21. Building an Art World from scratch in Uzbekistan + the Art Business Conference

Episode 21 sees Georgina back from Uzbekistan, where a state-driven push is trying to conjure a cultural destination, and maybe even an art market, almost from nothing. She reports on the new Centre for Contemporary Arts (ccat.uz/en) in Tashkent and unpacks their ambitious plans: four new museums, a five-year partnership with Qatar, and talk of an art fair in a country with almost no galleries.
In the second half, fresh from chairing the Art Business Conference (theartbusinessconference.com) in London, Georgina reports back on the most interesting elements of the conference. From hedge-fund quant Igor Tulchinsky rumoured multi-million pound sponsorship of the British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry show, and other findings the Art Business is talking about today.
Enjoy!
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