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Prof. Ivanka Gergova from the Institute of Art Studies, BAS, received a Citizen of Honour of the Town of Berkovitsa certificate at an award ceremony... Continue Reading

Art Studies Readings 2019, the annual conference proceedings of the Institute of Art Studies, BAS, was released. Patterns, Models, Designs is the title of the... Continue Reading

A monograph by Margarita Kuyumdjieva, The Holy Face of Our Lord, Representations of the Holy Trinity in Orthodox Art was released. The book traces the... Continue Reading

The Publishing Centre, Institute off Art Studies, BAS, announces that on the occasion of the Dormition of the Theotokos, one of the Great Feasts of... Continue Reading

The Director of the Institute of Art Studies, BAS, signed a cooperation agreement with Ancient Nessebur Museum on 31 July 2020. Under the agreement, the... Continue Reading

On the day when a decision is made regarding the status of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, an open letter was published by leading world Byzantinists,... Continue Reading

Prof. Angelina Petrova’s book. Ideological Dictation and Bulgaria’s New Music. Outlining Written Records (1944–1969). The monograph studies official written records kept in the archives of... Continue Reading

The book Music at Bulgarian Circuses: Historical and Theoretical Aspects by Mihail Lukanov, Department of Music, Institute of Art Studies deals with the music in... Continue Reading

Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov, Director of the Institute of Art Studies, BAS signed on 11 May 2020 four contracts under the Heritage BG project BG05M2OP001-1.001-0001 Creation... Continue Reading

The book Music between Ontology and Ideology under the project Contemporary musical composition, theory and philosophy, funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund, was published... Continue Reading

The book Roads of Balkan Icon-Painters came out amid the coronavirus pandemic with the imposed social distancing and self-isolation stringent measures. It was compiled under... Continue Reading

As of 8 April this year, the Institute of Art Studies, BAS, grants free access to its rare and/or expensive books on its website. In... Continue Reading