Art Today Association
presents the nineteenth edition of

ART POSITIVE
(De)gradation
03 April – 06 May 2026
Kapana Gallery, Plovdiv

This year’s theme, (De)gradation, focuses on processes of transition: between development and decay, accumulation and loss, stability and disruption.
The exhibition brings together artistic projects that explore these states on a personal, social, and visual level. At its core are transformations—visible and invisible, gradual or abrupt—both in society and within art itself.
In the context of a time marked by instability and shifting meanings, the presented works provoke, question, and open new perspectives. Here, (de)gradation is not viewed solely as decline, but also as a possibility for the emergence of new forms, structures, and meanings.

Artists
Adelina Zlatareva • Antonia Kostova • Vesela Statkova
Vesko Velev • Velina Hristova • Georgi Stanchev • Defne G?ler
Eva Petkova • Evgeni Mladenov • Emil Mirazchiev
Zarina Marinova • Zdravka Rubin • Ivan Karev • Mia Novakova
Nadya Genova • Natasha Kyupova • Osman Yuseinov • Petar Kochevski
Reinhard Manz • Sarkis Nersesyan • Sevdalina Kochevska
Sonya Mitova • Strahil Penev • Tsvetan Radenkov

Opening
03 April 2026, 18:00 – 20:00
Kapana Gallery
29 Rayko Daskalov St., Plovdiv

The project is funded by the Municipality of Plovdiv and is part of the city’s Cultural Calendar for 2026.

In partnership with the Goethe-Institut.
“Art Positive” is a project by Art Today Association, a member of the international network of German cultural societies abroad affiliated with the Goethe-Institut.

Art Today Association

Week of Contemporary Art
Thirty-first edition
04–30.09.2025 г.

LICHT, MEHR LICHT

In 2025, the theme of the "Week" is "LIGHT, MORE LIGHT" – a famous phrase that quite naturally occupies the minds of visual artists and people of knowledge. The words are attributed to the German philosopher and writer Wolfgang Goethe, and while it may not be certain that he uttered them on his deathbed, it is certain that during his active years he did say: “Where there is much light, there is much shadow.” And this obvious truth is too ambiguous to be ignored or taken literally. The human being in society and in relation to nature – a world of contrasts and oppositions, of creation and destruction, a world of fragile balance. On a symbolic level, light is the lifeline thrown from creation to humanity, and this light illuminates different ideal and idealistic forms of reaction and existence. This essential problematic lies at the heart of the organizers’ concept for the Week of Contemporary Art – 2025. Artists either follow the light that shapes forms, or use light sources to create new spaces, placing the viewer in a different and unexpected environment that provokes not only the senses but also brings thoughts back to concrete ideas and questions that find no place in everyday life. Today art synthesizes contemporary forms and modern conceptuality not only to create aesthetic experience, but to explore and reflect.

Participants: Aksiniya Peycheva, Valentin Stefanoff, Velizar Dimchev, Jorrras / Georgi Georgiev, Dorian Bolka, Emil Mirazchiev, Krasimir Dobrev, Mischa Kuball, Nadya Genova, Savina Topurska, Sevdalina Kochevska, Tsvetan Krastev

Curator: Emil Mirazchiev
With gratitude for the support to Bettina Steinbrugge

The exhibition will take place at the City Art Gallery, Plovdiv, 15 Knyaz Alexander I St., 4000 Plovdiv?from September 4 to September 30, 2025?Opening on September 4, 2025, from 18:30 to 20:00

The project is realized with the support of: Municipality of Plovdiv and Goethe-Institut Bulgaria

Media partners: BNT2, BNR, Vupreki.com, Katra FM, Pod Tepeto, Kapana.

“Week of Contemporary Art” is a project of Art Today Association, a member of the international network of German cultural societies abroad of the Goethe-Institut.

Art Today Association

Art Positive 2025

TRANSPARENT

April 8 – May 8, 2025