After Maria Vassileva and Kiril Vasilev, we are pleased to present you the observations of Vera Mlechevska, chairwoman of the critics' association AICA-Bulgaria, curator and founder of the art space "Octopus".

We continue our end-of-year survey gathers with Kiril Vassilev – lecturer in the history of modern European culture, head of the master's program "Arts and Contemporary Art" at the Sofia University.

The Journal of Social Vision’s end-of-year survey gathers the perspectives of colleagues, curators, and critics on the most important events and topics in art in 2025. ere, we publish the answers by Vasil Vladimirov, a freelance curator and founder of the art space KO-OP and FIG.

As part of our end-of-year survey, read observations by Snejana Krasteva, ndependent curator, co-founder and co-director of the Eastern Balkan Institute of Art and Architecture.

The last material we are publishing is by Hristo Kaloyanov, a freelance curator and critic. In 2024, together with Nikola Stoyanov and Filip Stoilov, he founded the Temporal Space Foundation and its accompanying "Temporal Publishing House".

The Journal of Social Vision’s end-of-year survey gathers the perspectives of colleagues, curators, and critics on the most important events and topics in art in 2025. We are starting the series with the answers by Maria Vassileva, curator, critic and art historian.

Frank Quante, former CEO of Burgas and Varna airports, and artist Boryana Rossa reflect on their collaboration to bring art into airport spaces, creating environments that combine creativity, human-centered experiences, and a sense of inspiration for travelers. During his time at Varna Airport, Frank explored ways to integrate greenery and art, while Boryana created The Woman and the Universe, a sculptural installation inspired by flight, public art, and female figures. Vikto

“What is the factory for you?” – we asked Slava Savova, Nevena Georgieva, and Nevena Ekimova with this question, adding to the conversation

Martin Tomov and Maria Ilieva explore human and non-human perspectives as a continuation of the artistic project "Beyond the History of Slav

In this essay, Katalin Erdődi outlines her curatorial journey from her initial desire to work in urban public space and support site-specifi

Можеш ли да си представиш слон? Не, нека са 9 слона, точно в началото на твоята улица, докато се прибираш към къщи?

With this text, Viktoria Draganova - editor-in-chief of this magazine, introduces the thematic focus "Art + City".

In this material, Laska Nenova takes us through the history of the placemaking movement, reaching the role it plays nowadays in the development of public spaces in Bulgaria. What placemaking actually is, what the challenges are and how the national network Placemaking Connected was established in 2023. These are the questions that Laska, founder of the BG Be Active Association, answers through the prism of her many years of professional practical and strategic experience in

Hester Gartrell explores two examples from East London of the interaction between arts and cultural initiatives, municipal politics and loca

We invited curators Boyana Djikova, Martina Yordanova, Vladiya Mihaylova, and Vessela Nozharova to reflect the past year in the Bulgarian art. Following three years of substantial funding in the field, we observe a surge in overproduction, yet simultaneously witness the emergence of new directions in subjects and techniques. What transpired in 2023, and what anticipations can we have for the upcoming year?  Viktoria Draganova, editor-in-chief of the Journal for Social Vision,

A year of testing, of deepening, of resilience or of growth - this is how Ralitsa Gerasimova, Margarita Dorovska, Galin Popov and Yanina Tan

"With You" is the latest book by the poet and playwright Stefan Ivanov, and the first publication of the Center for Social Vision.

End-of-year conversation with the curator and writer Valentinas Klimašauskas looкing back at months of a devastating war in Ukraine and...

Watch the discussion with artists and curators about art in public space and the challenges around it that took place in the frame of...

On July 22 was the official opening of the 14th edition of the nomadic biennial MANIFESTA in Pristina . The geographic proximity...