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When: Fri 3 July / 10:00-18:00
Where: Gallery of Fine Arts (NBU), 2 Buyuk Turon Street
A visual exploration by young artists of contemporary global change. Running concurrently is the special project 'Inside Art' in collaboration with Nur Art School — a laboratory for bloggers and content creators producing material on the spot.
Price: from 10,000 to 50,000 soums
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Video Exhibition Marionettes — Peter Erschmann

When: Fri 3 July / 10:00-18:00
Where: ARTepa Gallery, 30 Osie Street
Video art by the Swiss artist: the same human movements repeat endlessly, like a loop. The exhibition questions the boundary between control and freedom — who truly governs our habits and daily actions.
Free admission

Masterclass on Repotting Houseplants with V. Filipenko

When: Sat 4 July / 16:00
Where: Art Space '9 Muses', 18 Mukanna Dead End
A practical masterclass: repotting techniques, choosing soil and pots, aftercare. Each participant leaves with their own plant. The price includes all materials and soft drinks.
Price: 350,000 soums
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Family Performance 'Colours'

When: Sat 4 July / 12:00-13:00
Where: Teatr+, 17 Matbuotchilar Street
An interactive performance for the whole family: living colours break free from the palette and argue over which is the most important. The audience becomes part of this confrontation. The show was ranked among the top seven productions at the UK's largest theatre festival, the Fringe.
Price: from 80,000 to 200,000 soums

Evening Show 'Overheard in Tashkent'

When: Sat 4 July / 21:00
Where: SAHNA Stand-Up Club
A late-night show with comedians and interesting people from Tashkent. The evening is hosted by Gimal Gafiyatullin and Ekaterina Kabulova. Also on stage are Eva Romanova, Rustam Musakulov and Roma Impulse.
Price: from 50,000 soums

Lecture by D. Nesterenko 'The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki: Spirited Away'

When: Sun 5 July / 15:00
Where: Art Space '9 Muses', 18 Mukanna Dead End
An analysis of 'Spirited Away' through the lens of Japanese mythology, Shintoism and folklore. The lecturer is philologist Daria Nesterenko. The discussion will explore what lies behind each image and the cultural subtext of Miyazaki's anime.
Price: 300,000 soums
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Lecture 'The Birth of Dark Gothic and the Dawn of the Middle Ages' — Hafiz Khan

When: Sun 5 July / 17:00
Where: Human House Gallery, 43 Kichik Mirabad
A lecture on how, in the 12th century, cathedrals began to soar upwards, light became a building material, and dark imagery turned into the language of an entire era. The lecturer is Hafiz Khan, an architectural and art historian.
Price: 100,000 soums

Premiere of the opera 'Carmen'

When: Sun/5 July/19:00
Where: Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, 28 Zarafshan Street
A new staging of Georges Bizet's opera as interpreted by Konstantin Kamynin. The action is relocated to Spain in the 1940s-1950s. Emphasis is placed on personal freedom and resistance to societal pressure: the tragic finale is interpreted as a triumph of the heroine's spirit.
Price: from 55,000 to 165,000 soums

Exhibition 'Centre of Attraction' — Alim Maratovich

When: Mon/6 July/10:00-23:00
Where: Tashkent City Mall, 2nd Floor, Andakulova Gallery
Alim Maratovich works at the intersection of painting, graphics, design and digital art. The artist's source of inspiration is the muqarnas of the Tillya-Kari Madrasah in Samarkand. The author reinterprets traditional ornaments, transforming them into an independent system of forms, rhythms and spatial interactions.
Free admission

Tanabata Festival

When: Tue/7 July/17:00-19:00
Where: Ikuo Hirayama International Caravanserai of Culture, 37A Yusuf Khos Hojib Street
Tanabata is the Japanese Star Festival, celebrated on 7 July. According to legend, on this day the stars Vega and Altair meet once a year. Guests write wishes on strips of paper and tie them to bamboo – this is the festival's main tradition. The programme also includes music and interactive activities.
Free admission

Lecture by R. Safina 'Famous Castles of Europe 2.0'

When: Wed/8 July/19:00
Where: Art Space '9 Muses', 18 Mukanna Dead End
A continuation of the lecture series on the architecture of European castles. New stories about buildings that have survived wars, changes of ownership and become symbols of entire eras.
Price: 300,000 soums

Book Club with D. Nesterenko 'Eugene Onegin'

When: Fri/9 July/19:00
Where: Art Space '9 Muses', 18 Mukanna Dead End
A club analysis of Pushkin's novel: shared reading, discussion of the text, conversation about the characters and why 'Onegin' reads like a contemporary novel 200 years later. Hosted by D. Nesterenko. Tea/coffee/water and sweets are included in the price.
Price: 200,000 soums

Exhibition 'Photo Chronicle of the 20th Century'

When: Thu/9 July/12:00-20:00
Where: Bonum Factum Gallery, 20A Sadyk Azimov Lane
Archival film photographs from various decades of the 20th century: Yuri Gagarin's visit to Tashkent, alleyways of the old city, the geometry of Constructivism and the industrial aesthetic of Soviet construction projects. The exhibition runs until 25 August.
Price: 15,000 soums
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