Newsletter: Autumn Edition
Newsletter: Autumn Edition
Autumn edition of the newsletter is out now.
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Dear Friends,
Autumn is here — and with it comes plenty to look forward to, as you’ll discover in the pages of our newsletter.
The art season has officially begun for us in our Plovdiv gallery, where we are restarting our important and long-standing project Background: Young Artists 2025, launched in 2010. This time we present debut of self-taught artist Radoslav Angelov.
Next month, we’ll be in Sofia for the opening of Marta Djourina’s solo show at Sarieva/Gallery @ DOT Sofia — another exciting highlight of our autumn program.
We are thrilled to contribute to the opening of AYA Estate Vineyards in September 2025, a new cultural destination in Bulgaria where our artists’ works and site-specific commissions will be part of an extraordinary fusion of contemporary art, winemaking, and architecture.
Over the coming months, enjoy solo and group exhibitions and a film screening featuring Sarieva/Gallery artists across Bulgaria, Belgium, North Macedonia, Winterthur, Germany, and Thailand.
Don’t miss our insightful interviews and recent media coverage that showcase the gallery and our artists.
Thank you for your continued support and interest in our artists’ work.
Wishing you an autumn full of success, fresh discoveries, and inspiration.
Warm regards,
Vesselina Sarieva
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ARTISTS NEWS
DOT Sofia Art Collection Art Tour with Luchezar Boyadjiev and Vesselina Sarieva
14 September 2025, 11:00 AM
DOT Sofia Art Collection, Ul. Bratya Miladinovi 46, Women’s Market, 1303 Sofia, Bulgaria
Join us for a special art tour with Luchezar Boyadjiev, whose practice since the 1980s has explored social processes, urban environments, and the world between utopia and dystopia.
During the tour, Boyadjiev will discuss his work Sofia Needs to Enjoy (a Lake, a Ferris Wheel, a Climb up Vitosha Mountain), 2020, from the cycle Utopian Solutions for Dystopian Cities, as well as a piece from the current exhibition ON VACATION… CORPUS EQUORUM at the National Gallery, both part of the DOT Sofia Art Collection.
The tour will be led by Vesselina Sarieva, gallerist and curator of DOT Sofia Art Collection. Lasting about an hour, it will present different spaces and artworks from the collection throughout the building.
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Nedko Solakov
A Cornered Solo Show #6 (The Miner's Dream)
solo show
19 September 2025 - 10 May 2026
The Wallonia-Brussels Federation Museum of Contemporary Arts (MACS), Grand-Hornu, Mons, Belgium
[Learn more]
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Luchezar Boyadjiev
Urban Daydreaming
solo show
22 September - 25 October 2025
Curator: Ana Frangovska
Gallery of BGKIC (Bulgarian Culture and Information Center), Skopje, North Macedonia
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Pravdoliub Ivanov
Suite for Garlic and Gold
Site-specific project
Hindlian House / Maaza, Old city of Plovdiv
01 - 30 September, 2025
Part of “A Particle of River” – National Autumn Exhibitions, Plovdiv 2025, curated by Vesselа Nozharova
[Learn more]
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Kamen Stoyanov, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Pravdoliub Ivanov
The Art of Collecting Time
group show
open until 05 October 2025
National Gallery, St Alexander Nevsky Sq., 1, 19th February St., Sofia, Bulgariaц
[Learn more]
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Nedko Solakov
Being Vallotton
solo show
27 September 2025 – 1 March 2026
Curated by Konrad Bitterli
Villa Flora, Kunst Museum Winterthur, Winterthur
[Learn more]
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Pravdoliub Ivanov
solo show
Opening: November
Edition Block
Pragerstraße 5, Berlin, Germany
[Learn more]
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Valio Tchenkov
Herbarium Collection presents: Cultural Nomads
group show
12 September - 30 September 2025
Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Berlin, Germany
[Learn more]
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Pravdoliub Ivanov
Surfacing
18 October 2025 – 29 March 2026
Curator: Maria Vassileva
Kazanlak Art Gallery
Surfacing is the third edition of the project Together in Art by Kazanlak Art Gallery
[Learn more]
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Kamen Stoyanov
ZVEZDA
Bulgaria, 2025, 81′, color, movieCurated by Fitore Isufi Shukriu and Miran Mohar
17.09.2025
Festival of the Bulgarian Film The Golden Rose, Varna, Bulgaria
[Learn more]
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Pravdoliub Ivanov
Hunger 2.0
duration till the end of 2025
Curatorial Team: National Museum of Military History and Art Gallery Kazanlak
National Museum of Military History, Sofia, Bulgaria
[Learn more]
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Valio Tchenkov and Somyot Hananuntasuk
Tiger Bridge
open until 14 September 2025
ATTA Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
[Learn more]
ON VIEW - SARIEVA/GALLERY
Radoslav Angelov
Background: Young Artists 2025
bliss
solo show
1 September - 28 November
Sarieva/Gallery, Plovdiv , 40 Otets Paisiy St., Bulgaria
Visiting hours during shows:
Thursday - Sunday: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Please request the price list and preview if you would like more information
[Learn more]
UPCOMING SHOW
Marta Djourina
solo exhibition
1 October - 16 November 2025
Opening: 1 October, Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., in the presence of the artist
Sarieva/Gallery @ DOT Sofia
Ul. Bratya Miladinovi 46, Women’s Market, 1303 Sofia, Bulgaria
In partnership with AYA Estate Vineyards
[Learn more]
RECOMMENDED
At the end of September 2025, AYA Estate Vineyards will open its doors as a new cultural destination in Bulgaria, where winemaking, contemporary art, nature, and architecture come together in a unified experience. The opening will be marked by large-scale art installations created specifically for AYA, alongside selected works from the estate’s collection.
The art program at AYA Estate Vineyards is realized in collaboration with the established curators and art consultants Vessela Nozharova and Vesselina Sarieva. Since 2019, Vesselina Sarieva has been part of the curatorial team, contributing her expertise in spatial analysis, curatorial selection and internal competitions, positioning of artworks, creation of site-specific pieces, as well as organizing temporary exhibitions, cultural programs, and communications tailored to the spirit of the place.
Specially commissioned works for AYA include pieces by Stoyan Dechev, Marta Djurina, Marianne Lang, Ivo Toshain, and Eli Joteva, as well as artists represented by Sarieva Gallery – Nedko Solakov, Stefan Nikolaev, and Rudi Ninov. The collection also features works by Dimitar Genchev, Sasho Stoitzov, Kalin Serapionov, Stella Vassileva, Miryana Todorova, and numerous other Bulgarian and international artists.
Following the invitation-only opening, the program will include public wine tours, curated tours, annual exhibitions, and artist encounters, establishing AYA Estate Vineyards as a dynamic cultural venue of international significance.
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Luchezar Boyadjiev
On Vacation... (Corpus Equidae, 2004-2024)
solo show
open until 7 October 2025
Curated by Joanna Warsza and Ovil Dormuşoğlu
National Gallery / Kvadrat 500, Sofia, Bulgaria
[Learn more]
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Denitsa Todorova
Metaphor for Memory
open until 21 November 2025
House museums of Vera Nedkova, National Gallery
[Learn more]
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A new academic contribution to the history of art in Eastern Europe!
"Networks, Assemblings, Ephemera: East European Mail Art as Performance 1971–1994" (University of California, Santa Barbara, 2024)
Margarita Delcheva's PhD thesis examines and analyses the work of Vesselin Sariev, including the iconic SVEP publication.
[Learn more]
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Panel “CITY” with Katrin Sarieva
PAUSE — Discussion Forum by Nula32
October 4, 2025, 10:00–17:00, Plovdiv
Katrin Sarieva will reflect on life in Plovdiv over the years, drawing on research, personal experience, fieldwork, and observations.
Katrin is a historian, lecturer, and co-founder of Sariev Contemporary (today Sarieva/Gallery) and the Open Arts Foundation, known for Night of Museums and Galleries – Plovdiv, as well as projects such as Otets Paisiy Street Festival, Alternative Map of Plovdiv, Introduction to Contemporary Art, Project 0, and FLUCA: Austrian Cultural Pavilion, among others.
[Learn more]
RECENT MEDIA
The scene wasn't ready - so we created it
Vesselina Sarieva
interview, Manager / in Bulgarian
[Read here]
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BLACK DOTs: Art Dinner with Stefan Nikolaev
Interview with Stefan Nikolaev & Vesselina Sarieva, Bulgarian National Radio / in Bulgarian
[Listen here]
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Horses and Heroes
text written by Alexander Kiossev for Luchezar Boyadjiev's exhibition: On Vacation... (Corpus Equidae, 2004-2024)
Portal Kultura / in Bulgarian
[Read here]
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The old town with the smell of garlic for the opening of the National Autumn Exhibitions
Text for Pravdoliub Ivanov’s site-specific project —Suite for Garlic and Gold, part of “A Particle of River” – National Autumn Exhibitions.
Pod Tepeto / in Bulgarian
[Read here]
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BLACK DOTs: Art Dinner with Stefan Nikolaev
Interview with Stefan Nikolaev & Vesselina Sarieva, Bulgarian National Television / in Bulgarian
[Watch here]
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Lachezar Boyadjiev shows horses without riders in "Square 500"
interview with the artist
Bulgarian National Radio / in Bulgarian
[Listen here]
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Tuning in Progress at Sarieva, Plovdiv
Art Viewer / in English
[Read here]
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Bliss | Radoslav Angelov
Programata / text in Bulgarian
[Read here]
