The Mission Gallery News
Bulgarian-Brazilian Exhibition "Beyond the Surface", Organised By "Amateras" Foundation
On 15 June at 6 p.m., the exhibition “Beyond the Surface” by the Amateras Foundation will open at the “Mission” Gallery to the State Institute for Cultureto the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The exhibition is a joint project between Bulgaria and Brazil and is part of this year’s edition of Sofia Paper Art Fest. The exhibition presents contemporary artistic practices from Brazil that explore the themes of memory, identity, cultural layers, and the invisible...
Launch of the photo album "Bulgaria Rediscovered" by Peyo Kolev
On 27 May at 5:30 p.m., the photo album "Bulgaria Rediscovered", compiled and edited by Peyo Kolev and published by the Bulgarian Art and Culture Foundation, will have its official premiere at the Mission Gallery to the State Institute for Culture to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The event is organized by the Diplomatic Institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The photo album contains original research and articles accompanied by photographs taken from the editor's personal collection,...
The Mission Gallery will be part of the European Night of Museums 2026
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On Saturday 23rd May between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., the Mission Gallery at the State Institute for Culture to the Minister of Foreign Affairs has the pleasure to partake in the twenty-second edition of the European Night of Museums. The event is organized by the French Institute in Bulgaria in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Sofia Municipality. The European Night of Museums began at the initiative of the Ministry of Culture of France in 2005 and, over the course of two decades,...
Upcoming opening of the collective exhibition "Peace as an Object - From Invisible to Visible" by the Department of Sculpture at the National Academy of Art
The opening of the exhibition “Peace as an Object – From Invisible to Visible” will take place on 12 May 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at the Mission Gallery at the State Institute for Culture to the Minister of Foreign Affairs featuring. The exhibition is organised together with the students and professors of the Department of Scultpture at the National Academy of Art in Sofia. The project is lead by Assoc. Prof. Tsvetoslav Hristov. The exhibition presents the works of professors and...
The Exhibition “At Least Four Hugs A Day, At Least 30 Seconds Each” By Artists Maya Spasova and Iris Dittler Was Presented at the Mission Gallery
On 2nd April, the exhibition “At Least Four Hugs A Day, At Least 30 Seconds Each” by artists Maja Spasova and Iris Dittler was presented at the Mission Gallery. The exhibition is organized jointly with the Austrian Cultural Forum – Sofia. The opening was attended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Radi Naydenov, who served as Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Republic of Austria from 2005 until 2012. In his welcome speech, Deputy Minister Naydenov...
Upcoming exhibition opening - “At Least 4 Hugs per Day, at Least 30 Seconds Each” by Maja Spasova and Iris Dittler
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The State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Austrian Cultural Forum - Sofia, are pleased to present the exhibition "At Least 4 Hugs Per Day, at Least 30 Seconds Each" by Maya Spasova and Iris Dittler. In a world increasingly mediated by digital interactions, where presence is fragmented into pixels and gestures are reduced to data points, this exhibition “At Least 4 Hugs Per Day, At Least 30 Seconds Each” reclaims the body as a...
"Directions 3", an international Exhibition on Occasion of the Month of Francophonie was presented
Exhibition dates: 11 March 2026 – 26 March 2026Venue: Mission Gallery, 2 Alexander Zhendov St. On 11 th March, the opening of the international exhibition "Directions 3" took place at the "Mission" Gallery on the occasion of the month of Francophonie. It presents the results of an open-air which took place within the "Soleil" International Francophone Festival between 31st May and 8th June 2025. The exhibition was opened by Mr. Yavor Koynakov, a.i.acting director of the...
"Connectedness", an exhibition by Mihael Artamontzev and Sava Tzonev, at "Mission" Gallery
On 6th February, to a numerous crowd, the MISSION Gallery at the State Institute for Culture to the Minister of Foreign Affairs welcomed its first exhibition of the year, titled "Connectedness", by Bulgarian artists Mihael Artamontzev and Sava Tzonev. The event was attended by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Pavlov, the ambassadors of the Arab Republic of Egypt H.E. Nader Saad and of the Kingdom of Morocco H.E. Zakia El Midaoui, together with local and foreign guests, partners,...
Upcoming opening of the collective exhibition "Connectedness" at the "Mission" Gallery, 6th February 2026
The State Institute for Culture at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to present the exhibition "Connectedness" – a collaborative project by sculptor Sava Tzonev and painter Mihael Artamontzev. The exhibition brings together two distinct yet deeply kindred artistic approaches – stone sculpture and drawing – in pursuit of a unity between matter and gesture, weight and lightness, thought and impulse. At the heart of the exhibition lies the concept of connectedness, not...