Kazakhstan

TRANS STANS is new initiative by Austrian government, Weltmuseum Wien and KHM Group and MuseumsQuartier to put artistic and cultural exchange in the very heart of an initiative spanning the years 2026 – 2028.

Didar Azat Didar Azat is one of two curators and researchers from the leading art museum of Almaty (Kazakhstan) currently being part of MQ artist-in-residence program. Didar Azat will talk together with Tobias Mörike (curator at Weltmuseum) and Simon Mraz (co-manager of TRANS STANS) about impressions of the visit in Vienna and common interest, the value and horizonts of cooperation between our two countries.

Participants:

Didar Azat, MQ Curators-in-Residence, May – June 2026, Almaty, Kasteev Art Museum

Dr. Tobias Mörike, Curator, Weltmuseum Wien

Moderator:

Simon Mraz, Co-Project Manager for the Trans Stans 2026 – 2028 Project (a collaboration between WMW, BMWKMS, and MQ)