If I see a woman with a graceful walk, pretty dress and high heels, I am quick to put down that image to paper. I try to capture her femininity and sensuality with my lines, the air that envelops her, says sculptor Jivko Sedlarski in an interview to Europost.

Tales of Clay is the title of an exhibition dedicated to renowned Bulgarian ceramist Stoyan Raynov (1894-1978), which opened to the public on 2 July at the Vaska Emanuilova Gallery in Sofia. Raynov is among the founding fathers of contemporary Bulgarian ceramics, drawing from the country's artistic traditions. The show explores some of the most important aspects of his work, highlighting his workshop and most accomplished students.

My job is to go in the direction in which fate pushes me. Whether I am recognised or revered is of no importance to me, says painter Emil Stoychev in an interview to Europost.

On June 13, sculptor Jivko Sedlarski opened a solo exhibition at the Aspect gallery in Plovdiv. The exposition comprises 10 of his women figures clad in dresses made of brass and stainless steel. His 2.3 metres high Deva (Virgo) is put up in front of the gallery near the City Hall of Bulgaria's second largest city. It is made of concrete reinforcement wire. This is the third exhibition of the original artist in a city which has been a European Capital of Culture. The previous ones were staged in Maribor, Slovenia, and Marseilles, France.

Over 100 paintings by Academician Svetlin Rusev, some of them never exhibited before, are shown at an exposition titled The Road, dedicated to one of the most iconic names in Bulgarian art. The exhibition was organised by the Union of Collectors in Bulgaria with 21 of its members lending Rusev's works kept in their private collections.

A retrospective exhibition of the prominent Bulgarian artist Svetlin Rusev (1933-2018) is staged at the Arte gallery, located at 31, Bouzludzha St., in Sofia. The collection will be on display till 8 June and shows 20 works by the Maestro: oil paintings, aquarelles and drawings covering a large span of his creative life - the earliest are from the 1960s while the latest one is dated 2012. On 26 May will be the one-year commemoration since Svetlin Rusev's death. All of the works are donated to the exposition by private collectors and have been very rarely exhibited. 

On 7 May, the iconic photographer of the Prague Spring, Josef Koudelka, arrives in Bulgaria to inaugurate his exhibition titled Exiles.The exposition, which will be on view till 9 June at the Sofia City Art Gallery thanks to partnership between Institut francais de Bulgarie and Centre Pompidou, will show 75 photographs by Koudelka which will be exhibited outside of France for the first time. The photos were made in the 1960s, 70s and 80s and are presented under the common title Exiles.

For the third time running, Sofia Paper Art Fest is a guest of the National Palace of Culture (NDK) in the Bulgarian capital. Two expositions are presented which contrast but at the same time complement each other, united by one common idea - paper. These are Amateras, the annual paper art exposition, and a solo exhibition of Martina Karaivanova, who is the last year's winner of the Amateras award.

Getty Images photojournalist John Moore's photo is the winner of the prestigious Photo of the Year honor, part of the World Press Photo 2019 Contest, the organisers announced on 11 April. The picture depicts a two-year-old Honduran toddler Yanela Sanchez crying as her mother is searched and detained near the US-Mexico border in June 2018.

The exhibition Drawing Words can be seen at Kvadrat 500 (Square 500) of the National Gallery till 12 May. Some of the most exciting illustrations to children's books published in recent years in the United Kingdom have been gathered together for the exposition.