Impressions from the 14th Istanbul Biennial, Vol. 1: İstanbul Modern, Galata Greek School, DEPO The Istanbul Biennial exhibition at Istanbul Modern begins with the “Canal” Project and illustrates the origins of the biennial’s conceptual framework; here it is possible to encounter works by artists including Tacita Dean and Song-Ming Ang as well as documents from […]
In September 2015, Ai Weiwei is at the Royal Academy of Arts with his provocative and curious new works. Ai Weiwei is certainly one of the globally recognized and sensational artists. Artnews indicates him as one of the top 5 people in its Top 100 list of Art’s Most Influential Individuals. As Barnaby Martin in […]
Artist, writer and curator, İpek Yeğinsü’s top 5 selection: Ahmad Morshedloo, “Resonance of Silence” Recycle Group, “Selfie” Grayson Perry, “A Map of Days” Azade Köker, “Mardin” Robert Montgomery, “All Palaces”
Curator and art writer, Asst. Prof. Marcus Graf’s top 5 selection: Burçak Bingöl “The Fall I, II” Micheal Aerts “Every Idea” Pravdoliub Ivanov “Trouble is Always Double” Rada Boukova “The Eternal Return” Patricia Piccinini “Boot Flower”
Professor of Economics and an expert in art economy, Aylin Seçkin’s top 5 selection: Anila Quayyum Agha, “Untitled” Ansen, “Hang them all” Vasconcelos, “El Churro” Taner Ceylan, “Satyr 2” Mohammad-Hossein Emad, “Ingurgitation from the Balance series”
Art consultant Karoly Aliotti’s Top 5 selection: Grayson Perry, “Map of Days Etching” Laurent Grasso, “Stairways to the Past” Horasan, “Sleep of the Darkness” Nil Yalter, “Hommage a Marquis de Sade” Ola Kolehmainen, “Miniature”
Artsy.net Specialist and Sales Consultant Stanislava Johnson-Chyzhykov’s Top 5 selection: Chantal Joffe, “Megan” Volkan Aslan, “The Day” Karl Karner, “Helius” Loris Cecchini, “Blind Facades (projects for installation—Berlin)” Burçak Bingöl, “Self Conscious”
Legal Consultant, collector and Artinternational Istanbul Consulting Committee member Mehmet Ali Bakanay’s Top 5 selection: Nilbar Güreş, ”Küçük Gri Alan / Small Grey Area” Nevin Aladağ, ” Top View” Volkan Aslan, “Interior, Night, Bedroom : We hadn’t seen the sun for a long time.” Haegue Yang, “Double Struggle Kicks – Trustworthy #229″ Semiha Berksoy, “Self-Portrait”
The 14th Istanbul Biennial Takes Over the City with the “Saltwater” theme, September 5-November 1 This year the Istanbul Biennial will literally take over the entire city. Expanding to more than thirty spaces and more than eighty participating artists under the curatorship of Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev it will welcome its visitors in a diversity of places […]
The third edition of Istanbul’s global contemporary and modern art fair launched today at the Haliç Congress Center, welcoming local and international VIP visitors to the fair following a press conference which featured presentations by the fair’s founders, directors and section curators. The fair will feature 87 galleries this year, representing 27 countries presenting works by […]