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
Special Project
Café Oshqozon (from 27 September to 23 November 2025)
11.11.2025 — 23.11.2025
Café Oshqozon
Workshop
Postcards Collage Making Workshop — Jenia Kim
15.11.2025 — 16.11.2025
Pop-up Library (Pochchoqul mosque)
Performance. EPIC programme
Bakshy Performances — Gavxar Aytjanova (Karakalpakstan) and Shodmon Khujamberdiyev (Surkhandarya)
15.11.2025 — 16.11.2025
Caravanserai // Gavkushon Madrasa
Performance. EPIC programme
Story Trader — Khadim Ali in collaboration with Halima Qodirova
15.11.2025 — 17.11.2025
Toqi Telpakfurushon
Performance. EPIC programme
The Forest Princess and the Tiger of Darkness — Kamruzzaman Shadhin in collaboration with Shibabrata Barman, Zavkiddin Yodgorov and the Puppet Theatre of Bukhara
15.11.2025 — 17.11.2025
Gavkushon Madrasa
Rice Cultures Festival
Jolof Stories with Chef Tamsir Ndir, Khadija Aisha Ba, Abdourahmane Seck, Marie Helene Pereira
16.11.2025 13:00 — 16:00
Café Oshqozon
Performance. EPIC programme
Bukhara Peace Agency — Anna Lublina in collaboration with the musicians of Bukhara Philharmonic Orchestra and Sozandas of Bukhara
16.11.2025 — 17.11.2025
Magoki Attori Square
Rice Cultures Festival
Palov Competition — regional Uzbek palovs сontest curated by Bahriddin Chustiy DJ set from Women’s Ethnographic Ensemble of Khiva × TANURAN
16.11.2025 18:00 — 20:00
Hauz
Chef's Programme
Subodh Gupta (India) and Jeong Kwan (South Korea)
17.11.2025 — 17.11.2025
Salt Carried by the Wind
(Installation of Subodh Gupta)
Performance. EPIC programme
A Drop of Milk in the Ocean — Nomin Zezegmaa
17.11.2025 14:00 — 15:30
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
Panel discussion
Artist talk: Majid Al Remaihi and Denis Davydov
17.11.2025 19:00 — 20:00
Pop-up Library (Pochchoqul mosque)
Performance. EPIC programme
Do They Hesitate to Eat With You? — Rajyashri Goody in collaboration with people of Bukhara
18.11.2025 12:00 — 13:00
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
Performance
Swarm Works — Vahap Avşar in collaboration with the Uzbekistan Beekeepers Association
18.11.2025 14:00 — 14:30
Caravanserai Nugai
Performance
To the Guardians — Sara Ouhaddou with the Hunarmand Artisan Association and singers of Bukhara Philharmonic Orchestra
18.11.2025 16:00 — 16:40
Caravanserai
Rice Cultures Festival
Rice Cultures Feast — Collective Culinary Gathering
18.11.2025 18:00 — 21:00
Hauz
Performance. EPIC programme
A Thousand Prayers: A Ritual of Closure — Jazgul Madazimova in collaboration with the women of Bukhara
23.11.2025 13:00 — 14:00
Magoki Attori Square
Past Events
Workshop
Hushtak painting workshop with Abdulvahid Karimov and Dilnoza Karimova
Pop-up Library (Pochchoqul mosque)
Cinema
Requiem for the Caspian Amu Darya: River to a Missing Sea
Full-Moon Cinema Screenings
Pop-up Library (Pochchoqul mosque)
Workshop
Watercolor Painting Workshop with Yunus Farmonov
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
Chef's Programme
Ekaterina Enileyeva, Aleksandr Tolkachev, Vladimir Kogay (Uzbekistan)
Café Oshqozon
Performance
Safar Puppet procession Kamruzzaman Shadhin in collaboration with Zavkiddin Yodgorov
starts from Caravanserai
Performance
Bukhara Peace Agency Anna Lublina in collaboration with Sozandas of Bukhara
Caravanserai
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Symposium
The Craft of Mending: A Symposium on the Cross-Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan. Spotlight Tours (from 6 to 8 October 2025)
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
Symposium
The Craft of Mending: A Symposium on the Cross-Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan (from 6 to 8 October 2025)
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
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Panel discussion
Behind the Commissions. Jahongir Bobukulov and Timur Zolotoev
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
Panel discussion
Behind the Commissions. Munisa Kholkhujaeva and Dilnoza Karimova
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
Performance
Intimate Conversations Shakuntala Kulkarni in collaboration with choreographer Arundhati Chattopadhyaya and Bukhara Philharmonic
Caravaneserai
Performance
Lecture-performance with Davlat Toshev on sufism and making
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
Panel discussion
Behind the Commissions. Oyjon Khayrullaeva and her grandmother
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
Panel discussion
Behind the Commissions. Denis Davydov, Bahrom Gulov and Anvar Gulov
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
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Performance
Intimate Conversations Shakuntala Kulkarni in collaboration with choreographer Arundhati Chattopadhyaya and Bukhara Philharmonic
Caravaneserai
Performance
Safar Puppet procession (Kamruzzaman Shadhin in collaboration with Zavkiddin Yodgorov)
starts from Caravanserai
Performance
Bukhara Peace Agency Sozandas Performance (Anna Lublina in collaboration with Feruza Asatova, Gulrukh Norkulova, Mehriniso Samieva, Roziya Sharipova and Rakhmon Toshev)
Caravanserai
Workshop
Panjara Making Workshop (Ahmad Angawi in collaboration with Shonazar Jumaev)
Gavkushon Madrasa
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)
The House of Softness at Gavkushon Madrasa
Workshop
Through Bloom and Decay (Munisa Kholkhujaeva in collaboration with Anton Nozhenko)
Gavkushon Madrasa
Performance
Safar Puppet procession (Kamruzzaman Shadhin in collaboration with Zavkiddin Yodgorov)
starts from Caravanserai
Special Project
Al Musalla Prize: On Weaving by EAST Architecture Studio, AKT II, and artist Rayyane Tabet
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.
Jadis Legacy Museum
Performance
The Rising of the Full Moon Performance by Hylozoic/desires (Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser) in collaboration with karnai players from Bukhara
Hauz
Performance
Intimate Conversations Shakuntala Kulkarni in collaboration with choreographer Arundhati Chattopadhyaya and Bukhara Philharmonic
Caravaneserai
Performance
Safar Puppet procession (Kamruzzaman Shadhin in collaboration with Zavkiddin Yodgorov)
starts from Caravanserai
Performance
Bukhara Peace Agency Sozandas Performance (Anna Lublina in collaboration with Feruza Asatova, Gulrukh Norkulova, Mehriniso Samieva, Roziya Sharipova and Rakhmon Toshev)
Caravanserai
Workshop
Fruit Jewellery Making Workshop (Taus Makhacheva in collaboration with Anel Ulumbekova, Adelina Uzyakova, Anastasiya Kim, Olga Kim, Tatevik Karapetian)
Gavkushon madrasa
Panel discussion
Art and Spirituality featuring Davlat Toshev (Uzbekistan), Delcy Morelos (Colombia), Jeong Kwan (South Korea)
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)
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)
Gavkushon Madrasa
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Panel discussion
Commissioner Gayane Umerova opens the Biennial talks in a discussion with Artistic Director Diana Campbell
Gavkushon Madrasa
Performance
Safar Puppet procession (Kamruzzaman Shadhin in collaboration with Zavkiddin Yodgorov)
starts from Caravanserai
Workshop
Through Bloom and Decay (Munisa Kholkhujaeva in collaboration with Anton Nozhenko)
Gavkushon Madrasa
Special Project
Al Musalla Prize: On Weaving by EAST Architecture Studio, AKT II, and artist Rayyane Tabet
West gate of The Kalyan Mosque
Opening Day
Opening Day Programme
Khoja Kalon Mosque, Olimjon Caravanserai, Gavkushon Madrasa, the Hauz, West gate of The Kalyan Mosque
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