Programme
The inaugural Bukhara Biennial, Recipes for Broken Hearts, was imagined as a recipe where time and new ingredients keep being added with each ongoing day of the exhibition. This means that the exhibition that you encounter transforms day by day across the run of the biennial, building upon the opening celebrations from 5 to 7 September 2025 and culminating with the closing celebrations from 16 to 20 November 2025.
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Upcoming Events
Opening Day
Opening Day Programme
05.09.2025 18:30
Khoja Kalon Mosque, Olimjon Caravanserai, Gavkushon Madrasa, the Hauz, West gate of The Kalyan Mosque
Special Project
Al Musalla Prize: On Weaving by EAST Architecture Studio, AKT II, and artist Rayyane Tabet
06.09.2025 10:00
West gate of The Kalyan Mosque
Workshop
Through Bloom and Decay (Munisa Kholkhujaeva in collaboration with Anton Nozhenko)
06.09.2025 10:00
Gavkushon Madrasa
Performance
Safar Puppet procession (Kamruzzaman Shadhin in collaboration with Zavkiddin Yodgorov)
06.09.2025 10:00
starts from Caravanserai
Panel discussion
Commissioner Gayane Umerova opens the Biennial talks in a discussion with Artistic Director Diana Campbell
06.09.2025 11:00
Gavkushon Madrasa
Panel discussion
Women of Central Asia featuring Jazgul Madazimova (Kyrgyzstan), Madina Kasymbaeva (Uzbekistan), Nazira Karimi (Tajikistan/Kazakhstan), Saule Suleimenova (Kazakhstan), Zilola Saidova (Uzbekistan)
06.09.2025 12:00
Gavkushon Madrasa
Panel discussion
The Brain and the Body featuring Antony Gormley (UK), Oyjon Khayrullaeva (Uzbekistan), Pakui Hardware (Lithuania), Samah Hijawi (Jordan/Belgium), Suchi Reddy (India/USA)
06.09.2025 15:00
Gavkushon Madrasa
Performance
Bukhara Peace Agency Sozandas Performance (Anna Lublina in collaboration with Feruza Asatova, Gulrukh Norkulova, Mehriniso Samieva, Roziya Sharipova and Rakhmon Toshev)
06.09.2025 16:00
Caravanserai
Panel discussion
Art and Spirituality featuring Davlat Toshev (Uzbekistan), Delcy Morelos (Colombia), Jeong Kwan (South Korea)
06.09.2025 16:00
Gavkushon Madrasa
Workshop
Silk Roads–inspired snack bar activation at Subodh Gupta’s Installation Salt Carried by the Wind created in collaboration with Baxtiyor Nazirov
06.09.2025 17:00
Salt Carried by the Wind installation
Workshop
Fruit Jewellery Making Workshop (Taus Makhacheva in collaboration with Anel Ulumbekova, Adelina Uzyakova, Anastasiya Kim, Olga Kim, Tatevik Karapetian)
06.09.2025 17:30
Gavkushon madrasa
Performance
Safar Puppet procession (Kamruzzaman Shadhin in collaboration with Zavkiddin Yodgorov)
06.09.2025 18:00
starts from Caravanserai
Performance
Performance Intimate Conversations (Shakuntala Kulkarni in collaboration with choreographer Arundhati Chattopadhyaya and musicians, singers, and dancers of the Bukhara Philharmonic)
06.09.2025 19:00
Caravaneserai
Performance
The Rising of the Full Moon Performance by Hylozoic/desires (Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser) in collaboration with karnai players from Bukhara
06.09.2025 20:00
Hauz
Event
Palov Party Rising into the Full Moon by chefs Pavel Georganov and Bahriddin Chustiy
06.09.2025 20:45
Hauz
Performance
Full Moon Dance Celebration – DJ Set (Sublimation Festival)
06.09.2025 23:00
The Ark Fortress of Bukhara
Performance
Safar Puppet procession (Kamruzzaman Shadhin in collaboration with Zavkiddin Yodgorov)
07.09.2025 10:00
starts from Caravanserai
Workshop
Through Bloom and Decay (Munisa Kholkhujaeva in collaboration with Anton Nozhenko)
07.09.2025 10:00
Gavkushon Madrasa
Special Project
Al Musalla Prize: On Weaving by EAST Architecture Studio, AKT II, and artist Rayyane Tabet
07.09.2025 10:00
West gate of The Kalyan Mosque
Panel discussion
The Architecture of Healing featuring Lina Ghotmeh, Lebanon, Marina Tabassum, Bangladesh, Nicolas Coeckelberghs, Belgium and Wael Al Awar, UAE.
07.09.2025 10:00
Jadis Legacy Museum
Masterclass
Doenjang (Soybean Paste Bricks) Making Workshop with Jeong Kwan
07.09.2025 10:00
Khoja Kalon Mosque
Panel discussion
Making Through Heartbreak featuring Aisultan Seit (Kazakhstan), Gulnoza Irgasheva (Uzbekistan), Hana Miletić (Belgium/Croatia), Himali Singh Soin & David Tappeser (India/UK), Qu Chang (China)
07.09.2025 14:30
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
Performance
Bukhara Peace Agency Sozandas Performance (Anna Lublina in collaboration with Feruza Asatova, Gulrukh Norkulova, Mehriniso Samieva, Roziya Sharipova and Rakhmon Toshev)
07.09.2025 16:00
Caravanserai
Workshop
Panjara Making Workshop (Ahmad Angawi in collaboration with Shonazar Jumaev)
07.09.2025 16:30
Gavkushon Madrasa
Workshop
Silk Roads–inspired snack bar activation at Subodh Gupta’s Installation Salt Carried by the Wind with tableware created in collaboration with Baxtiyor Nazirov
07.09.2025 17:00
Salt Carried by the Wind installation
Performance
Safar Puppet procession (Kamruzzaman Shadhin in collaboration with Zavkiddin Yodgorov)
07.09.2025 18:00
starts from Caravanserai
Performance
Performance Intimate Conversations (Shakuntala Kulkarni in collaboration with choreographer Arundhati Chattopadhyaya and musicians, singers, and dancers of the Bukhara Philharmonic)
07.09.2025 19:00
Caravaneserai
Masterclass
Masterclass with Alisher, Akbar, Akmal, and Shokhrukh Rakhimov
20.09.2025 10:00
Caravanserai
Past Events
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