Coming from an environmental technology background, artist Elnara Nasirli finds inspiration in biotechnology and mixed media. She creates biomorphic worlds through the use of unconventional materials in her paintings, sculptures,...
Azerbaijani artist and curator, Sabina Shikhlinskaya, speaks to Maria Webster about the opening of Metacode exhbition at Yarat Contemporary Art Space. Baku: Which works in the exhibition do you find...
Paris-based Azeri artist, Babi Badalov has lived in Azerbaijan, France and America. Here he speaks to Will Standring about living in a range of cultural spaces and the effects it...
Baku reports on Garden of Ten Seasons Exhibition at Savvy Contemporary in Berlin At the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale an announcement was made at the Nepal Pavilion, that...
This year we sent Brandon Coburn to Venice to report back on Azerbaijan's Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Curated by Emin Mammadov, this is the fifth year Azerbaijan has participated in the...
Auctioneer and art dealer to the stars created the celebrated Fly to Baku travelling exhibition ten years ago. Now he has teamed up with the Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn, who...
Wide-eyed and curious: Brazilian street artist Nina Pandolfo’s ethereal women have been brought to life in the Gratitude exhibition at the The Heydar Aliyev Centre, in partnership with JD Malat...
In 1949, archeologists in the Altai mountains discovered the oldest ever pile carpet. At 2,500 years old, the so-called Pazyryk rug is the legacy of an ancient Eastern carpet weaving...
The 4,500 year old pyramids have never seen anything like it. Celebrated artists including street art cult figure, JR, Italian sculptor, Lorenzo Quinn, and collectors from around the world descended...
Fakhriyya Mammadova is the creative force behind the Baku Street Photo Festival. The artist and curator is helping young photographers establish their names, with the finalists for the first edition...