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...
Self-taught artist Soltanli explores the issues of life, society norms and behaviours in his latest exhibition "The Intimate Beauty" at YAY Gallery in Baku An exhibition of an Azerbaijani graphic...
The digital technology of blockchain, made famous by bitcoin, is making waves in the most unexpected of places: art. It is now serving artists, collectors and galleries. Clint McLean finds out how,...
Artworks made with fossil fuel? Clint Mclean explores how artists are using crude oil to make elegant and interesting statements about geopolitics today (just don’t put it on your toast!) There...
Whether dealing with displacement or navigating the online world, artists today are exploring innovative new ideas of what ‘home’ could mean. For some, this means questioning nationhood and statelessness, imagining...