Almaty, formerly known as Alma-Ata, is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of over two million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936, while the country was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991, a union republic and finally from 1991, an independent state. In 1997, the government relocated the capital to Akmola.
Almaty Region is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the city of Taldyqorğan. But with the creation of the new Jetysu Region in 2022, Taldyqorğan was chosen to be its capital and the capital of Almaty region was moved to the city of Kunayev.
Ural Tansykbaevich Tansykbayev was an Uzbek painter of Kazakh descent. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR and People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR in the category visual art.
Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences is the highest scientific organization of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Academy of Sciences was founded on 1 June 1946 on the basis of the Kazakh branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. The central office is located in Almaty. It is a state institution that joins active members (academicians), corresponding members, and leading scientists of Kazakhstan.
Abilkhan Kasteev was a Soviet and Kazakhstani painter. He was highly decorated, being awarded the title of National Artist of the Kazakh SSR, and was a Laureate of the Shoqan Walikhanov State Prize of the Kazakh SSR. He was awarded the Order of the October Revolution, and two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour.
Sergey Ivanovich Kalmykov was a Soviet painter, draughtsman, and writer. Barely known during his art career and abandoned at the end of his life, he is currently regarded as one of the most important figures of the Russian avant-garde art, an author of over fifteen hundred of paintings, drawings, illustrations, theater decorations, and numerous writings. During his life Kalmykov has developed an original style of painting and draftsmanship that can be described as 'magical impressionism'.
Zhenis Kakenuly Nurlybayev is a Kazakh painter, art critic and author of the сulture support Year emblem in Kazakhstan (2000), laureate of The presidential grant of The Republic of Kazakhstan (2010).
The Ykhlas Museum of Folk Musical Instruments is a musical instrument museum located in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The Kazakh National Academy of Arts is the main theatre, film, drama, and fine arts and design school in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Academy began as the theatrical faculty of the Kurmangazy Institute of Arts, known today as the Kazakh National Conservatory, in 1955. It was named after Temirbek Zhurgenov (1898-1939) in 1989.
The Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan is the largest state art museum in Uzbekistan. Its permanent collection contains more than several thousands works, divided among four curatorial departments. The museum was established in 1918 as a Museum of People University and renamed as a Central Arts Museum later. It was named as Tashkent Art Museum in 1924 and finally Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan in 1935.
Michael Yakovlevich Antonyuk (Russian: Михаил Яковлевич Антонюк; was a prominent honorary artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a monumentalist, and a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Regarded as an influential Avant-garde artist during the Socialist realism era, Michael Antonyuk combined elements of Cubism, Soviet avant-garde and Modernism.
Malik Aueskhanuly Oskenbay is an artist, sculptor, the head of the subject-cyclic commission of the specialties "Painting, sculpture, theater arts" in Almaty College of Decorative and Applied Arts, and a member of the Union of Artists of Kazakhstan.
The art of Kazakhstan covers all forms of art created throughout history by the peoples living on the territory of modern-day Kazakhstan. Throughout most periods, much of the population of Kazakhstan was nomadic, or at least moved regularly across the vast country. The great majority of the art of Kazakhstan is applied art: the decoration of practical objects, including household utensils and patterned harnesses, through art forms such as carpet-weaving, pottery, and leatherwork. The art of Kazakhstan also includes architecture, fine arts, and sculpture.
Leyla Bolatkyzy Mahat is an artist, curator, gallery director and an associate professor of the Faculty of Painting and Sculpture at Kazakh National University of Arts. Doctor of Philosophy of fine arts. The Chairperson of Curatorial board of Contemporary Art Center «Kulanshi». President of the Eurasian Academy of Arts.
Gulfairus Mansurovna Ismailova - kazakh artist, actress, People's Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Honored Art Worker of the Kazakh SSR.
Rustam Khalfin was a Kazakh contemporary artist, painter and architect.
Aigana Gali is a Kazakh-born British multidisciplinary artist who works primarily on canvas and textiles. She has been described as 'one of the brightest young talents of Kazakh modern art", Gali came to prominence with her solo exhibition Steppe at Georgian National Museum Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts Art Museum of Georgia. Her work has also been shown at the Saatchi Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts and is held in private and public collections in Russia, Europe and Kazakhstan. Gali has collaborated with numerous artists and creators including Celine Alexandre, Atelier 27, Elisabetta Cipriani, and the late architect Ricardo Bofill Levi Taller de Arquitectura Atelier. She lives and works in London, UK.
Home Museum of Abylkhan Kasteev is a memorial museum of the painter Abilkhan Kasteev in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The museum is located in the house where he lived from 1958 to 1973.
The Kharkiv Art Museum is one of the largest collections of fine and applied arts in Ukraine, a state museum.
