarian-Swiss exhibition with participants Miglena Savova-Auclair and An n i c k Bercla z from Geneva, Switzerland, which opened on July 14 at the Mission Gallery.
The project for this creative visit has been organized since last year, as the director of the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs Snezhana Joveva shared at the opening. Miglena Savova-Auclair took part in one of the important online initiatives of the institute #stayathomewithart and donated her work to enrich the Art Fund of the...
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The Mission Gallery was founded in 2009 as an unrestricted place for cultural diplomacy in Sofia. The gallery is a unique art space within the administrative structure, which changes the daily institutional rhythm, opening its doors to the public for a dynamic exchange of ideas, artistic concepts and messages.
The gallery complements and supports the activities of the State Institute for Culture, related to various forms of intercultural dialogue: project introductions and meetings with authors, exhibitions, conferences, literary readings, performances, charity events and workshops for children.
Public access: Mon-Fri, 10 AM – 5 PM