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Selected Works10

Museum Acquisitions

3 Institutions
Pompidou
Pompidou
Pompidou
Pompidou
Almaty Museum of Arts
Almaty Museum of Arts
Almaty Museum of Arts
Almaty Museum of Arts
Almaty Museum of Arts
Museum of Modern Art Antwerp
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Biennial Selections3

São Paulo Biennial — São Paulo
2023 · choreographies of the impossible · curated by Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes, Manuel Borja-Villel
Sharjah Biennial — Sharjah
2023 · Thinking Historically in the Present · curated by Hoor Al Qasimi
documenta — Kassel
2022 · documenta fifteen · curated by ruangrupa
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Current Exhibitions2

Saodat Ismailova: Melted into the Sun

Saodat Ismailova

G St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA

Jun 13, 2026 — Nov 29, 2026

Saodat Ismailova: Melted into the Sun The first major solo museum presentation in the United States by film and installation artist Saodat Ismailova. June 13...

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ArtReview profiles Uzbek filmmaker and artist Saodat Ismailova, focusing on her film *Aral, Fishing in an Invisible Sea* (2004), which documents the l…
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The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art will present "Saodat Ismailova: Melted into the Sun," the first major solo museum exhibition in the Uni…
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A collective of artists and thinkers published an open letter on May 27, accompanied by an op-ed in the French newspaper Libération, calling for the t…
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Uzbek artist Saodat Ismailova is making her U.S. museum debut at the Smithsonian Institution. The exhibition introduces her multimedia works, which of…
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Past Exhibitions3

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Saodat Ismailova

Saodat Ismailova

Nov 8, 2025 — Feb 6, 2026

As We Fade

The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, S Shore Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead NE8 3BA, UK

Nov 8, 2025 — Feb 6, 2026

A Seed Under Our Tongue

Saodat Ismailova

Sep 12, 2024 — Jan 12, 2025

Saodat Ismailova — 12.09.2024 – 12.01.2025

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Jun 13, 2026
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Nov 8, 2025
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