Kazakhstan
Venice Biennalenews
Organised ‘under gunfire’, Kazakhstan announces first national Venice pavilion—but will it actually go ahead this time?
This year’s commissioner hopes the absence of government funding might help them avoid the disaster of the nation's 2019 pavilion, which was cancelled amid “corruption” allegations
Kazakhstan protestors entered leading museum looking for ancient armour
The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the capital sustained some damage, according to a government statement
Protestnews
Kazakhstan protestors topple statue of former leader as unrest sweeps the country
A sharp fuel price hike triggered widespread demonstrations in the former Soviet republic with artists calling for a stop to the violence
Exhibitionsnews
Kazakhstan's first international exhibition reveals a craving for culture in Nur-Sultan
In the wake of the country's cancelled Venice Biennale pavilion, the show aims to build a more global "artists' community" in the newly renamed capital city
Contemporary artnews
Garage Museum helps new Kazakh venue to get started
Collaboration in Almaty is expected to be long-term, but no money is changing hands