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THE CELEBRATION OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF BULGARIA'S MEMBERSHIP IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF FRANCOPHONIE STARTS WITH THE POSTER EXHIBITION

28/02/2023

In the month of Francophonie and on the occasion of 30 years of Bulgaria's full membership in the International Organization of the Francophonie, at the invitation of the State Institute for Culture, the poster exhibition "Molière without Borders" is visiting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will be available for viewing until the end of April 2023. The collection "Molière without Borders", created by the International Triennial of Stage Poster - Sofia, brings together over 35 Bulgarian and foreign posters. Some of them are created specifically for this project, and others are part of the rich fund of the Triennial. Works by some of the most influential Bulgarian and...

THE REPRESENTATIVE EXHIBITION "DIPLOMACY AND ART" IS GUESTING ON MARCH 3 AT THE BULGARIAN CULTURAL AND INFORMATION CENTER IN SKOPJE

27/02/2023

The representative exhibition "Diplomacy and Art" of paintings from the Art Fund of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be opened in the new space of the Bulgarian Cultural and Information Center in Skopje, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 145th anniversary of the Liberation from Ottoman rule and the National Day of Bulgaria - 3rd of March. The opening was attended by our country's ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia, Angel Angelov, Mihail Artemontsev - an expert at DKI and curator of the exhibition, guests, journalists and connoisseurs. For decades, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria has been creating a collection of works of fine art remarkable in terms...

Presentation of the Award for the Best Bulgarian Art Documentary at the 8th Edition of Master Of Art

27/02/2023

Within the framework of the 8th edition of the Master of Art film festival, the director of the State Institute for Culture at the Minister of Foreign Affairs - Mrs. Snezhana Joveva-Dimitrova presented the award for the best Bulgarian art documentary, which for the third year is provided by the institute. This year, an international jury chose the Bulgarian-Canadian production with director Borislav Kolev and producer Maria Landova "Teodor Ushev: Invisible Connections" as the winner of the prestigious award. The festival takes place in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Stara Zagora in the period February 10 - March 8 and presents over 50 documentary full-length and short films in the categories...

The State Institutefor Culture Took Part in the VIII General Assembly of the Global Public Diplomacy Network in Doha, Qatar

24/02/2023

Between February 18 and 22, a team from the State Institute for Culture under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took part in the VIII General Assembly of the Global Public Diplomacy Network (GPDNet) in Doha, Qatar. We remind you that the State Institute for Culture was accepted as a full member of the network in 2021, after receiving an official invitation to submit its application for membership in 2020 through the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the State of Qatar. During the 8th General Assembly of the Global Public Diplomacy Network, topics regarding the criteria for accepting new members into the organization were discussed, the possibilities of formulating the activities of...

BULGARIAN-SERBIAN DIALOGUE IN ART

17/02/2023

On February 16, 2023, the official opening of the exhibition "Landscape or Inner Space" took place in the crowded hall of the Mission Gallery at the State Cultural Institute of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Original and new works by two professors from the Art Academies in Sofia and Belgrade - Prof. Dimitre Pecić, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Arts and Prof. Svetozar Benchev, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of the National Academy of Arts, fascinated the audience and filled the space with high aesthetics. Diplomats, ambassadors, professors and students from the National Academy of Arts, connoisseurs of contemporary Bulgarian and Serbian art were...

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The exhibition „Fragments of modern art in Montenegro from the collections of the National Museum of Montenegro“ will be presented in Sofia

May 17, 2023 - 16 June 2023 Mission Gallery, 2 Alfred Nobel Str. (Entrance to Al. Zhendov Str.) The group exhibition "Fragments of modern art in Montenegro from the collections of the National Museum of...

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Minister Ivan Kondov Opened the Exhibition "Fragments of Modern Art in Montenegro from the Collection of the National Museum" at the Mission Gallery

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov opened the exhibition "Fragments of modern art in Montenegro from the collection of the National Museum", which is visiting Bulgaria for the first time on the initiative of the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs and with the assistance of the Bulgarian Embassy in Podgorica. In his welcoming remarks, Minister Kondov defined the implementation of this initiative as proof of the strong cultural-historical ties between Bulgaria and Montenegro, and their importance for building friendly... read more

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.

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