ASTANA – Kazakh artist Assel Sabyrzhankyzy has gained widespread attention on social media with her distinctive works, where ...

The long-awaited opening of the Almaty Museum of Arts marks a milestone in the region’s cultural life. Founded by businessman and philanthropist Nurlan Smagulov, it showcases more than 700 works from ...

Kazakhstan is taking a second try at launching a pavilion during the Venice Biennale in April. The plans were announced at an in-person press conference on Tuesday at the A. Kasteyev Museum of Arts in ...

For more than three decades, collecting art in Kazakhstan has meant one thing: big business. In the thirty-three years since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union, the contemporary art ...

In a highly anticipated moment for the Kazakhstan cultural scene, the Almaty Museum of Arts (ALMA) opened its doors to the public on September 12 anchoring the country's vibrant artistic legacy. As ...

The project "Focus Kazakhstan" was meant to elevate the country's art, but mismanagement has resulted in allegedly damaged work and lack of payment. Performance view from the opening of "Bread & Roses ...

Imperious khans and assorted dignitaries gaze into the distance. Meanwhile, fierce battles are raging all around. These are scenes from artworks at a recently opened exhibition in Kazakhstan, ...

According to the artists, for publicly undisclosed reasons, it never officially opened in January 2025 in Almaty. It may have been due to their public pro-Uyghur stance. As the artists write in their ...

A stencil of old photos of the former president, rendered into a mural, raised questions among the authorities in Kazakhstan. When the writing on the wall became politically sensitive, however, they ...

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev continues the multi-vector legacy of Nursultan Nazarbayev, yet with a more global and ...