When walking through the towns of Montana and Belogradchik (Northwestern Bulgaria), one will sooner or later come across electric switchboards painted with a sense of vitality and purity, as if coming from childhood. And for a single moment, one..
The Wilson Gallery and Museum in the British town of Cheltenham displays a unique collection of paintings by a Bulgarian emigrant who lived and worked in the the UK for many years. The exhibition features works by iconic artists including Amedeo..
An auction dedicated to modern and post-war Bulgarian art, including a selection of 104 works of art, will be held in Sofia on April 2 at the Hyatt Regency Sofia, BTA reported. Among the works are iconic painting by Jaroslav Věšín and three..
The first village museum of street art in the world opened doors a few days ago in Staro Zhelezare, a small village near Plovdiv. The exposition features original photographs taken during the StreetArt festival in Staro Zhelezare since 2013. The..
Villy Nikolov’s colourful paintings carry the sun of Spain, the smiles of childhood and so many stories anyone can discover and interpret, each in their own way. He says he has been drawing for as long as he can remember. “I made my first wall..
“Art is something without which there can be no culture, no development, no civilization even. Without art life would be empty, without beauty, without bliss, it would be a poorer life. I prefer to be an artist than president,” says one of..
An exhibition of Bulgarian artists belonging to the Art Brut movement will be unveiled tonight at the gallery of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Paris. The exhibition is entitled “Outside the Box”. In 1945, artist Jean Dubuffet coined the..
Bulgarians like to say that the month of March is like a woman – because of its ever changing meteorological “moods”. Of course, there’s March 1 - Baba Marta (Granny Marta), and the International Women's Day on March 8, that add to the..
Several milestone anniversaries in Bulgaria’s public transport was what provoked talented artist Petya Ilieva to present, to the Bulgarian public, the cultures of different countries, their art, traditions, festivals and historical events...
I imagine the urban environment filled with art, bringing positive mood, artist Aneliya Aleksandrova – Aya, says. She holds a PhD in Fine Arts from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia and is looking for ways to "turn gray walls and..
