About the State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan named after I.V. Savitskiy

Moreover, many foreign experts-art historians and tourists specially come to visit this museum. And even more people dream to visit this museum... For many years the State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan named after I. V. Savitskiy became one of the brands of Uzbekistan and the main point in the tourist routes in Uzbekistan. Today the museum is called as “Louvre in the Desert”, “The Pearl of Asia”, “The Mecca of Contemporary Art”, paying tribute to its history and, in particular, its unique collection occupying a special place among other well-known foreign museums.

The State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan named after I.V. Savitskiy was established in February 1966 on the basis of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. Its first director was Igor Vitalyevich Savitskiy, a Moscow artist who forever linked his creative destiny with Karakalpakstan, leaving Moscow and moving to the city of Nukus. Since the first days of acquaintance with the culture of this region, I. V. Savitskiy was filled with great love for the archaeological finds of ancient and medieval Khorezm, the decorative and applied art of the Karakalpak people and the peoples who lived on this ancient land, discovering the world of the Russian and the Turkestan avantgarde. With the support and confidence of Karakalpakstan’s leaders and intelligentsia, I. V. Savitskiy formed a unique collection of the museum in the shortest time.

You can learn more about this topic in the book-album "The Collection of the State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Karakalpakstan named after I. V. Savitskiy" (Volume IX) from the series "Cultural legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections".

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