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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Azerbaijan encompasses every type of landscape from Caspian Sea beaches to the high Caucasus mountains, which in summer are an escape for cool crisp air and some of the most...