Image: Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, Baku
An exhibition dedicated to the 120th anniversary of Azerbaijani scholar and carpet artist Latif Karimov is scheduled to open in Almaty on September 4. Titled ‘Breath of Time in Folk Art,’ the presentation will be held at the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which operates in the Kazakh city.
The exhibition commemorates Karimov, described in the announcement as a prominent scholar, carpet artist and People’s Artist. Its title, ‘Breath of Time in Folk Art,’ places the project within the sphere of traditional and folk-art practice, while the anniversary provides its organizing focus.
The event represents a presentation of Azerbaijani cultural heritage in Kazakhstan. The available announcement identifies Karimov specifically as a carpet artist, linking the exhibition to the artistic and scholarly traditions associated with carpet-making and folk art.
The National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the listed host institution for the Almaty exhibition. No additional venue, participating artists, exhibition sections or individual works are identified in the available source material, and the announcement does not specify whether the presentation will travel to other locations.
The exhibition is scheduled to open on September 4 in Almaty. A listing records an event start time of September 3 at 18:00 UTC; no closing date has been provided.
