Tashkent Art: a guide to museums and galleries

Tashkent is not only the capital of Uzbekistan, but also one of the oldest cities in Central Asia. The city is famous for its monumental mosques and madrassas, which delight with complex mosaics with rich colors. The capital of Uzbekistan is the cultural center of the country, the largest number of cultural and educational institutions are concentrated here.

The emergence of easel painting in Uzbekistan occurred in the first half of the twentieth century. Pavel Petrovich Benkov did a lot for the formation of Uzbek painting, after whom the art school in Tashkent is named. In 1920-30’s . In the XX century in Samarkand there was an association of artists whose work is now called the Central Asian avant-garde. Tashkent, as the cultural center of Uzbekistan, has become a magnet for all the creators of the country.

The editorial office of Art of Her has prepared a GUIDE to interesting galleries and museums in Tashkent, which are mandatory for tourists.

Gallery of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan

The Gallery of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan is a relatively young museum, which mainly presents paintings from the end of the XIX century to our time. It is based on the collection of paintings of the National Bank for Foreign Economic Activity of Uzbekistan (NBU), which was founded in 1994. The museum occupies 15 halls and includes 7 large expositions on 2 floors. The exposition begins with the classic Uzbek miniature ser. XIX century authorship of the artist Ahmad Donish.

Address: Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Buyuk Turon str., 2.

Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00.

Entrance fee: 25,000 soums (1,100 tenge).

Autograph Art Gallery

The Autograph Art Gallery of Fine and Applied Arts opened in 2016. Among the works presented in the spacious, bright halls of the gallery, visitors can see the works of recognized authors and talented young artists, sculptors and designers of Uzbekistan.

Miniatures depicting the whole flavor of customs and traditions, unimaginable beauty of dolls dressed in perfectly detailed national costumes, silver jewelry with natural stones, woodwork decorated with magnificent patterns — all this is not a complete list of works of art presented in Autograph Art Gallery.

Address: Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Ataturk str., 1..

Opening hours: Monday-Sunday from 09:00 to 21:00.

Admission is free.

Zero Line Gallery

The Gallery of Contemporary Art "ZERO LINE-GALLERY" offers visitors meetings with the works of artists of Uzbekistan working in various artistic directions, genres and techniques, as well as acquaintance with the creative heritage of authors who have made a significant contribution to the formation of fine art and national artistic traditions of our country during the XX-XXI century.

The priority direction of the gallery's activity:

– familiarization of the audience with the latest achievements in the fine arts of Uzbekistan in their relationship with national traditions and modern world trends;

– the gallery holds shows and sales of works by recognized masters of painting, as well as introduces the viewer to new works of art by contemporary authors, thus contributing to the formation of private and corporate collections;

– when implementing direct sales, the gallery, being a full-fledged subject of the formation of the art market of contemporary art in Uzbekistan, supports the most creative and talented artists of the older and younger generations.

Address: Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Hamid Alimdzhan Square, 4B..

Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 12:00 to 19:00.

Admission is free.

Sogdiana Art Center

The national art center "Sogdiana", which includes more than 20 workshops, is located in the capital of Uzbekistan – Tashkent. Art galleries and creative studios from beginning artists and professionals of folk and applied art are located on 1600 square meters. A special place in the art center is occupied by art galleries, where exhibitions of paintings by contemporary Uzbek artists are held almost every month.

Address: Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Farkhadskaya str., 31.

Opening hours: Monday-Friday from 10:00 to 19:00.

Admission is free.