Newsletter June 2019
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ARTISTS - UPCOMING
Martina Vacheva
33rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts
 “Crack Up – Crack Down"
 Curated by Slavs and Tatars
 
 Alenka Pirman with KULA, Amanda Ross-Ho, Anja Wutej, Anna Uddenberg, Arthur Fournier with Raphael Koenig, Augustin Maurs, Boštjan Gorenc (aka Pižama), Cevdet Erek, Dozie Kanu, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Endre Tot, Ferdinand Kriwet, Flaka Haliti, Giorgi Xaniashvili, Hamja Ahsan, Hinko Smrekar, Honza Zamojski, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lin May Saeed, Marlie Mul, Martina Vacheva, Martine Gutierrez, Nicole Wermers, Pablo Bronstein, Sachiko Kazama, Stane Jagodič, Tala Madani, Woody de Othello, XIYADIE, Zhanna Kadyrova
 
 7 June - 29 September 2019
 
 International Centre of Graphic Arts
 Grad Tivoli, Pod turnom 3
 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
 www.mglc-lj.si
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Pravdoliub Ivanov
 
 The Life of Others is Somehow Easier
 solo show
 Curator Monika Szewczyk
28 June - 22 August 2019
 
 Arsenal Gallery
 Adama Mickiewicza 2
 15-222 Bialystok, Poland
 www.galeria-arsenal.pl
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Kamen Stoyanov
 
 Evidence
 international group show
 Curated by Alenka Trebucak
21 June - 8 September 2019
 Opening: 20 June, 7pm
 
 Mestna Galerija, City Art Gallery of Ljubljana
 Mestni Trg 5, 
 Ljublljana, Slovenia
 www.mgml.si
UPCOMING FAIR
SARIEV Contemporary at
 LISTE 2019
 
 artist presented
 Vikenti Komitski
 
 Solo Booth
 Room 1/2 / G1
 discover the booth here
 
 Joinery Programme
 video “Lucky Fetish”, 2015
 
 10 - 16 June 2019
 Preview: Monday, 10 June
 
 Warteck
 Burgweg 15
 4058 Basel, Switzerland
 www.liste.ch
 
 Kindly supported by "Mobility" program of National Fund Culture
ON VIEW - SARIEV CONTEMPORARY, PLOVDIV
Stefan Nikolaev
 
 Be Yourself No Matter What They Say
 solo show
17 May - 28 June 2019
 
 discover the show
SARIEV Contemporary
 40, Otets Paisiy str, Plovdiv 4000
 www.sariev-gallery.com
RECOMMENDED EVENTS
Mitch Brezounek 
 
 Life in Plastic
 solo show
25 May - 28 June 2019
 
 Organised in partnership with SARIEV Contemporary
 
 Artnewscafe
 38, Otets Paisiy str, Plovdiv 4000
 www.artnewscafe.com
 
 more info here
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FLUCA 2019 Programme in JUNE
FLUCA is a collaborative project of Open Arts Foundation and Austrian Embassy in Bulgaria
 
 FLUCA 2019 is part of the official programme of Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019
 
 June programme:
 
 5 June, 8 pm – Luchezar Boyadjiev presents the Venice Biennale 2019
 7 June, 7 pm – Dima Stefanova presents KNOW-HOW SHOW-HOW: Found at Kitchuk Paris. The project is part of the program of Plovdiv 2019
 14 June, 7 pm – UNAMERICA - one film by Luise Schröder. Talk with the curator Ilina Koralova.
 15 June, 8 pm – PLOVDIV READS presents the online platform freepoetrysociety.com by ‘Free Poetic Society’
    9 pm – PLOVDIV READS presents the ‘For.gotten words’ – an installation by the visual artist Petko Tanchev 
          9:30 pm - PLOVDIV READS presents a party with noboris
 21 June, 7 pm – FORNOTECA - a solo show by Anton Stoianov - opening + FLUCA party 
 28 June, 8 pm – LOOKING AT BUILDINGS, CITIES AND PLACES - a screening, presented by Vasilena Gankovska and Bianca Pedrina 
 29 June, 8 pm – LOOKING AT BUILDINGS, CITIES AND PLACES 2 - A conversation about the artistic interpretation of urban environment - talk by Vasilena Gankovska and Bianca Pedrina 
 
 For more information visit FLUCA's facebook
 
 FLUCA - Austrian Cultural Pavilion
 (in front of gallery SARIEV Contemporary)
 40, Otets Paisiy str, Plovdiv 4000
 www.fluca.info
RECENT MEDIA
The LISTE Interviews: Vesselina Sarieva
 SARIEV Contemporary's founder and director Vesselina Sarieva speaks to ArtReview about the gallery's upcoming first participation at LISTE (10 - 16 June 2019)
 
 ArtReview
 contemporary art magazine
 read the interview
 [in English]
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Roman Ruins? Sure, but Bulgaria’s Second City Offers So Much More
 SARIEV Contemporary and the gallery's represented artist Martina Vacheva have been featured in New York Times' recent publication about Plovdiv and the people who are turning the city into a true capital of culture
 
 New York Times
 read the article
 [in English]
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10 Things to Do in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
 SARIEV Contemporary' director Vesselina Sarieva guides DW Euromaxx around Plovdiv
 and the ten main tourist attractions the city has to offer
 
 DW Euromaxx
 watch the video
 [in English]
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Plowdiw: "Together" in der Kulturhauptstadt Europas
 SARIEV Contemporary's represented artist Martina Vacheva and Vesselina Sarieva present Plovdiv - the European capital of culture for 2019, to Arte Metropolis' team that visited the city  
 
 arte.tv
 watch the video
 [in German]
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Be Yourself No Matter What They Say
 SARIEV Contemporary's represented artist Stefan Nikolaev talks about his current exhibition "Be Yourself No Matter What They Say" which can be seen at the gallery until 28 June 2019
 
 Bulgarian National Radio
 listen to the interview
 [in Bulgarian]
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How to speak smart about the new exhibition of Stefan Nikolaev
 An article about the exhibition "Be Yourself No Matter What They Say" of Stefan Nikolaev at SARIEV Contemporary (17 May - 28 June 2019)
 
 Boyscout
 lifestyle and culture issue
 read the article
 [in Bulgarian]
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Art in public space - availability and shortages
 SARIEV Contemporary's represented artist Luchezar Boyadjiev talks about art in public space in Bulgaria
 in front of the cameras of Bulgarian ON AIR's program Multimedia
 
 Bulgaria ON AIR
 TV channel 
 watch the video
 [in Bulgarian]
ARTISTS' EXHIBITIONS - ON VIEW
Rada Boukova
Pavilion of the Republic of Bulgaria
 58th International Art Exhibition
 La Biennale di Venezia
 
 Rada Boukova and Lazar Lyutakov
 HOW WE LIVE
 Curator Vera Mlechevska
 
 11 May - 24 November 2019
 
 Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi
 Palazzo Giustinian Lolin
 San Marco 2893, Venezia
 www.howwelive-pavilion.com
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 Rada Boukova
 
 Players and Pleasures
 Rada Boukova and Sirma Sarafova-Orahovac
 
 13 April - 8 June 2019
 
 KVOST
 Leipziger Str. 47 / Entry Jerusalemer Str.
 10117 Berlin
 www.kvost.de
 
 more info
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Luchezar Boyadjiev, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Nedko Solakov, Martina Vacheva
 
 LISTEN TO US – ARTISTIC INTELLIGENCE
 (Works from Art Collection Telekom)
 group show 
 Curated by Nathalie Hoyos and Rainald Schumacher
Nevin Aladağ, Anatoly Belov, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Yane Calovski, Levan Chelidze, Danika Dakić, Braco Dimitrijević, Aleksandra Domanović, Petra Feriancova, Igor Grubić, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Nilbar Güreş, Vladimir Houdek, Hristina Ivanoska, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Sanja Iveković, Nikita Kadan, Mi Kafchin, Šejla Kameric, Lito Kattou, Luka Kedžo, Genti Korini, Eva Kot’átková, Maria Kulikovska, Nino Kvrivishvili, Radenko Milak, Ciprian Mureşan, Lada Nakonechna, Vlad Nancă, Paulina Ołowska, Roman Ondak, Dan Perjovschi, Cristian Răduţă, Stepan Ryabchenko, Slavs & Tatars, Nedko Solakov, Mladen Stilinović, Martina Vacheva
 Invited artists:, Dimitar Genchev, Albena Mihaylova-Benji, Sasho Stoitzov, Krassimir Terziev
 
 4 April - 30 June 2019
 
 Exhibition locations: 
 SKLAD (16 Ekzarh Yosif Str.)
 City Art Gallery
 Balabanov House
 Hindlyan House
 Zlatyu Boyadzhiev Gallery
 Ivan Vasov National Library
 
 explore the exhibition via the online virtual tour here
 
 The exhibition is made possible by Plovdiv 2019 Foundation in partnership with Goethe-Institut Bulgaria, 
 Deutsche Telekom – Art Collection Telekom and Open Arts Foundation
 
 City Art Gallery Plovdiv
 15 Alexander I Battenberg Str.
 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
 www.plovdiv2019.eu
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Luchezar Boyadjiev, Kamen Stoyanov, Voin de Voin
 
 Digital Dramatizations: Ecologies from the Future
 Fold II of Digital Ecologies: an international exhibition project in two folds
 Curated by Dimitrina Sevova
 Austrian participation co-curated by Katharina Swoboda
 
 With works on display and interventions by
 Bernardi, Ursula Biemann, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Johanna Bruckner, Sarah Burger, Delphine Chapuis Schmitz, Valko Chobanov, Voin de Voin & Marie Civikov, Jonas Etter, Anne-Laure Franchette, Monica Ursina Jäger, Stefanie Knobel, Marlene Maier, Boyan Manchev with Ani Vaseva and Leonid Yovchev (Metheor), Emil Mirazchiev, Uriel Orlow, Ursula Palla, Lourenço Penaguião Soares, Elodie Pong, Oliver Ressler, Tabita Rezaire, Dorothea Rust, Elza Sile, Kerstin Schroedinger, Pascal Schwaighofer, Venelin Shurelov, Sandro Steudler, Kamen Stoyanov, Milva Stutz, Katharina Swoboda, Una Szeemann / Bohdan Stehlik, Riikka Tauriainen, Lena Maria Thüring, Alexander Tuchaček, Borjana Ventzislavova, and Martina-Sofie Wildberger
 
 With interventions and talks by the philosophers Boyan Manchev, Stanimir Panayotov, and Gerald Raunig
 
 4 May - 30 June 2019
 
 Center for Contemporary Art ‘Ancient Bath’
 179, 6th September Str.
 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
 
 Former tobacco warehouse SKLAD 
 16, Ekzarh Yosif Str.
 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
 
 more info here
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Stefan Nikolaev
 
 Pas de printemps pour Marnie
 group show
 
 Vito Acconci, Monica Bonvicini, Charbel-joseph H. Boutros, Julien Carreyn, Isabelle Cornaro, Jason Dodge, Peter Downsbrough, Mounir Fatmi, Laurent Fiévet, Amy Granat, Véronique Joumard, Regine Kolle, Rafaela Lopez, Matthew McCaslin, Robert Morris, Stefan Nikolaev, Damir Ocko, Lei Saito, Vittorio Santoro, Hu Yun
18 May - 15 June 2019
 
 GDM Paris 
 17, rue Saint - Gilles
 75003 Paris
 www.galeriedemultiples.com
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Nedko Solakov
 
 There will never be a door. You are inside
 Pieces from the Teixeira de Freitas Collection
 group show
 Curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas 
 
 Nina Canell, Tamar Guimarães, Sofia Hultén, Sanja Ivekovic, Robert Kinmont, Luisa Lambri, Jorge Macchi, Gordon Matta-Clark, Cildo Meireles, Jonathan Monk, Damian Ortega, Walid Raad, Thomas Ruff, Julião Sarmento, Nedko Solakov, Francisco Tropa, Dahn Vo and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, among others
26 February - 9 June 2019
 
 Santander Art Gallery
 Santander Foundation
 Ciudad Grupo Santander. Avda. Cantabria,
 s / n. Boadilla del Monte, Madrid
 www.fundacionbancosantander.com
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Nedko Solakov
 
 Highlights for a Future
 The Collection (1)
 group show
Francis Alÿs, Kader Attia, Francis Bacon, Artur Barrio, Dara Birnbaum, Michaël Borremans, Marcel Broodthaers, N. Dash, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Marlene Dumas, Mekhitar Garabedian, Zvi Goldstein, David Hammons, Georg Herold, Ann Veronica Janssens, Surasi Kusolwong, Jac Leirner, Mark Manders, Panamarenko, Zhang Peili, Wilhelm Sasnal, Nedko Solakov, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Luc Tuymans, Lois Weinberger, James Welling
 
 16 March - 29 September 2019
 
 S.M.A.K.
 Jan Hoetplein 1,
 9000 Gent, Belgium
 www.smak.be
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Kamen Stoyanov
 
 24th Gabrovo Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art
 Dimensions of Publicness
 
 Participants in the juried exhibitions - contemporary art:
 
 Agim Sulaj, Akihiko Tsukamoto, Alan Teller, Aldo Giannotti, Alessandro Rolandi, Andrey Vrabchev, Antoaneta Vasileva Obretenova- Antoni, Aseel Alyaqoub, Atanas Djonov, Atom Theatre, Boris Misirkov and Georgi Bogdanov, Borut Krajnc, Chris Alton, Craig Fisher, Damyan Krassimirov Damyanov, Derek Curtis, Desislav Lilkov, Destructive Creation, Dilek Alkan, Dimitar Traychev, Gaby Wolodarski, Gary Manning Gowans, Hans Michael Bittner, Hongshuo, Ivan Petkov – Straschmir, Jordan Pankov /J.Pank/, Kaloyan Iliev-Kokimoto, Kamen Stoyanov, Klein Stefan, Krasimir Panev Stoichkov, Liliya Kalcheva and Ivaylo Hristov, M. Cevahir Akbaş, Maayan Sophia Weisstub, Marcelina Rydelek, Maritsa Kolcheva, Masoumeh Karimi, Mohamed Ismail, Nadja Verena Marcin, Neno Belchev, Nevena Ekimova, Nikolina Dzhanovska, Pallavi Singh, Pavel Tsarov, Dimitart Stoitsov and Ivan Karastanev, Petar Petsin, Plamen Kondov, Qijingyan, Radoslava Guirguinova, Rebecca Moss, Rosina Pencheva, Saito, Mikio and Aoi Swimming, Samah Hamdi, Sid And Jim, Simon Menner, Spike Dennis, Stoyan Dechev, Thomas Cardew & Katarina Rankovic, Vasilena Gankovska, Vasilis Alexandrou, Venelin Shurelov, Vladislav Hristov, Yu Cai, Zara Alexandrova and Zoran Georgiev
 
 17 May - 30 September 2019
 
 Museum of Humour and Satire
 68 Bryanska St.
 5300 Gabrovo, Bulgaria