Nar art gallery opened to the public in 2005. The gallery was conceived by Farkhad Akhmedov, businessman, politician, patron of the arts, and a man infinitely in love with art. Over the years, he has invested considerably in collecting artworks from all over the world. In Azerbaijan, Farkhad Akhmedov consistently, piece by piece, assembled his unique collection of the Azerbaijani school of painting, which includes works of various artistic movements of the twentieth century.