India’s Bihar Museum runs art exhibition in Kazakh capital

The exhibition centers on topic of the oneness of humanity, monuments and nature. The initiative to hold a visiting exhibition came from the Indian embassy in Kazakhstan, Mrs. Moumita Ghosh, curator of the Bihar Museum, said.

The Bihar Museum is among the youngest and largest museums in India, located in the ancient city of Patna. Established in 2015, the museum, boasting over 40,000 exhibits, includes 10 sections, encompassing archeology, history, art and other areas, with valuable items from the ancient times to the present. Specifically for this exhibition, the copy of the museum’s most famous relic – the Didarganj Yakshi sculpture, was brought. Through the image of this female statue, dating back 2.5 thousand years BC, we can observe the beauty of her day and the respect of the society for the woman, said Mrs. Moumita Ghosh.

Scheduled to run within a month, the exhibition may be prolonged in case of high interest. The exhibition includes over 50 works of art, created by 39 painters and four photographers.

It’s our second project, organized together with the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, said Bakytzhan Temirbolat, director of the Presidential Center of the Department of Presidential Affairs of Kazakhstan.

During the event, a memorandum of cooperation and interaction between the Kazakh Presidential Center and the Bihar Museum, aimed at greater bilateral ties in art, was signed. 

This is the first time the art works of India are exhibited at the Presidential Center. I’d like to note that the team of the Bihar Museum was able to take their craft to a global level… The memorandum signed today will further strengthen our cultural cooperation and inspire for new projects, said Indian ambassador to Kazakhstan Nagendra Prasad.