Maria Gabriel opened the exhibition ‘HERE AND THERE: BETWEEN TWO SHORES’
02 August 2023 News
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Gabriel opened the exhibition ‘HERE AND THERE: BETWEEN TWO SHORES’ at the Mission Gallery of the State Cultural Institute. The guest of honour at the event was US Ambassador to Bulgaria Kenneth Merten.
‘Art is a bridge between people. Through it we get to know different cultures, share memory and build a future. The exhibition is an interesting visual narrative — a narrative between here and there, between the shore of the homeland and the shore of new hopes,’ the Deputy Prime Minister said. In her words, events of this nature are a good opportunity for Bulgarian contemporary art, which has been making its way in Chicago for years, to be shared and promoted here in Bulgaria.
The exhibition, curated by Prof. Vasilen Vasevski, presents works by 11 Bulgarian artists who live and develop their artistic potential across the ocean. It is part of a series of events to mark the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and the United States, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the State Cultural Institute and the Executive Agency for Bulgarians Abroad.
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