Uzbekistan News » Bukhara News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Life: Uzbekistan Gets a New Biennial in 2025, and It’s Got Some Big Stars on Board
The Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation has announced that the inaugural Bukhara Biennial will debut in the ancient Uzbekistan city on September 5, 2025. This first edition, titled ...
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Life: How This Central Asian City Became an Art and Fashion Hotspot
About a year ago, I landed in Seoul for Frieze Week and immediately rushed to a dinner announcing the Bukhara Biennial, a new contemporary art and culture festival in Uzbekistan that was slated to ...
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Life: Will Uzbekistan’s Big Bet on Culture Pay Off? Inside Its Bold Overhaul
While the phrase “explore and discover” is used liberally across the art world, the unveiling of a slew of new art venues and events in Uzbekistan might be the closest the words come to not being ...
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Life: Bukhara and Tashkent: Opposing universes in Uzbekistan
One nation and two contrasting cities whose differences tell the story of Uzbekistan’s DNA. This is what’s entailed by visiting Bukhara and Tashkent, from the golden age of the Mongol and Persian ...
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Life: The First Bukhara Biennial Reveals That the Most Expensive Ingredient Is Time
Uzbekistan, a central region in the Silk Road and Soviet Union, has long connected “East and West” through major cities like Samarkand, Bukhara and its present-day capital, Tashkent. The contemporary ...
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Life: The Bukhara Biennial Will Break Your Heart
Ruben Saakyan and Konstantin Lazarev's “The Observer’s Illusion” (2025) (foreground) and Antony Gormley and Temur Jumaev's “CLOSE,” (2024–2025) (background) installed at the former Khoja Kalon Mosque ...
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Life: Bombing Bukhara: Did Russia's Imperial Ghosts Spark Art Censorship In Uzbekistan?
The forms covering the seven-meter wide, two-meter high abstract painting float in a scene of violent chaos where domed roofs, falling figures, and disembodied hands jump out of the canvas. “When They ...
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Life: UNESCO says Uzbekistan broke promises over Bukhara development
UNESCO says that Uzbekistan’s government has broken its promise to refrain from doing demolition and building work near historic zones in the city of Bukhara pending joint agreement on a master plan.
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Life: Does Uzbekistan Live Up to the Buzz? A Silk Road Adventure.
This Central Asian country is gaining traction with young travelers seeking beauty, authenticity and low prices. Was it worth the 12-hour flight? Credit... Supported by Visuals and Text by Gabe Castro ...