Quite often Baku is called the City of Masters. One can find the great works of contemporary Bakinian artists, graphic designers and sculptors in numerous art galleries and exhibit halls. Addresses and phone numbers of the most visited galleries are attached. Absheron Art Gallery 11 Asafa Zeynally st., Baku city phone (99412) 492-21-42 Air Art 144 Nizami st., Baku city phone (99412) 493-50-61 Alt Gallery 32 Malaya Krepostnaya st., Baku city......... more

G.Gagarin is russian artist of XIX c. He visited Baku in 1843. His excellent pictures are wonderful illustrations of Azerbaijan life last century.... read

Rashid Sherif was born September 29, 1953 in Baku and educated in Azerbaijan State College of Fine Arts after Azimzadeh from 1970 to 1976. Being eventually a theatre artist he designed the staging of many theatre and TV shows. From 1989 he has been the design director of YUG state theatre. Rashid participated in a number of international theater festivals in Istanbul, Tehran, Ashgabat, Tbilisi etc. * Diversified artistic activity of Rashid includes also professional caricature which he applie...... more