Bukhara Biennial opens featuring Antony Gormley
5 September—20 November 2025
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Bukhara Biennial will mark the first contemporary art event in Bukhara of such scale and one of the largest and most diverse art initiatives in Central Asia. The event is commissioned by Gayane Umerova, Chairperson of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation, an instrumental organisation driving the restoration and amplification of culture across the country and internationally.
Titled Recipes for Broken Hearts, the first edition is curated by Artistic Director Diana Campbell and will celebrate artistic disciplines from across the globe, with new commissions made exclusively in Uzbekistan, in collaboration with several of the country’s most masterful artisans and produced by the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation.
The biennial’s debut edition will feature an interdisciplinary list of Uzbek, Central Asian and international participants, who will each present site-specific artworks and installations alongside a programme of events, performances and culinary activations.
Antony Gormley’s sculptural installation, Close (2025), made in collaboration with Temur Jumaev and local brick makers, will be installed within Khoja Kalon Mosque.