site.btaOver 200 Works by 40 Italian Artists to Be Displayed at Union of Bulgarian Artists Gallery

Over 200 works by 40 Italian artists from the collection of Georgi Zabchev and Vanya Zabcheva and their partners in collecting art, Luigi Martini and his daughter Monnalisa Martini, will be displayed in the exhibition Italian Art Under the Tiles. 20th-21st Century. Zabchev Collection. The exhibition opens on Tuesday at the gallery of the Union of Bulgarian Artists, the hosts said.

The exhibition presents one of the richest private collections of Italian art, created thanks to the long-standing friendship between Ravenna-born Luigi Martini and Georgi Zabchev from Kovachevitsa. According to the organizers, the project is an example of cultural exchange carried out not only through institutions but also through personal contacts and a shared passion for collecting.

The exhibition is arranged in three thematic spaces with a display design specially created for the event. In the first hall, visitors will see works by artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Renato Guttuso, Renzo Vespignani, Asen Peikov and Boris Georgiev.

The second hall is dedicated to figurative art and includes works by Mario Sironi, Lucio Fontana, Giacomo Manzu, Zoran Music and other representatives of figurative painting from the 1940s to the early 21st century.

The third hall presents abstract art through works by Enrico Accatino, Vasco Bendini, Gio Pomodoro, Emilio Scanavino, Guido Strazza and Emilio Vedova. The selection traces the development of abstract trends in Italy, from Surrealist influences in the 1930s to post-war Art Informel and freer artistic forms.

The exhibition is curated by Corresponding Member Aksinia Dzhurova and Luigi Martini. The two are also the authors of a three-volume publication dedicated to the Zabchevi Collection, published between 2023 and 2026.