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Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts

Central Asia's largest exhibition hall, a 1970s modernist building in central Tashkent that shows changing art exhibitions.

Ensembles1972–1974About 45 minutes to see

About the place

The hall was built in 1972–1974 for the Union of Artists to a design by Rafael Khairutdinov, who drew up his counter-proposal after the first design was rejected. It stands at the corner of Sharof Rashidov and Islam Karimov streets.

The square, two-storey building has about 2,500 square metres of exhibition space around a central hall with a staircase. An arcaded gallery with carved national ornament runs around the outside, and the finishes use marble, granite, tile and carved plaster.

Why go

  • Changing exhibitions of Uzbek art
  • 1970s Tashkent modernism
  • Carved arcade around the building

Sources (4)

  1. 1.Wikidata
  2. 2.ru.wikipedia.org
  3. 3.uz.wikipedia.org
  4. 4.openstreetmap.org

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