On February 26, 2026, the Image and Text Award was presented for the first time. established by the Bulgarian-European Cultural Dialogues Centrе оoundation in recognition of the significant contribution of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ruzha Marinska to Bulgarian art history and the study of Bulgarian art in the context of European cultural tradition. The award is given for original scientific works in the field of art studies published between January 1 and December 31, 2025, and aims to encourage and support the development of art studies in Bulgaria. The winner is Dr. Maria Miteva, associate professor at the Institute of Art Studies at BAS, head of the “New Bulgarian Art” research group. She was honored for her monograph Art and Commission. On Artistic Practice in Bulgaria [...]

The European Commission has awarded the prehistoric salt-producing and urban center of Provadia-Solnitsata with the European Heritage Label, a recognition given to sites of exceptional importance to European cultural identity and the safeguarding of common European cultural heritage. Receiving this label highlights the importance of the Provadia-Solnitsata archaeological complex not only at the national level, but also at the European level. It provides an opportunity for the site to join European networks and projects, exchange good practices, and present its cultural wealth to an international audience. The label motivates even more active preservation, research, and promotion of Solnitsata and confirms its place as a cultural bridge between the past and the present, inspiring and educating generations. The European Heritage Label is an initiative of the [...]

The scientific collection “Loqui diversis linguas nolite prohibere”, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the prominent medievalist from the Cyrillo-Methodian Research Center of BAS Prof. Dr. Slavia Barlieva, was presented on February 12 in the “Acad. Ivan E. Geshov” Hall of BAS. The Vice-President of BAS Prof. Shtelian Shterionov and the Scientific Secretary of the “Cultural-Historical Heritage and National Identity” division, Assoc. Prof. Mario Ivanov, honored the event. The collection was presented by Assoc. Prof. Maya Ivanova (CMRC). The joint scientific work contains 41 articles by medievalists and paleoslavists from 10 European countries - Albania, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, and Slovenia, and is thematically divided into the research fields of Prof. S. Barlieva (link to the edition: https://palaeobulgarica.eu/1011/broj-xlix-2025-4-specialno-izdanie). The collection [...]

  On February 2, the National Ethnographic Museum of BAS opened the “Symbols of Mobility” exhibition presented by Bulgarian artist and master Dr. Niki Collier who lives and works in Ireland. She is known as a conceptual author with a distinctive style and vision. The exhibition is supported by the Embassy of Ireland and is dedicated to the feast day of Saint Brigid, the patroness saint of crafts in Ireland. This is Dr. Niki Collier's first solo exhibition in Bulgaria. "Symbols of Mobility" is a multidisciplinary project that explores mobility as physical movement and as a process of transformation - of identity, place, and perspective. The exhibition includes 12 textile sculptures in the form of wings, made using a special technique from felt and arranged [...]