Foreign exhibitions, festivals and theater tours that embrace the diversity and richness of Kazakh cultural heritage have strengthened cultural ties with other countries and promoted Kazakh culture abroad, reported the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Information, wrapping up the 2024 events.
Exhibitions in Venice and Paris
This year Kazakh art was presented for the first time at world-famous art venues: Venice Biennale and the Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts in Paris.
Titled “Jerūiyq (promised land): a Look Beyond the Horizon,” Kazakhstan’s national pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale explored a utopia rooted in Kazakh legends, symbolizing a metaphor for the search and the journey to the promised land. It featured works by Kazakh artists across generations from the 1970s to the present day.
This year’s Venice Biennale registered one of the highest levels of visitor attendance in its history. More than half of the visitors came from abroad. Kazakhstan’s pavilion was visited by around 98,000 people.