Photo: BGNES A statement by Acting Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov at the Sofia Arsenal Gallery stirred up the spirits in the cultural sphere a few days ago. It was presented as shocking news in a headline by clickbait media that almost from tomorrow all money for culture will be stopped and which orchestra or museum will not …

Often in more specialized circles, there is talk of the “Overton Window” – the conditional shift of the political “center” to the left over time, as ideas once considered quite ordinary are today presented in society as “extreme”. Here we will go back 100 years, to the time of the Bulgarian National Union of Socialists and Alexander Stamboliyski. The government …

The problem in the field of culture is related to the spending of funds, not their quantity. This was stated in Investbook with Dimitar Vuchev by Kapana.bg editor-in-chief Teodor Karakolev. According to the interlocutor in the program, the top priority should be to resolve the problem related to what exactly cultural funds are spent on. “It is hardly …

"Banality is the eighth deadly sin," says Milen Ruskov, the author of "Vazvishenie", "Chamkoria" and "Pocket Encyclopedia of Mysteries" in an interview. "The first person to compare a woman's sides to roses is a genius. The first to repeat it, of course, is an idiot," says Salvador Dali. For me, there is nothing more terrible than sameness. …

What is the right-wing policy in culture? Are these ideas represented in politics and what do most parties actually say, commenting on this sector? Everyone is united that “culture should be a priority”, but this is a completely populist phrase. How will culture actually be important in Bulgaria, a priority – not for the parties, …