Ruse Art Gallery
OPENING HOURS:
Tue – Sun
9.00 – 13.00
14.00 – 18.00
Mon – closed
Art Gallery – Ruse has collections with 3040 works. They present the development of Bulgarian art from the end of the 19th century to the present day, as well as works by foreign artists from France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey, Latvia and others. The gallery has 2,800 sq. m. exhibition area (ground floor and basement), distributed in separate spaces, allowing the maintenance of permanent exhibitions, as well as organizing about 30 temporary exhibitions per year. Individual, collective and group exhibitions of Bulgarian and foreign artists are presented.
Monthly program
April-May 2025
- April 01 – May 04, 2025 Gergana Rahneva – Exhibition “The Kimono of the Goldfish – Travels”
- April 03 – 27, 2025 Stefan Katsarov – “Painting and Drawing”
- April 08 – 20, 2025 Hachik Lebikyan – “Black and White Photos from the Photo Archive of Hachik Lebikyan”
- 22.04 – 16.05.2025 Vasilka Moneva – “Painting”
- 02 – 25 May 2025 Petar Popov – “Happy Anniversary – 100 Years”
- May 17, 2025 Night of Museums and Galleries
- May 17 – June 17 Exhibition of works from the project “Ruse – Past and Future, Urban “Dreams” and “Illusions”, curator Lachezar Boyadzhiev
- Collection “Icons”
- Bulgarian Art 20th century
- Ruse School of Painting
Latest news
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June 27, 2025, 6:00 PM A special screening of the film
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With well-defined development motives and clearly outlined goals, the Art
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12 December 2024 – 12 January 2025 Opening: 12.12.2024, 6 pm When
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The Art of Miniature
Dear Artists and Friends, we are pleased to invite you to participate in the 10th edition of the Biennial The Art of Miniature, which will be opened on October 10, 2025. The selected works by the jury will be exhibited at the Gallery from October 10 to December 28, 2025. The 10th edition of the Biennial is a competitive event. The participants will present works in the following sections: painting, sculpture, graphics, drawings, new media, and photography
The theme of the competition is:
FLUX
15.09.2025 – Deadline for receiving the artwork at the Art Gallery ‘ Ruse
Miniart
Bencho Obreshkov
Port (detail)
Ruse art gallery
For a long time it was believed that Ruse Art Gallery was founded in 1947. In 1998, however, archival documents were found that indicate the exact date of its establishment – April 30, 1933.
The Gallery Archives
Graphics
The graphic collection of the Ruse Art Gallery began its existence in 1946. Over time, it is enriched with works by Bulgarian and foreign artists. There is a lack of clear criteria and consistency in the selection of incoming works. [...]
Dimitar Radoikov
Evening Fare, 1911 (detail)