INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL ACTORS AS ARCHITECTS OF THE CONTEMPORARY ART ECOSYSTEM IN UZBEKISTAN

Abstract

This paper considers international organisations and foreign cultural institutions
as key actors in the development of the contemporary art ecosystem of independent Uzbekistan.
It compares four models of support: institutional funding by the Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation, capacity-building by the Goethe-Institut, the creative-economy approach
of the British Council and the selective cultural diplomacy of the French Embassy and the
Alliance Française.