From 16 September to 3 October, Almaty, Kazakhstan, hosts ARYQ Fest 2026: Unframed. The festival programme features exhibitions, performances, discussions, artist talks, studio visits and other events across several venues in the city.
This year, Tamyr Central Asia Art Lab has supported the participation of artists from Central Asia in the festival as part of the Tamyr Art Scene community programme. This partnership continues Tamyr’s work with the Central Asian art community. It is one of the ways to support the participation of artists from the region in projects outside their home countries. It is important that such connections arise both through international programmes and directly within Central Asia.
ARYQ Fest 2026: Unframed — Schedule
16 September, Wednesday
7:00 pm — Dump Gallery (101 Panfilov St.)
‘On Going’, a performance by
Irina Dmitrovskaya and Masha Golm
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
18 September, Friday
5:00 pm — DOM (40 Baribayev St.)
Festival and Exhibition Opening
Opening music: KATARKATOR, vBENZINEestOBLAKA
Curator: Darya Romas
Participating artists: Alesha, Shura Chu, Lyubov Gumenyuk, Katipa apai, Diana Ridaf, Aigul Ibray, Basma, Violetta Bora, and Sofia Neff
Free admission. Registration required.
19 September, Saturday
12:00 pm — studio visit to the Narynov Museum (42/14 Timiryazev St.)
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
5:00 pm — greenscreen gallery
Exhibition opening
Curator: Maxim Subota
Participating artists: Anton Khlabov, Anna Muzina, Dalila, Ekaterina Ilina, Maxim Jablokov, Novikov Artem, Rudolph Goldmeister, Theo Frost, TUNTEMATON, Vladimirov Alexander, Vladimir Seleznev, Zharkyn, Alek Borisov, Alla Kislova, Anton Afanasyev, Aigul Nurgaliyeva, Darika Bakeyeva, Dina Turgan, Eva Revelis, Zhanar Kair, Mika Saruar, Sergey Troschenkov, Yana Vasilyeva, Zhenya Stashkov, Egor Kholin, Kirill Khvan, Dasha Shlyakhta
Free admission. No registration required.
7:00 pm — The square in front of the Abai State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
‘LES.SEL’ — a 24-hour performance-happening by Kesha Bashinsky.
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
20 September, Sunday
5:00 pm — kerege (83 Gagarin Ave.)
Exhibition opening
Curator: Runa Renard
Participating artists: Zulya Yesentay, Aleksandra Filatova, Makhabbat Aldazhumanova, Munara Abdukakharova, Ayan Marokkansky, Shefa Nabi, Anyuta Wiazemsky Snauwaert, Alissa Abolentseva, Didar, Teona Kokoreva, Dariya, Anvar Dayanov | Vladislav Generalov, leyla, Shakir Sheker, Aigerim Tumenbay, and Bakyt Otebay
Free admission. No registration required.
21 September, Monday
3:00 pm — studio visit with Saule Suleymenova and Kuanysh Bazargaliyev
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
Throughout the day — opening of the ‘1959’ exhibition at Kesha Bashinsky’s apartment
(schedule and registration link in bio @slovoprokeshu on Instagram)
Free admission. Registration required.
22 September, Tuesday
12:00 pm — studio visit with Yerbosyn Meldibekov
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
7:00 pm — Dump Gallery (101 Panfilov St.)
‘Pierced Loneliness’, a one-woman performance by
Malika Umarova
Free admission. No registration required.
23 September, Wednesday
7:00 pm — Dump Gallery (101 Panfilov St.)
Exhibition opening
Curator: Yevgeniya Sabitova
Participating artists: Aigerim Ospan, Malika Umarova, Zoya Falkova & Anton, Milana Grebenshchikova, Arystan, Arlo Babenko, sa sha cherezova, Zhanar Bereketova, Aigul Nurgaliyeva, Aulie Zhangyryk, Kirill Khabituev, Katya Kosmacheva, Anna Ivanova, and Zhanat Bimenova
Free admission. No registration required.
24 September, Thursday
7:00 pm — Dump Coffee & Bar (ARTiSHOK Theatre foyer, 40 Gogol St.)
Opening of Art Barter
Free admission. No registration required.
25 September, Friday
12:00 pm — studio visit with Aman Rakhmetov
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
6:00 pm — P-praktika (68 Begalin St.)
Exhibition opening and performance by HAPANASASA
Curator: Lena Anderson
Participating artists: Tormysheva Yelena, Guzel Marsovna, Katya Deriglazova, Ivan Poltoratsky, Yulia Lozhkina, Darya Spivakova, Mustafa Allahham, Anna Loseva, Aulie Zhangyryk, Sultan Kizlar, and Fatima Omir
Free admission. No registration required
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7:00 pm — Artlab (22 Satpayev St.)
‘So:obshcheniye’, a performance by Adamdart
(registration link in bio @adamdar.t on Instagram)
26 September, Saturday
11:00 am — Dump Gallery (101 Panfilov St.)
‘Kórshiler’, a good-neighbourliness practice by
Aigerim Ospan
Free admission. No registration required.
5:00 pm — GAKA Art Space (28/5 Baishev St.)
Exhibition opening (18+)
Curator: Oleg Ekho
Participating artists: Artem Novikov, Nara Beibit, Alexey Poptsov, Mark Rodin, Yelena Tormysheva, Artyom Utrov, Alyosha Geld, Anastasia Mokrova, Katya Deriglazova, Marina Smit, Roman Khokhlov, Amina Ibadova, Aigul Nurgaliyeva, Arepzhan Satorov, payetka diana shakirova, Marta Surzhikova, Katya Dzvonik, and Guzel Marsovna
The opening features ‘–pathy’, a performance intervention by Katya Dzvonik
Free admission. No registration required.
27 September, Sunday
5:00 pm — Studio at 23 Muratbayev St.)
Exhibition opening (18+)
Curators: Roman Zakharov and Marta Surzhikova
Participants: Violetta Bogdanova, Gleb Makrushin, Aleksandra Dynina, Roman Tretyakov / Olga MonaLiza, Guzel Marsovna, Shefa Nabi, Yelaman Muqtarkhan, Alyosha Geld, Katya Deriglazova, Symbat Rakhatkyzy, Sonya Gorya, Yulia Lozhkina, Sonata Raimkulova, Larisa Karchevskaya, Roza Beksultanova, Jora, Polonium, Mikhail Kotlov, Ksenia Proydisvet, and Polina Kuprina
Free admission. No registration required.
28 September, Monday
7:00 pm — studio visit with Azat Tabiyev
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
30 September, Wednesday
12:00 pm — studio visit with Rashid Nurekeyev
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
2:00 pm — studio visit with Georgy Tryakin-Bukharov
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
7:00 pm — GAKA Art Space (28/5 Baishev St.)
‘Musor brosat’ [Throwing Trash]’, a performance by
payetka diana shakirova
Free admission. No registration required.
1 October, Thursday
7:00 pm — GAKA Art Space (28/5 Baishev St.)
Lecture: ‘The Artist and the Curator’
Yulia Sorokina
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
2 October, Friday
12:00 pm — studio visit with Yelaman Muqtarkhan
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
7:00 pm — P-praktika (68 Begalin St.)
Artist Talk by ARYQ Fest Participating Artists. Part 1.
Free admission. Registration required.
3 October, Saturday
5:00 pm — DOM (40 Baribayev St.)
‘Song of the Singing Dune’, a happening by Katipa apai
Participation fee: 2,000 tenge. Registration required.
7:00 pm — Dump Gallery (101 Panfilov St.)
Artist Talk by ARYQ Fest Participating Artists. Part 2.
Free admission. No registration required.
Closing of ARYQ Fest 2026: Unframed