Dechko Uzunov: 125 years since the birth of the artist – Bulgarian National Committee of ICOM

Legacy Program

Dechko Uzunov:

125 years since the birth of the artist

SGHG: February – June 2024

Opening: February 29 (Thursday), 6:00 p.m.

The partner project “Dechko Uzunov. 125 years since the birth of the artist” was carried out by the Sofia City Art Gallery, Kazanlak Art Gallery, and the State Agency “Archives”, and includes the realization of a number of exhibitions. This is the first part of the documentary exhibition “Dechko Uzunov. Monumental art”. In the period February – June 2024, viewers will have the opportunity to see archival photos, projects and works, through which an attempt has been made to create a visual narrative of how Dechko Uzunov’s development in the field of secular monumental art proceeds.

The project is supported by the Capital Program “Culture” and is realized with the help of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, the Bulgarian National Bank, the Sofia Opera and Ballet, the State Opera in Stara Zagora, the National Theater “Ivan Vazov” – Sofia, the National History Museum, the Museum of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, “Vasil Levski” People’s Community Center – Karlovo, “St. John the Baptist” Cathedral, Kazanlak, and “St. Ivan Rilski”, town of Pernik.