The documentary is about the 15 years of the career of one of the prominent American artists, Cindy Sherman. It covers the most comprehensive and sincere interviews with the artist that can be watched until then and takes the audience on a pleasant journey in the contemporary art world. The director of the film and […]
Peggy Guggenheim is one of the most powerful women figures of the 20th century. The documentary is screening the colorful and the extraordinary life story of this prominent art collector. Peggy Guggenheim’s intimate relationship with the avant-garde artists of the century such as Max Ernst, Jackson Pollock, Alexander Calder, Marcel Duchamp, are represented, as well […]
Taking the audience to the renowned auction houses in Europe and make them observe the auctions where works are sold at very high prices, the film tells the story of Virgil Oldman (Geoffrey Rush), a highly successful, recognized and respected art expert. When a mysterious woman named Claire Ibbetson (Sylvia Hoeks) wants to sell the […]
In his paintings, Osman Törer invents brand new machines by combining different engine parts. At first sight, the machines that he constructs with vibrant colors attract the attention of the viewer. Osman Törer works as an art teacher at Women’s Closed Criminal Institution for more than five years. We had a quite sincere conversation with […]
Collecting is truly a passion. And if your subject of focus is art, it becomes even more important to be able to proceed confidently without being lost in a vast ocean of creativity filled with too many attractive options, so that you may obtain pleasing results. Perhaps, the most difficult part of it all is […]
”An artist must be an activist” ”If anything, art is… about morals, about our belief in humanity. Without that, there simply is no art.” Ai Weiwei ”I don’t want art that points to a thing. I want art that is the thing.” Tania Bruguera Recently, we witness the world-famous works of Banksy, Ai Weiwei, […]
10 March – December 2020 Swissôtel The Bosphorus, İstanbul Art50.net and Swissôtel The Bosphorus, İstanbul present the exhibition “The Goddess in Me”, on view from March 10 to December, 2020. Curated by İpek Yeğinsü, the exhibition features works by Baysan Yüksel, Bengisu Bayrak, Ece Gauer, Leyla Emadi, Merve Dündar and Müge Ceyhan focusing on women’s […]
In her paintings, Lütfiye Kösten focuses on the concepts of time, space, identity and existence. With her graphical attitude which she uses while depicting her portraits, she transmits symbols and beliefs that nourish Kösten from her own culture. The artist, who represents a different story and a different expression on each face, creates an inevitable […]
In her paintings, Gözde Başkent examines the concepts that are invisible and difficult to perceive with the mind through the timeless and placeless compositions. Başkent explores the state of being human through the relationship with nature by applying different techniques with which she reaches calmness with her color palette and creates diversity on the surface […]
During the last decade, we have witnessed an increase in the visibility of women artists. The projects planned to support women artists in 2020 point out that their visibility in the art world will increase much more.