Mahym Atakova is a young artist, a student of the State Academy of Arts of Turkmenistan, better known to Orient readers as the author of the stunning painting "A Fabulous Dream" received two news at once the other day: the first – the commission of the international exhibition Drawing paper show-2023 (Liverpool, England) selected one of Mahym's paintings to participate in the international virtual expositions. I will tell you about it later.

Many are trying to start a new life on Monday. Nevertheless, not everyone succeeds, because apart from the day of the week, almost nothing changes in their lives. Do you want to try to really go to another level? Not with the help of physical efforts for exercise or morning running, which you may dream of as a lifeline that will take you to the shores of a bright and emotional life. It's about a mental, spiritual step forward that you can afford to take in order to see the world to others, where instead of labels, price tags and striving for success, harmony, nobility and sublimity of beauty, love as the architecture of the universe and the human soul prevail.

The creative exhibition "Meeting of Artists of the Turkic World" will be held in Uzbekistan as part of the International Festival of Fine and Applied Arts, which will open in Tashkent on April 17, Dunyo news agency reports.

The Minister of Information and Public Development of Kazakhstan Darkhan Kydyrali held a meeting with the regional director of Netflix Alexander Long, during which the possibility of placing Kazakh films on this platform was considered.

The premiere of a number of works by members of the Turkmen regional branch of the Union of Composers of Eurasia will take place at the end of this week in Moscow. On April 15, the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts - Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery will host a concert by opera singer Daria Huseynova, which will also be attended by her friends and colleagues, students.

The concert "Masterpieces of World Symphonic Classics" performed by the Turkmen State Orchestra under the baton of conductor Rasul Klychev, scheduled for April 9, will be held on Monday, April 17.

Every year on April 23, Turkey celebrates the Day of National Independence and Children of Turkey. It coincides with the beginning of the work of the first convocation of the Grand National Assembly in 1920 in Ankara.

Russian theaters from 10 countries will receive financial support from the Russian Federation in 2023. State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alla Manilova announced this on Friday at the plenary session of the fourth international conference "Russian Theater Abroad as an Institute of Russian Culture."

The Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan, together with the Makhtumkuli Youth Organization, will hold a creative competition Berkarar döwletiň täze eýýamynyň bagtyýar gerçekleri, timed to the Victory Day, the newspaper "Nesil" reports.

16 Russian theaters abroad will take part in the Big Tour program in 2023. Among them will be creative teams from South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Alla Manilova announced this on Friday at a plenary session dedicated to the opening of the International Festival of Russian Theaters “Meetings in Russia. 25 years together." The forum takes place on April 7-8 in St. Petersburg at the Baltic House Theatre.