Afghanistan Art

Afghanistan Art is alive in Afghanistan!

The Kabul Fine Art Department has over 700 students in its four-year program. There are galleries popping up all over Kabul. There is a beginning of a web presence of some of the Fine Art, and a vastly improved National Museum.

What kinds of art are available?

• Nooristani Furniture and Wood Carvings
• Hand Embroidery - thread counting embroidery is exquisite!
• Fine Art - collage, oil, pastels, chalk, embroidery, Islamic Miniatures, calligraphy, and more!
• Lapis jewelry - Afghanistan has amazing Lapis mines and jewelry
• Hand blown glass - Herat is famous for its blue glass
• Marble - carved chess sets, goblets and much more

See these types of Afghan arts if you visit the following

• Turquoise Mountain at the Bala Khisar to see all sorts of native handicrafts
• National Museum to see some ancient history - pieces dating back thousands of years are on display here!
• Bamyan Fine Art Gallery - the largest private gallery in Afghanistan, where you can purchase luxury Islamic art!

The Bamyan Gallery Website has the most complete information on the history of fine art in Afghanistan in the modern era.

• Zardosie's - amazing fashionable Afghan clothing, handicrafts, including clothes to fit 18-inch dolls, barbie dolls, Christmas ornaments, Afghan style of course!

• Chicken Street - a MUST if you're here - this is where you can have fun bargaining with shopkeepers, purchase handmade lapis jewelry, and of course rugs from all over Central Asia!