TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS
Main part of the program "Public diplomacy" is a project "Traveling exhibitions" intended as an instrument for promoting the Art collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and developing of a different kind of particular exhibitions presenting the Bulgarian culture, history and contemporary art.
"Traveling exhibitions" is implemented jointly with the missions abroad. The program relies on coordination between Cultural Institute and missions which allows projects to be carried out in adequate communication with local partners and to multiply the effect of the presentation . In 2012 the world have organized 28 exposures of 12 projects from the portfolio of the Institute. In 2013, over 50 presentations - mainly related to the celebration of important events such as the Great Moravian mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius and the 70th anniversary of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust.
Directions
The representative photographic exhibition "Directions" - 15 years of the State Institute for Culture consists of selected photographs of the participants from the photographic competition "Directions": Ventsislav Petrov, Violeta Apostolova, Georgi Mitev, Elena Savova, Zlatko Latev, Ivan Nestorov, Izabela Manolova, Lilyana Karadjova Minko Mikhailov, Nikolay Alexiev, Plamen Hristov, Rozalia Malcheva, Tanya Angelova and Hristo Kracholov.The exhibition presents images taken by photography...
Authors and Posters
The exhibition “Authors and Posters” presents particular subject in the Bulgarian graphic art that tends to be forgotten – the movie poster. In the last couple of years due to various reasons the creation of original movie posters has suddenly decreased. At the same time a huge number of posters from the last couple of decades are kept in the archives of the National Film Library. Some of them bring us back to our favorite Bulgarian movies or to the greatest names in the...
Saint Kliment Ohridski – a Disciple and a Teacher
On the occasion of the 1100th Anniversary of the Assumption of St. Kliment Ohridski, the State Institute for Culture together with “Elena and Ivan Dujčevs” Foundation have prepared the exhibition “St. Kliment Ohridski – a Disciple and a Teacher”. On the 27th of July 916 death ended the finite existence of one of the most remarkable persons of the cultural and literary history of Bulgaria and of the entire Slavonic world – Bishop Kliment, preserved in the...
THE POWER OF CIVIL SOCIETY: THE FATE OF THE JEWS IN BULGARIA
This exhibition chronicles the resistance by the citizens of Bulgaria, the brave refusal of society to obey the authorities' plans to send Bulgarian Jews to Nazi concentration camps. It is a message about the power of the free spirit. The exhibition traces the specifics of the Bulgarian case, the determination of Bulgarian civil society to stop a repressive policy.“Depending on what part of the story is focused on, different labels are put on what happened. Our exhibition is called...
ORTHODOXY, AN EXHIBITION ABOUT LIFE ON MOUNT ATHOS
“During my visits to the St. George Zograph monastery on Athos, I managed to seal the quiet moments of the daily life of the monks. My camera disturbed the peace in the crypt of the Zograph monastery and I managed to approach authentic medieval documents. I saw pictures painted centuries ago on the facades of the buildings. I was impressed by the unwavering faith with which legends of miracles that happened centuries ago are described. I heard stories of satanic generals who tempt the...
Gutenberg and the Slavic World
With the present exposition “Gutenberg and the Slavic World” we mark the 560th anniversary since the printing of the first book – the Gutenberg Bible in 1453-56 in the city of Mainz as well as the 520th anniversary since the publication of the first Cyrillic book in a local printing house on the Balkans – Octoechos (The liturgical book, containing the eight Church sound-modes), printed in Cetinje (Montenegro) in 1494. In the Western world Gutenberg’s discovery...
Традиции - фотографии на Александър Михайлов
“Традиции” е авторска селекция от 30 голямо-форматни фотографии, посветена на традиционни български обичай. Тя представя експресивна и стилна картина на някои от най-екзотичните български обреди, характерността на ежедневния бит, включително мигове от живота на различни етноси и религии съжителстващи в нашата страна. Сред обичаите, показани в експозицията, са Тодоров ден, Богоявление, бдение в Кръстова гора и на Демир текке, Казалбашки панаир, народните кушии за Тодоровден, ...
SBORYANOVO - NATURE AND MONUMENTS, GODS AND MEN
The traveling exhibition on the Sboryanovo National Archaeological Reserve aims to show the international community one Bulgaria’s most interesting archaeological reserves, which – amid a striking natural environment – boasts archaeological sites of exceptional significance, some of which, such as the Sveshtarska Tomb, are on UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage list. The cultural layers from prehistory to the present day are a testament to the preservation of the ancient...
THE EPOCH OF TSAR FERDINAND 1
The exhibition "The Epoch of Tsar Ferdinand I" is accompanied by a publication including scientific articles by, among others, Professor Andrey Pantev and Dr Alexi Popov. The project is implemented through the Republic of Bulgaria’s EU Communication Strategy programme. The organizers are the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Archives State Agency. The project is implemented in co-operation with the National History Museum, National Military History...