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Museum news

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A history in acts and gestures: Performance, Central Asia and the Caucasus — Almaty Museum of Arts and Tate Modern presented a joint programme

Oct 10, 2025

This collaboration marks the museum’s first step on the international stage and underscores its commitment to dialogue and knowledge exchange between Central Asia and the world.

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Baqyt Bubikanova’s Installation Miracle at the Almaty Museum of Arts

Nov 25, 2025

The installation Miracle became the artist’s final completed work, created shortly before her passing at the age of 38. The installation will be presented in Art Street at the Almaty Museum of Arts beginning on November 25, 2025.

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Almaty Museum of Arts presents the premiere of the documentary film "Museum at the Crossroads"

Jan 15, 2026

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.

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Jaume Plensa’s Sculpture Unveiled in Almaty:

A New Point of Silence in the City Landscape

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Almaty Museum of Arts opens on 12 September 2025

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

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Almaty Museum of Arts, Almaty, September 2025. Photo: Alexey Naroditsky

60,000 people visited the Almaty Museum of Arts in September.

Oct 1, 2025

A record start for the Almaty Museum of Arts

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by Alexey Poptsov

Construction Progress at Almaty Museum of Arts

Construction in progress

Nov 18, 2024

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

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Press Tour at Almaty Museum of Arts Construction Site

Construction in progress

Jul 4, 2024

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

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