The exhibition Atanas Patsev. Portraits and Self-Portraits is part of the Generations programme at the Dechko Uzunov Art Gallery, a branch of the Sofia City Art Gallery, which aims to promote the life, creative work, and teaching career of the artist Dechko Uzunov. The year 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Atanas Patsev (1926–1999), who enrolled at the Academy of Arts in the fateful fall of 1944 in the class of Prof. Iliya Petrov, but chose to study and graduate under Prof. Dechko Uzunov. To commemorate this occasion, the Sofia City Art Gallery is presenting an exhibition of the artist’s works in the gallery’s collection created during the 1970s and 1980s.