”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.
Tate Modern Museum has one of the best modern and contemporary art collections in the world. The museum, which is also much spoken with its extraordinary architecture, is among the most visited museums in the world with its exhaustive exhibitions and extraordinary experience it offers to its visitors. Let’s take a look at the innovative […]
A limited-edition of David Hockney’s signed book My Window is published. This valuable book consists of the artist’s digital paintings produced between the years 2009 and 2012, with the iPhone and iPad. The digital paintings are depicted while observing outside the bedroom window of his home in Yorkshire. 120 of the hundreds of digital paintings […]
In his paintings, Fatih Dülger depicts images of nature as a mirror to human attitudes. He reflects human traces and attitudes towards nature by internalizing them. In this context, nature used as a metaphor is not perceived as an outside place but treated as an internalized extent. In addition to the infinite depth of nature, […]
In collaboration with Swissôtel The Bosphorus, İstanbul, Art50.net presents works by three of its artists, Fatih Dülger, Nursun Hafızoğlu and Serdar Acar as part of the exhibition Silent and Profound. You may view the selection at the lobby and reception areas of Swissôtel The Bosphorus, Istanbul between January 13 – March 8, 2020.
The highly anticipated list of the top 200 collectors of 2019 has recently published by Artnews. In contrast to previous years, a brief assessment of the last decade was made to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the list. According to the evaluations, previously while the works of non-living artists are sold to the highest values, […]