The Art and Culture Development Foundation of Uzbekistan held the “Where in the World is Tashkent?” conference as part of their project to study and protect the legacy of Tashkent Modernism XX/XXI. The session “Museums and the Preservation of Architecture” was attended by the Chairperson of the Art and Culture Development Foundation of Uzbekistan Gayane Umerova, as well as the directors of the Anthropology and History Museum of Mexico (Eduardo A. Escalante Carrillo), the Swiss Architecture Museum (Andreas Ruby), the Pinacoteca di Brera and Biblioteca Braidense in Milan (James Bradburne). Beatrice Grenier, Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Cartier Foundation, moderated the session.
The discussion focused on the role of cultural institutions in re-examining the history of architecture and the potential of museums to generate knowledge and to conserve modernist heritage. The conference was held at the State Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan, an iconic building of Tashkent modernism. N. Usmanova, UzA.