National Arts Gallery

The National Arts Gallery is situated in the west wing of the former Royal Palace on Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd in Sofia. It stands plenty of exhibitions of Bulgarian and foreign art from the middle ages to the present day. The is also an extension in the crypt of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral showing one of the largest original icon collections in Bulgaria.

The National Art Gallery in Sofia intends to show a rich collection of paintings whose aim is to present the evolution of the portrait in the period of Bulgarian Revival and to preserve the memory of those people who facilitated the revival of cultural and economic life in Bulgaria during the 19th century in the social conditions of the Turkish domination.

The exhibition in The National Art Gallery comprises of about 100 portraits (oil on the canvas) selected from the collections of the NAG and the Regional Art Galleries in Bulgaria. A "Corpus of the Revival portrait in Bulgaria" is about to be edited, including whole portraits which are in these collections (nearly 180 items), the reproductions of each portrait, information (texts) for the publishing works of art, biographical data for each person and bibliography.