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As the 4th exhibition of its 2016-2017 season, İstanbul Kültür University Art Gallery hosts works by the artists of the contemporary art platform Art50.net As the 4th exhibition of its 2016-2017 season, İstanbul Kültür University Art Gallery (İKÜSAG) hosts works by the artists of Art50.net, a contemporary art platform bringing together artists, collectors and all […]
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As we say goodbye to 2016, we asked important names from our art circles, Banu Çarmıklı, Gamze Büyükkuşoğlu, Ahu Büyükkuşoğlu Serter and Sevil Dolmacı, about their 2016 evaluations and expectations from 2017. Banu Çarmıklı: The art event of the year in Turkey and the world? For Turkey, it was the cancellation of Art International art […]
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1/One Year with Art50.net; I have been part of the Art50.net family, a successful online art platform, for one year. I was going to leave my think piece incomplete if I didn’t mention how we enthusiastically talked about our new projects, how they injected hope in me as I shared my new ideas, and all […]
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Last week we conducted a fruitful workshop on “Contemporary Art Collecting for Beginners” at Cloud 7 Hotel. We informed the participants about the main concepts in contemporary art and informed them about collectorship tips. After the presentation, participants did our art test to discover their artistic personality and got their workshop certificates along with the […]
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2016
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Written by Erika Fischer-Lichte, the book departs from an event taken place at Krinzinger Gallery in 1975. The spectators’ putting to an end to Marina Abramovic’s performance “Lips of Thomas” after a certain period of endurance is highlighted as an example of how the viewer has an active role in today’s artwork.
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These days Genco Gülan is working on his new installation in South Korea. The work at the Suncheon National Gardens, the work has a diameter of 20 meters and is composed of 300 old electronic devices; but none of them, most of them being TV moitors, are connected to electricity. Genco Gülan answered our questions […]
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GBA brings art-tech startups together at Contemporary Istanbul One of the first angel investment organizations in Turkey, GBA (Galata Business Angels) will open a booth to host art-tech startups, combining art and digital technologies, at Contemporary Istanbul (CI), the region’s and Turkey’s premier international art fair. The event will take place between 3 and 6 […]
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A brand new book that doesn’t come with cliché recommendations… While it explains the basic principles of taking people’s pictures, it makes use of unique examples from art history. Iconic masters like Richard Avedon, Cindy Sherman, Sebastião Salgado, Henri Cartier-Bresson and August Sander are only some of the 50 featured photographers.
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In his works, Fatih Dülger focuses on the concept of void. He chooses painting both as a reaction to the loss of nature and an effort to understand it; he refers to painting as an indispensable act that makes life more bearable. We dived deep into a conversation with Fatih about his artistic practice. […]
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GaleriBU hosts Art50.net artists for its season opening. Taking place between October 1 and 22, the exhibition PROFILER features works by Baysan Yüksel, Eda Emirdağ, Erim Bikkul, Genco Gülan, Karbon, Özge Yağcı, Saliha Yılmaz and Taşkın Esin. Curated by İpek Yeğinsü, the exhibition originates from the various meanings of the term PROFILER. Although the term PROFILER is […]