Uzbekistan News » Bukhara News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: Uzbekistan’s Inaugural Bukhara Biennial 2025 Opens Across Restored Historic Landmarks
The Mir-i-Arab Madrasa. Image Courtesy of Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation Untitled, 2024–2025 by Marina Perez Simão Brazil in collaboration with ...
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Social: 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 » Social: 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 » Social: Uzbekistan: Kitschy Bukhara development proceeds amid growing objections
On the afternoon of February 26, demolition crews began work on dismantling a 23,000-seater soccer stadium near the historic heart of Bukhara. The razing of this building is only the start. Under a ...
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Social: Uzbekistan’s Renowned Textiles Face An Uncertain Future
Along the Silk Road, the story of Uzbekistan appears first in color. Silk threads soaking in baths of natural dyes. Red, blue, and gold pillowcases in markets and showrooms. Motifs repeated across ...
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Social: Bukhara Unveiled: Drone Footage of Uzbekistan’s Silk Road
Glide over Bukhara, Uzbekistan’s ancient oasis city, where centuries-old minarets, madrassas, and bazaars echo the grandeur of the Silk Road—captured in stunning drone footage that reveals the city’s ...
News Uzbekistan » Bukhara » Social: Tashkent’s CCA Aims to Anchor a New Era in Uzbek Contemporary Art
CCA residencies are located in the historic Tashkent mahallas—Uzbek for “neighborhoods”—of Namuna and Khast Imom, in newly restored heritage sites. Photo by Andrey Arakelyan / Courtesy of the Centre ...