Who and how to collect in Kazakhstan private art collections?

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President Astana Group, art collector, Nurlan Smagulov believes that a collector - it's not just the person who collects art and it is knowledgeable and who is not afraid to exhibit the collection.

"Unfortunately, we have virtually no collectors. There are certain work in certain families. There are people who buy paintings for anniversaries and birthdays. But it is possible to name a few names - Richard Spooner, I. Tasmagambetov, which, for example, more than a year collecting antique Kazakh jewelry and donated his collection to the State Republican museum. Dariga Nazarbayeva I have a good work Shardenov and Kalmykov, but every collector should himself talking about his collection, "- says Nurlan.

Nurlan-how to assess private collecting in Kazakhstan - as a business, investments, hobbies?

-Maybe you can, and as an investment. But I have a place where I realize their business ambitions - my company. Art - is a passion, the collection I is not converted into monetary units. Importance of its artistic value. Of course, the fact that the work of my collection came to Christie's, great fun, motivated to continue collecting and we do not sell, because In our case, Cristie's available as exhibition space and all the values back into our country.
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President Astana Group, a collector Nurlan Smagulov