Kazakhstan’s New Almaty Museum of Arts Aims to Show the Artistic Legacies and Futures of Central Asia
In a highly anticipated moment for the Kazakhstan cultural scene, the Almaty Museum of Arts (ALMA) opened its doors to the public on September 12 anchoring the country’s vibrant artistic legacy.As the country’s first private museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art, the sleek new museum will showcase the collection of its founder, the auto and real estate tycoon Nurlan Smagulov, whose holdings number over 700 artworks by Kazakh and Central Asian artists, as well as internation
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