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Tolon Museum of Modern Art, Kyrgyzstan

Concept
We emphasize art reflecting our post-totalitarian reality. Over 23 years, we’ve executed numerous international art projects. Our museum has amassed over 2,000 remarkable works by contemporary artists of Central Asia.
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Art Residency
We support contemporary artists by offering an Art Residency at our museum, where artists from various countries can reside, create, and collaborate in an environment designed for comfort and inspiration.
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Kuntuu Art Space
In 2023, the Tolon Museum of Modern Art established itself in the village of Kuntuu, just 15 minutes from Bishkek. Museum is situated on the premises of a former Soviet winery.
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The Tolon Museum of Modern Art, with a 23-year history of executing art projects, has amassed a collection of over two thousand works by contemporary artists. In 2023, the museum relocated to Kuntuu, a village 15 minutes from Bishkek, where the Kuntuu Art Space officially opened in September 2023, featuring seven exhibitions in a former Soviet winery.

Kuntuu is not just an exhibition venue but also a hub for our art residency, hosting local artists and international guests, providing them with a curation, materials, and lodging in the Kuntuu Art Residency. 

NEW SOCIAL REALISM – 4

Participants of the exhibition: Innokentyeva Nyurguyana, Usubaliev Taalaibek, Shkurpela Konstantin, Doorov Islam, Nasiridin Abay This exhibition is about what concerns our society at the moment.

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Nuclear Dreams

Exhibition Title: “Nuclear Dreams” December 13, 2023, at 14:00, the exhibition “Nuclear Dreams” by the art group “AYVANDAR” opens at the “Dubovyi Park” gallery of

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KONSTANTIN SHKURPELA

Is it worth returning to the world of anti-human agitation and propaganda? KONSTANTIN SHKURPELA, a convinced non-conformist in the visual arts of the Kyrgyz Republic.

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SOUTHERN TRANS-AVANT-GARDE

Participants of the exhibition: Tolonov Yrysbai Samidinov Almasbek Myrzaev Abdusamat Urmanov Ismail In the early 1990s, in the production workshops of the City Art Fund,

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ZHANGY AIVANDAR

ZHANGY AIVANDAR or “New Wild” Recently in Kyrgyzstan there have appeared artists who can be rightfully called “wild artists”. The first part of them are

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HERE WE ARE

Participants of the exhibition: Aibek Mailybashev, Aizuura Bakalova, Darina Manasbel, Zhanna Tabushalieva, Bakyt Sargazanov, Zulaika Yesentaeva, Marat Raimkulov, Meder Ahmetov, Munara Abdukakharova, Olesya Roskos, Rahat

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