{"id":86754,"date":"2026-09-21T19:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=86754"},"modified":"2026-09-21T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:43:11","slug":"uzbekistan-has-a-brand-new-arts-centre-but-can-it-rival-dubai-as-the-next-global-art-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=86754","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan has a brand new arts centre but can it rival Dubai as the next global art hub?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/21\/bb37d0ad-ff38-4fc2-9b98-82a25858e740_11bf9d6e.jpg?itok=XyY67P3N&amp;v=1789983454\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Uzbekistan, with its rich history of ancient Silk Road craftsmanship and later influences from Imperial Russia to the Soviets, is a country shaped by layers of conquest, trade and intellectual exchange.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">At the Uzbek capital\u2019s new Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent (CCA), the inaugural exhibition \u2013 titled \u201cHikmah\u201d and featuring sculptures and installations by 10 artists from around the world, including Palestine and the United States \u2013 sets out to explore the complexity of that cultural cross-pollination.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe theme of \u2018Hikmah\u2019 comes from the Naqshbandi Sufi [religious] order,\u201d says Sara Raza, the CCA\u2019s artistic director and chief curator. The word, adopted from Arabic, translates as \u201cwisdom\u201d in Persian and Uzbek.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Raza refers to beliefs within Sunni Islam in which the Naqshbandi order has 11 principles that shape believers\u2019 daily lives and conduct, such as keeping an awareness of time, awareness of number and awareness of the heart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3368236\/uzbekistan-has-brand-new-arts-centre-can-it-rival-dubai-next-global-art-hub?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uzbekistan, with its rich history of ancient Silk Road craftsmanship and later influences from Imperial Russia to the Soviets, is a country shaped by layers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1501,4681,355,1021,8075,899,6522,6167,24641],"class_list":["post-86754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-art","tag-arts","tag-brand","tag-centre","tag-dubai","tag-global","tag-hub","tag-rival","tag-uzbekistan","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}