Art Today Association

Week of Contemporary Art
Thirty-first edition
04–30.09.2025 г.

LICHT, MEHR LICHT

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: BNT2, BNR, Vupreki.com, Katra FM, Pod Tepeto, Kapana.

“Week of Contemporary Art” is a project of Art Today Association, a member of the international network of German cultural societies abroad of the Goethe-Institut.

Art Today Association

Art Positive 2025

TRANSPARENT

April 8 – May 8, 2025

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: BNT2, BNR, Vpreki.com, Katra FM, Pod Tepeto, Kapana.

Art Positive is a project by the Art Today Association, a member of the international network of German cultural societies abroad under Goethe-Institut.

Week of Contemporary Art
30th edition
04–25.09.2024