Merve Dündar is an artist with a strong relationship with the material, open to new experiments and confident in her instinct. Although she had formal art education as late as her master’s degree, she constantly invested in her self development. Ve talked to Merve about her creative process, the place of material in it and […]
Imago Mundi Collection consists of 10 x 12 cm artworks from all over the world commissioned by Luciano Benetton. With the objective of collecting global artistic experiences and transmitting them to the future generations as a world heritage, the collection is based on a non-commercial structure and features both established and emerging artists. Having grown […]
Photographs: İpek Yeğinsü Cover image: MAM Paris official website We all know Paris as the capital or art and romance. Although Louvre and Mona Lisa are the first things that come to our mind referring to Paris, the city also has a solid infrastructure of museums of Modern, Contemporary or even New Media Art. […]
Mehmet Üstünipek is a graduate of Mimar Sinan University Department of Archaeology and Art History. Completing his Master’s and Ph.D. at the Department of Western and Contemporary Art, Üstünipek wrote his thesis on “Turkish Art Market Since the Republican Era”. As the author of various publications on art institutions, exhibitions and Turkish Contemporary Art, he […]
Published by Taschen, this comprehensive book is probably one of the best sources on collecting. As a pioneer in his field, Lindemann brought together the abc o collecting in this title. In addition to valuable information on how the art world works, the book alo features interviews with the greatest players in the sector. The […]
I shuffled a bit the notebook I filled this winter. A small, bluish, striped notebook… It’s written “dream and explore” on it, with transparent clouds underneath, covered with stars. I have a small storage room at home. Inside, hundreds of such notebooks, written, drawn, filled, semi-filled, one on top of the other; awaiting to be […]
Yıldırım İnce is an artist who carries the city’s soul into his canvases, giving it a new life. A fan of cars with a special bond to woswos. We had a great conversation with Yıldırım about his life story and his art. When did you begin to produce art? It happened after a dialogue […]
Cover Page: Antoine Rose, Spiagge Bianche – study 1, French Studio, Scope Basel 2016. Another month of June… For a 47th time, a city of Basel covered in art… As we do every year, we put together the highlights from various art fairs simultaneously taking place in Basel. We will keep on updating this page throughout […]
İstanbul hosted the Identity Lab Sessions in May 20-21 at the Swedish Consulate, DEPO and Galata Greek School. Co-curated by Naz Cuguoğlu and Susanne Ewerlöf, it featured workshops, video screenings and panel discussions featuring te artists Joana Kohen, Katarina Pirak Sikku, Liv Strand and Lisa Torell from Sweden and Nancy Atakan, Fikret Atay, Elmas Deniz, Işıl Eğrikavuk, […]
Ayna | Ayşegül Karakaş | Begüm Mütevellioğlu | Gözde Başkent | Haydar Akdağ | İpek Yeğinsü | Taşkın Esin Like last year, Art50.net welcomes the summer with an exciting group show. Kindly hosted by Avantgarde Collection Yalıkavak, the exhibition “Voyage” will be on view from May 19 to September 30. «Voyage» is a concept that […]