Museum news

The Almaty Museum of Art (ALMA) is expanding accessibility for international visitors. The museum's official media guide has now integrated Chinese, Korean, and Spanish.

Almaty, Kazakhstan | March 13, 2026 - Almaty Museum of Arts presents the second, culminating chapter of the retrospective exhibition I Understand Everything by Almagul Menlibayeva.

The first work presented in the space is the video Her Right (2020) by artist Saodat Ismailova, drawn from the museum’s collection as part of the exhibition Qonaqtar.

Almaty, Kazakhstan | March 5, 2026 – The Almaty Museum of Arts and Halyk Bank have signed a Memorandum of Strategic Partnership aimed at the long-term development and support of contemporary art in Kazakhstan.

Almaty Museum of Arts has opened a series of international collaborations with its first joint project with Tate Modern (London).

Almaty, Kazakhstan | November 25, 2025 – The Almaty Museum of Arts proudly presents Miracle (2023), an installation by Kazakhstani artist Baqyt Bubikanova (1985–2023).

The film tells the story of how the Almaty Museum of Arts was created: from the idea and intuition of its founders (entrepreneur, patron, and collector Nurlan Smagulov and his wife Madina Smagulova) to the realization of a unique space on the cultural map of the world.

A New Point of Silence in the City Landscape

Almaty Museum of Arts opens, marking a new chapter for Central Asian art.

A record start for the Almaty Museum of Arts

Here’s a glimpse of the exciting journey of the Almaty Museum of Arts as it takes shape

Journalists were given an update on the museum’s progress and learned about its growing art collection