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An Exhibition of Contemporary Turkish Art was Opened at the Mission Gallery

02/02/2023

On February 1, the collective exhibition "Traces of Contemporary Turkish Art" was opened at the Mission gallery of the State Institute for Culture under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It features artworks by contemporary Turkish artists that explore the theme of cultural heritage. The event is the first of a series of cultural initiatives in Bulgaria, organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in 2023. The exhibition was officially opened by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kostadin Kodzhabashev with a welcome on behalf of Minister Nikolay Milkov, who emphasized: "The two countries...

Exhibition

01/02/2023

Exhibition "Traces of Contemporary Turkish Art" The Mission Gallery, Sofia February 1-10, 2023. Opening: February 1, 2022, 6:00 p.m. Contemporary Turkish art is visiting the Mission gallery at the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The event is on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey in 2023. On this occasion, the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Sofia will organize a series of cultural events in Bulgaria throughout the year. The exhibition, entitled "Traces of Contemporary Turkish Art", presents artworks by 32 contemporary Turkish artists with the coordination and curation of Turkish...

Presentation of the Guidebook "For Visitors to the Jewish Quarter in Sofia"

25/01/2023

On January 25, 2023, a presentation of the publication "For Visitors to the Jewish Quarter in Sofia" - a guidebook prepared by Ivanka Gezenko, an expert at the State Agency Archives - took place in the Regional History Museum - Sofia. The publication was prepared as part of the program of the State Institute for Culture at the Minister of Foreign Affairs under the initiative "Strategic cooperation between Bulgaria and Norway in support of Bulgaria's international commitments to combat anti-Semitism and the preservation of Jewish heritage". The event was opened by the host and director of Regional History Museum - Sofia, Prof. Veneta Hadjiyska, who emphasized the role and place of the...

POSTER EXHIBITION OT THE THEME OF “COEXISTENCE” IS ON DISPLAY AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGH AFFAIRS

23/01/2023

On the occasion of January 27 - the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a poster exposition of Bulgarian and foreign poster artists entitled COEXISTENCE is exhibited at the Ministry of foreign affairs. COEXISTENCE - without violence, without hate speech, without assault on human dignity is the theme of the posters specially selected from the fund of the International Triennial of the Stage Poster – Sofia. The exhibition is part of the traveling expositions of the State Institute for Cultural under the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2001, Bojidar Ikonomov, at the invitation of the Socio-political contemporary art museum in Jerusalem, created his remarkable poster COEXISTENCE....

The State Institute for Culture - Officially Registered As A Cultural Organization In The Register Of The Ministry Of Culture

20/01/2023

Since the beginning of this year, the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs, after applying according to the prescribed procedure, has already been registered as a cultural organization in the Register of Cultural Organizations, which is managed and led by the Ministry of Culture. This is a very important step in the strategic development of the Institute, after in 2021 it was accepted as an official full member of the EUNIC network - European Network of Cultural Institutes, at the proposal of the Ministry of Culture. The good institutional interaction between the Ministry of Culture and the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign...

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A Phototype Exhibition about the Famous Bosnian Writer Isak Samokovlia will be Presented in Samokov

The Historical Museum in Samokov, the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the State Institute for Culture to the Minister of Foreign Affairs invite you to the documentary phototype exhibition dedicated to...

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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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