The exhibition ONE UNKNOWN COLLECTION will be presented in Stara Zagora
2025.06.02
ONE UNKNOWN COLLECTION
Works of Art from the Residence of Valko Chervenkov
5–28 June 2025
Opening: 5 June 2025 (Thursday), 6:00 pm, Art Gallery – Stara Zagora
The exhibition One Unknown Collection. Works of Art from the Residence of Valko Chervenkov, presented with great success at the Academia Gallery of the National Academy of Art, will be shown to the Stara Zagora audience.
49 works of art by Bulgarian and foreign artists, dating from the late 19th century to the mid-1950s will be presented for the first time. Donated by the international mining company Dundee Precious Metals in 2024, they are already part of the Academy’s Museum Collection.
At the initiative of Prof. Georgi Iankov, Rector of the National Academy of Art, and the company’s managing body represented by Prof. Engr. Iliya Garkov, PhD – Executive Vice President and COO of Dundee Precious Metals, and after special restoration interventions by the teachers and students from the Department of Restoration at the National Academy of Art, the works will be displayed for the first time.
The exhibition is part of the museum programme of the National Academy of Art for implementing research projects related to the Academy's Museum Collection and history, and the different periods in the history of Bulgarian art. A catalogue related to the exhibition AN UNKNOWN COLLECTION. Works of Art from the Residence of Valko Chervenkov will be presented within the framework of the exhibition.
The project is implemented within the framework of the 2024 Competition for Funding Projects on the Scientific Research and Artistic Activities at the National Academy of Art and with the support of Dundee Precious Metals Chelopech EAD.
Exhibition realisation team
Milena Balcheva-Bozhkova (curator and project manager)
Mladen Vrabcharski (design of the exhibition space)
Nikolay Mladenov (Vice-Rector Academic Staff, Publishing, Advertising & Information at the National Academy of Art)
Nenko Atanasov (design of the advertising materials)
Rossen Toshev (photos)
Stefan Belishki and Silvia Varadinova-Papadaki (restoration)
Sylvia Miloslavova (editing)
Boyana Pavlova (designer of the catalogue)
Dimitrina Spasova (Public Relations)
Dimana Tabakova, Radimira Koeva and Teodora Konstantinova (associates)