The winter months may not have the attraction of sun-splashed summers by the Caspian Sea, but the next three months still hold plenty of promise for visitors in and around...
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...
The city on the Caspian Sea has been a centre of jazz culture ever since the first oil boom in coincided with the original jazz era back in the 1920s....
Just a kilometre from the Baku City Circuit, where Max Verstappen won a crucial victory in his F1 2022 Championship hunt last month, a bustling community cinema is at the...
Baku’s jazz musicians are famed for their continuous experimentation with classical jazz and traditional ethnic music. Their audiences are also more diverse than anywhere else in the world. Ahead of...
As spring comes to Azerbaijan, the concierge at the Four Seasons Baku, one of the city's foremost luxury hotels, gives their recommendations for what first-time visitors should do when out...
After an eight-year hiatus, Azerbaijani popstar Safura is back on the music scene with her new album, Möcüzə (‘Miracle’). The 29-year-old singer first found fame when she won Yeni Ulduz...
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...
Sabina Kristensen is one of the pioneers of creative retail in Baku. The Baku-born fashion entrepreneur was art director of Emporium, the city's first, defining concept store on the shores...
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...