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The documentary Guardians of Our Conscience (dir. Director Stanislav Donchev, writers: Teodora Stoilova-Doncheva, Petya Alexandrova; production: Dynamic Arts) received the DAE Encouragement Prize at Zagreb... Continue Reading

The Institute of Art Studies, BAS, joined the European Alliance of Academies. On the occasion of the German EU Council, the Akademie der Künste started... Continue Reading

Art Historian Prof. Elena Vasileva Popova, DSc (b. 3 June 1956, d. 25 June 2021) departed this life, after an illness. Prof. Elena Popova had... Continue Reading

Prof. Goritza Naydenova’s book Ivan Kachulev, Musical Instruments and Soundscape: Field Material and Scientific Works is hot off the press. This special edition of the... Continue Reading

The Folk Music Archives of the Institute of Art Studies, BAS, opened their doors to third graders from the 138th Vasil Zlatarski Western and Oriental... Continue Reading

The Animated Heritage Award 2020 of the Institute of Arts Studies, BAS went to Yasen Panov during the opening of his Imag(in)ed Music Stories exhibition... Continue Reading

According to UNESCO, St John Koukouzelis was born in 1280 and in 2020, the 740th anniversary of the eminent composer, singer, pedagogue and reformist was... Continue Reading

The embroidered animated film Marmalade directed by Assoc. Prof. Radostina Neykova, Institute of Art Studies, BAS was selected for the competition of one of the... Continue Reading

    Prof. Emmanuel Moutafov, Director of the Institute of Art Studies, BAS Will deliver a public lecture on Extant and lost treasures of Messambria’s... Continue Reading

Rumyana Nikolova’s book, The Functioning Mode of Bulgarian Theatre in 1944–1989, 2020, received Icarus Award 2021 in Criticism category by the Theatre Historians, Critics and... Continue Reading

The Eighth General Assembly (GA) of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, discussed at its tenth session the online nomination of Prof. Dr Emmanuel Moutafov for... Continue Reading

The Institute of Art Studies, BAS, holds in 2021 the Seventh Youth Conference on Art and Context, convened for the first time in 2000. Eligible... Continue Reading

The second volume, New Art module, of Art Readings 2020 Conference Proceedings of the annual international conference held by the Institute of Art Studies, BAS,... Continue Reading

Cultural heritage in the archives of the Institute of Art Studies: Bulgaria’s Interactive Map of Arts project A webinar on History of art, archives and... Continue Reading

Gheorghi Arnaoudov’s Concerti:  Surrealistic Reinterpretations of Musical History by Assoc. Prof. Ilia Gramatikov is a musicological study on the oeuvre of internationally acclaimed Bulgarian composer... Continue Reading