Currently Almaty Museum of Arts’ collection comprises works by groundbreaking Kazakh artists such as Aisha Galimbayeva, Salikhitdin Aytbayev, Moldakhmet Kenbayev, Isatay Isabayev, Makum Kisamedinov, Rysbek Akhmetov, Shaymardan Sariyev, Tokbolat Togysbayev, and Zhanatay Shardenov as well as artists who spent significant time living in Kazakhstan, such as Sergey Kalmykov, Serenjab Baldano and Pavel Zaltsman.