New exhibition and album with artworks from the collections of BAS

A new exhibition of artworks by academicians and corresponding members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was presented in the Winter Garden Hall of the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum of BAS. During the event, the album “155 Years of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. 155 Works of Art from the Collections of BAS” was also presented. The bilingual edition includes works of art from the collections of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. This wonderful publication allows us to enjoy the beautiful exhibits presented in it, accompanied by short and informative texts that take us back in time, said BAS President Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva during the opening. She pointed out that the efforts of many people had been combined in [...]

2026-02-12T09:28:35+02:0011 February 2026|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|
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Mobility and Heritage: a new multidisciplinary project at the National Ethnographic Museum

  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 [...]

2026-02-09T10:05:04+02:004 February 2026|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|
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A memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Art

The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva, and the Rector of the National Academy of Art (NAA), Prof. Georgi Iankov, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation today at BAS. We have established long-standing cooperation and hope that by signing this document we will expand our partnership to include joint initiatives, the two said after the signing. The National Academy of Art will celebrate its 130th anniversary, said Rector Prof. Georgi Iankov, announcing that an international scientific conference was planned for the occasion. He extended an invitation to the Academy's scientists to participate. During the meeting, Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov, Vice-President of BAS and former Director of the BAS Institute of Art Studies, emphasized that signing the memorandum was a great honor [...]

2026-02-09T10:02:59+02:003 February 2026|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|
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The project “What is written remains. Write correctly!” holds two language quizzes at Sofia University

  On January 9, participants in the project “What is written remains. Write correctly!” held two language quizzes at the invitation of the Faculty of Slavic Philology and the Faculty of History of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Students majoring in Bulgarian Philology, History, and History and Geography answered questions in the fields of etymology, semantics, and transformations. Three teams of ten people each competed in each quiz. With the historians, the “Vazrozhdentsi” (Revivalists) team won while the “Sinigeri” (Tits) team won with the philologists. The audience also had the opportunity to answer entertaining questions in the fields of Bulgarian dialectology, Old Bulgarian language, etymology, and computational linguistics. Students from all majors demonstrated not only excellent knowledge and linguistic skills, but also their analytical thinking [...]

2026-01-14T16:06:12+02:0012 January 2026|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|
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150 years since the birth of Dobri Hristov

  For the first time, the entire mixed choir of the “St. Alexander Nevsky” Cathedral has sung at BAS   The 150th anniversary of Dobri Hristov's birth was celebrated on December 15 in the Institute of Art Studies (IAS) and in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The celebration was organized by the Music Department of IAS and the “St. Alexander Nevsky” Patriarchal Cathedral with the blessing of His Holiness Daniil - Patriarch of All Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia and included a scientific conference and a concert by the Mixed Choir of the cathedral. The “Dobri Hristov and His Time” scientific conference created an active dialogue between researchers from IAS, the “Prof. Pancho Vladigerov” National Music Academy, Sofia University [...]

2025-12-17T14:21:04+02:0016 December 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity, Selected|
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Announcement of the annual Animated Heritage Award and presentation of the achievements of scholars from the Institute of Art Studies – BAS for 2025

  The Institute of Art Studies at BAS awarded its annual Animated Heritage prize for outstanding contribution to the creative interpretation of traditions and values from Bulgarian and world cultural heritage in contemporary works of art. The 2025 prize in the “Visual Arts” category was awarded to sculptor Georgi Chapkanov for his entire body of work. Professor Chapkanov is the co-author of the coat of arms of the Republic of Bulgaria (1997) and the author of the “Statue of Sofia” in the capital (2000). He is also the author of many coins and medals and has created portraits of some of Bulgaria's most famous personalities. His works are exhibited in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, the National Art Gallery, the [...]

2025-12-16T09:52:52+02:0015 December 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|Tags: |
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