Events

Exhibitions

KAFKA EXPRESS Goethe-Institut, February 20

1989 AS SEEN BY PHOTOGRAPHERS Czech Cultural Centre, February 12

SVETLIN NIKOLAEV GreenCat Gallery - Arena di Serdica Residence Hotel, February 20

BALKAN MODERNISM (1910-1940) National Art Gallery, February 16

LECTURERS AND STUDENTS FROM THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN ZAGREB, CROATIA Galleriya Akademiya, February 10

BULGARIAN FEMALE PAINTERS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY TO THE 1990s Vaska Emanouilova Gallery, February 28

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