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From Issue Almanac 2011
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- Preface Invisible Worlds
- News Artists in Controversy: Inhospitable Climes
- News Philanthropy: Giving It Up For Good
- News Career Moves: Still Wanted
- Cultural Currency Auctions
- Five Plus One Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Countries Bhutan
- Countries Brunei
- Countries India
- Countries Kazakhstan
- Countries Lebanon
- Countries Macau
- Countries Nauru
- Countries New Zealand
- Countries Philippines
- Countries Taiwan
- Countries Turkmenistan
- Countries Yemen
- Reflections The Seeds of Time or the Sands of the Desert?
- Exhibitions Museums
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Installation view of BABASARY ANNAMURADOV’s sculpture at Exhibition Center of Fine Art, Ashgabat, 2010. Courtesy Dariy Asadulla.
Turkmenistan
Since president Kurbanguly Berdymuhamedov came to power in December 2006, natural gas-rich former Soviet state Turkmenistan has gradually opened up to international trade. However, travel abroad by Turkmen artists remains limited, leading to their exclusion from regional and international exhibitions.
The country’s art activity is confined almost entirely to the capital Ashgabat. The Museum of Fine Arts holds frequent exhibitions, including a centennial celebration of the national painter Muzafar Daneshvar (5/7) and a June exhibition with Nurendin Biyazov’s surreal paintings and tree sculptures by Oral Temirov. Group shows featured young artists, such as ceramicist Gulnara Rejebov, as well as a photography exhibit of Austrian artists in April.
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