The exhibition ONE UNKNOWN COLLECTION will be presented to the audience in Burgas
2025.07.01
ONE UNKNOWN COLLECTION
Works of Art from the Residence of Valko Chervenkov
10 July – 16 August 2025
Opening: 10 July 2025 (Thursday), 6:00 pm, Sea Casion Cultural Center, Burgas
The exhibition One Unknown Collection. Works of Art from the Residence of Valko Chervenkov will be presented to the Burgas audience – 49 works of art by Bulgarian and foreign artists, dating back from the late 19th century to the mid-1950s. Donated by the international mining company Dundee Precious Metals in 2024, they are already part of the Academy’s Museum Collection.
The works in the exhibition are little known to the public and specialists. Relatively large in volume, the collection features prominent Bulgarian artists from the first half of the 20th century who participated in the dynamic artistic life of Bulgaria. We encounter the names of the artists Anton Mitov, Ivan Angelov, Konstantin Shtarkelov, Nikola Tanev, Nikola Kozhuharov, Evtim Tomov, Nevena Tuzsuzova – Neva, Yordan Geshev, Vladimir Rilski, Alexander Milenkov, Ruska Marinova, Evtim Tomov and Zdravko Aleksandrov. A highlight in the collection are also the works of foreign artists of Croatian, Czech, Austrian and Italian origin, including Menci Crnčić, Karl Ludwig Prinz, F. Velan, K. Senetti and Irma Komlosi.
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 collection was presented for the first time at the Academia Gallery of the National Academy of Art in April and May 2025.
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.
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)