The Big Picture
Art galleries introduce us to new forms of expression, help to cultivate our artistic taste, teach us and preserve cultural objects for future generations. Fatima Abdieva goes in search of Tashkent’s best spots for contemporary fine art.
Art reflects the mood and spirit of the day. An exhibition presents the artist's current view, embodying their perception of the world. In addition to museums, in recent decades, fine art galleries have opened in Tashkent to promote the country’s rising contemporary art scene, hosting exhibitions, festivals and art conferences. Here are our choices for the best galleries in Tashkent to explore contemporary Uzbek art.
Bonum Factum
The Bonum Factum Gallery opened in 2010 with a mission to promote contemporary art and education, as well as support the creative potential of Uzbek children and youth. The gallery currently functions as a presentation and discussion space and promotes the contemporary art of Uzbekistan all over the world.
Art and thematic exhibitions are often held, as well as design works and commercial ad shoots and filming. Bonum Factum additionally hosts seminars, cultural events and master classes with well-known cultural and artistic figures.
@bonafact
AUTOGRAPH Art Gallery
AUTOGRAPH Art Gallery is on a mission to promote the brightest, most refined works of applied art that are imbued with the spirit of modernity and national style. The gallery’s spacious, thoughtfully laid-out exhibition halls offer visitors the chance to admire works by recognized names as well as talented young artists, sculptors and designers.
AUTOGRAPH not only exhibits such creative works but also offers sales of exclusive original works of art that reflect Uzbek pride and cultural style. Each product at AUTOGRAPH is thoughtfully and respectfully curated, with info panels from art historians describing its creator, background, context and notable features. This detailed information about each work allows every visitor to take with them a truly original piece of Uzbekistan.
@autograph.uz
NBU Fine Art Gallery
The NBU gallery contains the richest collection of fine art in Uzbekistan, with modern works spanning from the early 20th century to the present day, as well as a unique collection of numismatics (coins) of Central Asia. The Gallery of Fine Art opened on the eve of Uzbekistan’s Independence Day in 2004.
A lecture and cinema hall, a library and a studio for masterclasses and workshops all mark the exhibition complex as an international art centre of Tashkent. A number of large-scale cultural events have been held here over the years, with national, regional and international significance.
@art.gallery.of.uzbekistan
Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan
The Central Exhibition Hall at the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan is one of the most well- regarded exhibition spaces for painting and fine art in Uzbekistan.
By area, it is one of the largest galleries in Central Asia and includes halls of sculpture and graphics, painting and applied art, where you can see the works of both well-known artists as well as those by the most promising fresh talent. Situated in a monumental building, the gallery balances traditional with contemporary, striving to go beyond and entering into a kind of continuous dance showing new sides to art and imagery both familiar and new. The small, adjacent park becomes an additional, open-air sculpture garden, which is particularly pleasant on one of Tashkent’s warm sunny days.
www.art-academy.uz
