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Events

"Art of Kazakhstan in the Contexts of the Global Art Processes: 1920–2020" lecture series

January 31 - March 21, 2026
15:00

"Art of Kazakhstan in the Contexts of the Global Art Processes: 1920–2020", an original lecture series presented by art critic and international curator Valeriya Ibrayeva.

Lecture on American artist Richard Serra

Lecture and Workshop

December 9, 2025

Lecture on American artist Richard Serra

Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists - and what has changed?

Lecture and Workshop

March 5, 2026
19:00

Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists - and what has changed?

As you go… roads under your feet towards new future
A talk by Biljana Ciric on transnational curatorial methodologies

Lecture and Workshop

March 6, 2026
19:00

Curator Biljana Ciric will share the working methodology of her long-term research inquiry As you go… the roads under your feet, towards the new future (2019–2022), developed with partner ‘cells’ in Central Asia, China, the Balkans, and East Africa.

Aşyq Şeberhana: Thanks to her

March 7, 2026

Sometimes gratitude is a small postcard written from the heart. On Saturday, March 7 we’ll be writing “thank you” cards to the women who support us, inspire us, shape us and are simply there for us.

Introduction to an American artist Richard Serra (in kazakh)

Lecture and Workshop

March 11, 2026
19:00

The lecture focuses on the work of Richard Serra (1938–2024), the American artist who embodied the principles of late 20th-century art in monumental objects made from industrial materials, such as lead, rubber and stainless steel. His sculpture Junction (2011) is part of the Almaty Museum of Arts collection.

Introduction to Richard Serra’s Monumental Minimalism (in russian)

Lecture and Workshop

March 12, 2026
19:00

The lecture explores the work of 'the greatest sculptor of our time' from multiple critical perspectives - minimalism, feminist theory, phenomenology, and politics.

Nobai, drawing club

March 18, 2026

This March, we invite you to the second session of our monthly Nobai drawing club! This time, we’ll meet in the Qonaqtar Hall for a closer look at the works of this exhibition.

“Qonaqtar, or a Brief History of ‘Beshbarmak’”

Lecture and Workshop

March 18, 2026
19:00

By talking about what we eat, we reveal who we are, this is a conversation about how food reflects identity and the cultural diversity of Kazakhstan.

"How does artist transforms theatre" - lecture by Galina Pyanova, Artistic Director of ARTиШОК theater

Lecture and Workshop

March 26, 2026
19:00

A lecture on the iconic 20th and 21st-century artists who entered the theater not as set designers, but as conceptual authors - radically reshaping its formal language.

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