http://www.arttoday.org News and events from the schedule of Art Today Association Plovdiv en Copyright (c) Arttoday.lab blum@arttoday.org blum@arttoday.org Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:42:45 +0200 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:42:45 +0200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sunday 20 Contemporary Art in Plovdiv, Bulgaria RSS Builder 60 http://www.arttoday.org http://www.arttoday.org/art-base/site/images/logo/at-logo.png 41 40 Arttoday logo http://www.arttoday.org Art Today Association presents the nineteenth edition of ART POSITIVE (De)gradation 03 April – 06 May 2026 Kapana Gallery, Plovdiv RSS News on arttoday.org Contemporary Art arttoday.org - arttoday@arttoday.org Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:42:45 +0200 http://www.arttoday.org/#323 http://www.arttoday.org 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. RSS News on arttoday.org Contemporary Art arttoday.org - arttoday@arttoday.org Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:41:00 +0200 http://www.arttoday.org/#322 http://www.arttoday.org Art Today Association Week of Contemporary Art Thirty-first edition 04–30.09.2025 г. LICHT, MEHR LICHT RSS News on arttoday.org Contemporary Art arttoday.org - arttoday@arttoday.org Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:59:23 +0300 http://www.arttoday.org/#321 http://www.arttoday.org 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: Vupreki.com, Pod Tepeto, RSS News on arttoday.org Contemporary Art arttoday.org - arttoday@arttoday.org Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:52:14 +0300 http://www.arttoday.org/#320 http://www.arttoday.org Art Today Association Art Positive 2025 TRANSPARENT April 8 – May 8, 2025 RSS News on arttoday.org Contemporary Art arttoday.org - arttoday@arttoday.org Tue, 01 Apr 2025 22:43:47 +0300 http://www.arttoday.org/#319 http://www.arttoday.org The eighteenth edition of the Art Positive project is TRANSPARENT. This word carries multiple meanings. It serves as both a code and a starting point for the concept and content of the upcoming exhibition. Transparency as a theme in art offers endless possibilities for exploration and expression. It can be viewed literally – as a physical property of materials – or metaphorically – as a symbol of openness, truth, or vulnerability. The transparent reveals, yet also conceals. It creates a space for interplay between the visible and the hidden, a transition between reality and imagination. Artists interpret the theme through various techniques – from layers of paint in painting to the effects of light in installations, from objects that refract light to videos that analyze the essence of revealing and concealing. Participants::Antoniya Kostova, Vanya Valkova, Velina Hristova, Joshua Francis, Eva Petkova, Evelina Nova, Elena Francis, Emil Mirazchiev, Iva Vacheva, Ivan Ivanov, Ivan Karev, Ivan Kochevski, Lyubomir Krustev, Martina Vacheva, Meili Arslandag, Mia Novakova, Nadya Genova, Natali Petrova, Natasha Kyupova, Osman Yuseinov, Sevdalina Kochevska, Sonya Mitova /cAlma/, Yavor Kostadinov, Yana Kostova. Kapana Gallery, 29 Rayko Daskalov St., Plovdiv Opening: April 8, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM The project is implemented with the support of: Plovdiv Municipality and Goethe-Institut Bulgaria Media Partners: Vpreki.com, Pod Tepeto, RSS News on arttoday.org Contemporary Art arttoday.org - arttoday@arttoday.org Tue, 01 Apr 2025 22:42:16 +0300 http://www.arttoday.org/#318 http://www.arttoday.org Week of Contemporary Art 30th edition 04–25.09.2024 RSS News on arttoday.org Contemporary Art arttoday.org - arttoday@arttoday.org Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:18:40 +0300 http://www.arttoday.org/#317 http://www.arttoday.org For a Better World The Art Today Association is announcing its thirtieth edition of the Week of Contemporary Art, Plovdiv, which will take place in September 2024 inside the Ottoman Bath exhibition space and at key public spaces across the city of Plovdiv. The Association will use this opportunity to reflect on the thirty-year history of the annual event, which has established its presence on the national and regional scene of contemporary art, and to open space for current social, political, and cultural issues through the contemporary arts. "For a Better World" explores the transformative potentials of the arts with visual power and creative imagination. Themes include environmental justice, migration and diaspora, war and political violence, neoliberalism, decolonization, race, religion and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and more. The week will take place at multiple locations. The majority of the artworks will inhabit the unique historical building of the former Ottoman Hammam "Chifte Banya," which will open doors temporarily only for the exhibition, and at Cu29 Gallery. Installations, activities, and interventions will take place at key public spaces throughout the city. The program of the Week is joined by the project "Art for a Green Future", and by Sarieva Gallery with its own organized and produced exhibition. Curators Zhivka Valiavicharska (United States/Bulgaria) and Emil Mirazchiev (Bulgaria) Participants: Albena Mihaylova-Bendji / Banya Starinna Adela Ju_i_ / Banya Starinna Asen Krastenov / Banya Starinna Caitlin Manning / Banya Starinna, Cu29 Gallery Christian Nyampeta / Banya Starinna Dan Tenev / Kamenitsa stairs and neighborhoods Duvar Kolektiv (Hannah Rose, Nikola Venkov, Yanka Simova) / Banya Starinna Emil Mirazchiev / Garnizonna furna Park; Vegetarianska St., Proslav neighborhood Ivan Ivanov / Bratska Mogila Itsko Maznev 1964-2016 / Banya Starinna Nadya Genova / Banya Starinna ninavale (Nina Kovacheva and Valentin Stefanov) / Banya Starinna Tanja Ostoji/ performance in front of Kapana Gallery / Banya Starinna Tatiana Fiodorova-Lefter / Banya Starinna Osman Yuseinov / Tsar Simeonova Gradina Park Shirin Neshat / Banya Starinna Sevdalina Kochevska / in front of Cosmos Cinema Sa_o Stanojkovi_ / public space Stanimir Panayotov / Banya Starinna (roundtable) Suzana Milevska / Banya Starinna (roundtable) Velizar Dimchev / Banya Starinna Vesselin Aleksiev and Milena Kancheva / Banya Starinna Yana Kostova and Dimitar Kostov / in front of Banya Starinna Zhivka Valiavicharska / Vegetarianska St., Proslav neighborhood September 3 5:00-7:00 pm: Warm-up action by Dan Tenev, stairs at Kamenitsa and neighborhoods 8:30 pm: Installation by Ivan Ivanov, Bratska mogila ("Art for a Green Future" project) 9:30 pm: Video mapping "Worlds" by Emil Mirazchiev, Garnizonna furna Park ("Art for a Green Future" project) September 4 6:00 pm: Performance by Tanja Ostoji_ in front of the Kapana City Gallery, 29 Rayko Daskalov St. 7:30 pm: Exhibition opening, Banya Starinna 8:30 pm: Treat action by Yana Kostova September 5 5:00-6:30 pm: Roundtable and discussion "Art and Social Transformation" with Suzana Milevska, curator and visual culture theorist, and Stanimir Panayotov, philosopher and writer, Banya Starinna 6:30 pm: Performance by Albena Mihaylova-Bendji, Banya Starinna 8:00 pm: Opening of video exhibition by Caitlin Manning, Gallery Cu29 September 6 6:00 pm. Opening of solo exhibition "Town of Shadows" by Kamen Stoyanov, Sarieva Gallery (organized and produced by the gallery) The Week of Contemporary Art is a project of the Art Today Association, a member of the international network of German cultural societies abroad of the Goethe-Institut. Thе project is realized with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture, National Cultural Fund and in partnership with the Municipality of Plovdiv and Goethe-Institut. It is part of the cultural calendar of the Municipality of Plovdiv. Media partners: BNT2, Въпреки.com, Katra FM, Под Тепето, Капана. RSS News on arttoday.org Contemporary Art arttoday.org - arttoday@arttoday.org Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:14:28 +0300 http://www.arttoday.org/#316 http://www.arttoday.org Art Today Association RSS News on arttoday.org Contemporary Art arttoday.org - arttoday@arttoday.org Sat, 24 Aug 2024 22:57:30 +0300 http://www.arttoday.org/#310 http://www.arttoday.org “Art for а Green Future“ is a project that conveys stories through visual art in the context of ecology. – The first location is the monument Bratska Mogila, where Ivan Ivanov will present his installation Lightbug. The artist’s work aims to illuminate, highlight, and bring attention to public spaces in the city with historical, social and cultural significance. The opening will take place on September 3, 2024, at 8:30 PM. – The second location is the newly opened park on Peshtersko Shose St. (formerly Garnzonna furna), featuring a large installation and video mapping by Emil Mirazchiev. The installation presents a video titled Worlds on ecological themes, projected onto an igloo-like structure built especially for the purpose. The video mapping can be viewed both from the inside and the outside, immersing visitors in various natural environments and their relaxing atmosphere. The opening is scheduled for September 3, 2024, at 9:30 pm. Projections will take place from September 3-7, from 9:00-11:00 pm. On September 7, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, a children’s workshop will be held by artist Nadya Genova. Drawing materials will be provided for the children. The project is part of the “Green Culture - Green City“ program of Plovdiv 2019 - European Capital of Culture. Media partners: BNT2, Katra FM, Под Тепето, Капана. RSS News on arttoday.org Contemporary Art arttoday.org - arttoday@arttoday.org Sat, 24 Aug 2024 22:55:30 +0300 http://www.arttoday.org/#309