Art is largely centred at the National Museum of Afghanistan, the National Gallery of Afghanistan and the National Archives of Afghanistan in Kabul. There are a number of art schools in the country. The Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan (CCAA) in Kabul provides young people an opportunity to learn contemporary painting.
The Afghan National Gallery – referred to at the time as the Gallery – was created in May 1983 under the Ministry of Information and Culture, with a capacity of 200 paintings of contemporary Afghan artists and ancient paintings,
2022年10月19日 · PARIS — Before the Taliban demolished the Great Buddhas of Bamiyan in 2001, the figures were the world’s largest standing depictions of the deity. The destruction of the statues, which had stood...
Together with our colleagues from Marcaz we organised this art sale for people in need in Afghanistan. You can buy artworks and we will donate the proceeds to Visions for Children e.V. who currently plan a Winter Emergency Relief Action for Afghanistan. The goal is to support families in need financially or through care packages, depending on ...
The Afghan National Gallery (ANG) has been working as part of National Art Directorate of the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC). The ANG houses 800 paintings of foreign and national painters, with branches in 15 provinces of Afghanistan and its headquarter in Kabul city (Asamayee Road).
This is the official website of Afghanistan's first graffiti artist, Shamsia Hassani. Shamsia's works have been exhibited in USA, Afghanistan, India, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, and other countries.
This exhibition celebrates the unique role of Afghanistan as a center for both the reception of diverse cultural elements and the creation of original styles of art that combine multiple stylistic materials—such as the Hellenized examples from the second-century B.C. city of Aï Khanum, the array of trade goods found in the first-century city ...
Afghanistan’s music tradition is expressed through three outlets: the art music specific to Kabul, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif, and Kandahar, the modern genres of popular music on the radio, and a plethora of regional ‘folk music’ styles characteristics of various ethnic groups inhabiting different parts of the country.
The arts of Afghanistan help tell the story of this country in the process of radical change. Some traditional crafts have been lost, while works evolving from recent wars reflect the results of constantly living with conflict. One traditional craft, carpet weaving, has produced a particularly poignant, war-related art form. By the mid-1980s, in
We came together upon recognising a lack of obtainable information and long term initiatives concerning the historical and contemporary practices originating in or relating to Afghanistan. Through gathering art histories, contextualising practices, and creating a professional network – we aim to establish critical resources that will aid in ...