A performance with blank canvases called “Take the Money and Run” cost conceptual artist Jens Haaning a pretty penny. A court in Denmark ordered him to pay 67,000 thousand euros to the Kunsten Museum of Contemporary Art in the city of Aalborg for an unfulfilled order, euronews says.
Julio Iglesias, the main romantic of Spain and the most famous Spanish singer, is celebrating his anniversary - today he is 80 years old. For half a century now the whole world has been listening to his songs and during this time he has given thousands of concerts, released 57 albums, sold 300 million of his records and was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most commercially successful Spanish-language musician.
The screening of the French film "The Untouchables" ("Intouchables"), and for the Russian-speaking audience known as "1 + 1", will be held in Ashgabat at the French Institute. The organizers of the show ask you to pay attention that the picture will be in French without subtitles and invite those who want to watch the comedy "in the original" to the cinema of the center, on Saturday, September 23 at 14:00.
On October 18, the capital of Austria, Vienna, will host a gala concert dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the great philosopher and poet Magtymguly Fragi.
The transborder natural object "Turan deserts of the temperate zone", which runs through the territories of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, is included in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List. The corresponding decision was made at the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh.
The Uzbek city of Samarkand will host the First Theater Festival of the Commonwealth of Independent States in March 2024. Nine theaters from the CIS member states will take part in the creative review, Deputy Governor of the region for Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Sports Rustam Kobilov told media representatives.
The works of artists from the Turkic world, dedicated to the Azerbaijani city of Shusha, will be published in the form of a catalog, which will include paintings by masters of the brush of the traditional creative camp TURKSOY. Painters from Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey and other countries have gathered here, AZERTAC reports.
“Bringing Horizons Together: A Cultural Odyssey from Central Asia and Mongolia to the European Union” is the title of the exhibition, which opened on Tuesday, September 19, in Brussels, at the European Parliament building.
Theaters of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Turkey will take part in the IX International Theater Festival "ART-ORDO – 2023" in Bishkek, the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic reports. The Agency organizes the forum jointly with the Union of Theatrical Figures of Kyrgyzstan with the support of the International Organization of Turkic Culture "TURKSOY".
The works of famous Turkmen composers - Nury Halmamedov, Veli Muhatov and other authors were donated to the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory by the Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Armenia Muhametgeldi Ayazov.
The joint nomination of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan "Silk Road: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor", including 31 ancient monuments, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Ambassador of Turkmenistan Atajan Movlamov and Acting Federal Minister of National Heritage and Culture of Pakistan Jamal Shah discussed mutual interests during a meeting in Islamabad on September 18, focusing on cultural ties between the two countries.
Tactile replicas of rare exhibits were presented at the St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum. Museum visitors can now touch copies of famous world masterpieces with their hands, MIR 24 reports.
Turkmen filmmakers have arrived in Iran, where they will continue filming a documentary about the great poet of the East, Magtymguly Pyragy. The film crews of the Turkmenfilm Association have already filmed the necessary material for the future film in Russia (Astrakhan and Moscow), Azerbaijan and Turkey. The tape will be released next year for the 300th anniversary of the poet's birth.
The National Drama Theater of Turkmenistan named after Alp Arslan with the production of “Magtymguly Fragi” will take part in the I International Theater Festival “Biken”, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the People’s Artist of Kazakhstan Biken Rimova.
