Now it serves as the beating heart of the biennial's inaugural edition, where tradition and contemporary art converge in ways ...

The work in Uzbekistan’s first biennial shimmers with the promise of culture as a connective tissue, while the autocratic government that funded it lurks in the shadows.

About a year ago, I landed in Seoul for Frieze Week and immediately rushed to a dinner announcing the Bukhara Biennial, a new ...

At the first-ever biennale in Uzbekistan, artists and designers from around the world are collaborating with craftspeople ...

BUKHARA, Uzbekistan -- In a sun-lit room in Tashkent, 75-year-old Akbar Rakhimov sits at his workbench. He leans forward, brush in hand, and draws black lines across a clay bowl. The strokes are ...

Bukhara’s first art biennial has turned the beguiling UNESCO-listed city in south-eastern Uzbekistan into a cultural hub.

BUKHARA, Uzbekistan — The first week of September was marked by two major events in Uzbekistan’s nascent contemporary art scene, revealing the Central Asian country’s ambition to foster a new economy ...

A new trend, dubbed 'micro- retirement ', is emerging for those unwilling to wait until traditional retirement for extended ...

As twilight descends on the old quarter of Bukhara just off the bustling Lyab-i Hauz square, the hum of Hebrew prayer rings around the narrow lanes. The sound comes from the synagogue, a small place ...

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay called the moment 'historic', noting that Samarkand is often described in literature ...

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 ...

For centuries, the nomadic tribes of Central Asia used colorful textiles called suzanis as seating, prayer mats, bedding and dividers in their yurts – the traditional tents that were their homes.