The Mission Gallery News
The Exhibition “At Least Four Hugs A Day, At Least 30 Seconds Each” By Artists Maya Spasova and Iris Dittler Was Presented at the Mission Gallery
On 2nd April, the exhibition “At Least Four Hugs A Day, At Least 30 Seconds Each” by artists Maja Spasova and Iris Dittler was presented at the Mission Gallery. The exhibition is organized jointly with the Austrian Cultural Forum – Sofia. The opening was attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Radi Naydenov, who served as Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Austria from 2005 until 2012. In his welcome speech, Deputy Minister Naydenov...
Upcoming exhibition opening - “At Least 4 Hugs per Day, at Least 30 Seconds Each” by Maja Spasova and Iris Dittler
The State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Austrian Cultural Forum - Sofia, are pleased to present the exhibition "At Least 4 Hugs Per Day, at Least 30 Seconds Each" by Maya Spasova and Iris Dittler. In a world increasingly mediated by digital interactions, where presence is fragmented into pixels and gestures are reduced to data points, this exhibition “At Least 4 Hugs Per Day, At Least 30 Seconds Each” reclaims the body as a...
"Directions 3", an international Exhibition on Occasion of the Month of Francophonie was presented
Exhibition dates: 11 March 2026 – 26 March 2026Venue: Mission Gallery, 2 Alexander Zhendov St. On 11 th March, the opening of the international exhibition "Directions 3" took place at the "Mission" Gallery on the occasion of the month of Francophonie. It presents the results of an open-air which took place within the "Soleil" International Francophone Festival between 31st May and 8th June 2025. The exhibition was opened by Mr. Yavor Koynakov, a.i.acting director of the...
"Connectedness", an exhibition by Mihael Artamontzev and Sava Tzonev, at "Mission" Gallery
On 6th February, to a numerous crowd, the MISSION Gallery at the State Institute for Culture to the Minister of Foreign Affairs welcomed its first exhibition of the year, titled "Connectedness", by Bulgarian artists Mihael Artamontzev and Sava Tzonev. The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Pavlov, the ambassadors of the Arab Republic of Egypt H.E. Nader Saad and of the Kingdom of Morocco H.E. Zakia El Midaoui, together with local and foreign guests, partners,...
Upcoming opening of the collective exhibition "Connectedness" at the "Mission" Gallery, 6th February 2026
The State Institute for Culture at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to present the exhibition "Connectedness" – a collaborative project by sculptor Sava Tzonev and painter Mihael Artamontzev. The exhibition brings together two distinct yet deeply kindred artistic approaches – stone sculpture and drawing – in pursuit of a unity between matter and gesture, weight and lightness, thought and impulse. At the heart of the exhibition lies the concept of connectedness, not...