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YARAT Contemporary Art Space has opened an exhibition “Heaven Can Wait” by Azerbaijani artist Aida Mahmudova. Rector of the Baku branch of Moscow State University, Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences, academician Nargiz Pashayeva, Deputy Culture Minister, People’s Artist Murad Huseynov, founder of the YARAT Contemporary Art Space, famous …

All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature has hosted a creative evening of the People’s Artist of Azerbaijan, Honored Art Worker of Russia, film director, screenwriter and photo artist Tofig Shahverdiyev. The evening was organized by the Russian office of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Azerbaijan Cultural Center and the All-Russian …

A multimedia project “Preserved Nature” will be presented at Azerbaijan National Art Museum on May 18. The project will be demonstrated under the auspices of the Azerbaijan Culture Ministry within the International Day of Museums, Azernews reports. The theme of this year’s International Museum Day, “Museums, Sustainability and Wellbeing”, highlights an extraordinary …

YARAT Contemporary Art Space presents the “Pink-Black” exhibition at the Museum of Azerbaijani Painting of the 20-21st centuries. The exposition displayed artworks of painting, graphics, and sculpture by prominent artists such as Agha Mehdiyev, Altay Hajiyev, Bayim Hajiyeva, Huseyn Hagverdiyev, Fazil Najafov, Farhad Khalilov, Elmira Huseynova, Alakbar Rzaguliyev, Ali Verdiyev, …

Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum will host an international scientific conference “Intercultural Dialogue and Ethnic Identity” on May 5-6. The conference is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the National Leader Heydar Aliyev, Azernews reports. The event is co-organized by the Azerbaijan Culture Ministry, the National Carpet Museum with the support of the …

Days of Shusha have been successfully held in Uzbekistan in connection with the declaration of Shusha as the 2023 Cultural Capital of the Turkic World. The anticipated event was held under the auspices of the International Turkic Culture and Heritage Foundation and on the basis of a joint project with …

YARAT Contemporary Art Space has presented final graduation exhibition by students of YARAT Contemporary Art School. Within the framework of a year-long intensive education program under the authorship of Honored Artist Sabina Shikhlinskaya, YARAT Contemporary Art School has successfully provided theoretical and practical education aimed at educating multidisciplinary artists, art …

Azerbaijan is celebrating Wind Tuesday, before Novruz spring holiday. The legend has it that different winds sleep underground: Khazri (cold northern wind), Gilavar (southern wind), Agh Yel (White Wind) and Gara Yel (Black Wind), both hot, dry summer winds. At the same time, the Yel baba (Father of Wind) ceremony …

The Azerbaijani National Library has presented digital copies of Nizami’s manuscripts, Azernews reports. The National Library has obtained digital copies of a total of 156 rare manuscripts as part of the project “Return of national and spiritual values to Motherland”. Nizami’s “Poetry collection” (Tehran, 1295) is of special attention as …

Azerbaijani conductor, Honored Artist Ayyub Guliyev will take part in the Opera Europe Forum, Azernews reports. Opera Europa is an international service organization for professional opera companies and opera festivals in Europe. With roots going back to 1995, Opera Europa gained its present format and name in 2002, on the …