Diana Newall and Grant Pooke’s “Fifty Key Texts in Art History”, is an important source that brings influential art writings together, selected from the classical period to the late modern. Contrary to the Eurocentric approach, the book, which presents ideas from different periods, generations, and art movements chronologically, offers an alternative and critical view of […]
Known for his theoretical and literary contributions to Turkish art history, Ali Artun’s new book “The Concept of Modernism and the Birth of Modernist Art in Turkey” focuses on the development process of Modernism in Turkey. Artun places the Modernist narrative, which has heavily influenced various art groups and artists since the early periods of […]
Ebru Nalan Sülün’s “Collecting Contemporary Art in Turkey” book, which is published in 2019, is among the few studies that examine the Turkish art scene within the framework of art collections. In her book, Sülün, deals with the historical development of art collecting in Turkey from the Ottoman Empire to the present day in parallel […]
Contemporary Istanbul is opening its doors with a new date at the Rumeli Hall of the Lutfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center! Contemporary Istanbul’s 15th edition, sponsored by Akbank, will be launched with a VIP Preview on June 1 to 2 followed by General Admission between June 3 to 6 at the Rumeli Hall of […]
Batıkan B. Bostancı is a young artist who loves to research and experiment. He nurtures his art with passion. He sees the “magical power” he sensed in art since his childhood, as a source of motivation that always excites him. We had a pleasant interview with the artist, where you can be a guest in […]
PILEVNELI, is pleased to present Refik Anadol’s new solo exhibition after three years. On view through March 19 – April 25, 2021 at PILEVNELI’s location in Dolapdere, the exhibition includes Anadol’s new body of works to be exhibited for the first time. “Machine Memoirs: Space” is the artist’s third exhibition under PILEVNELI’s roof. Anadol’s first […]
In Ilsu Aslan’s paintings, it is possible to see the traces of the past and feel its scent. Throughout her artistic production process, she builds a bridge between the past and the present, based on her own life and experiences. She constructs her paintings that delve into the past and life with her own unique […]
Gabriel Vorbon determines the subjects of his photographs inspiring from the flow of daily life and his own experiences. The events he witnesses and the people he encounters turn into living frames in the artist’s mind. His compositions that reflect frozen flows do shelter hidden sequences of time that belong to the previous and following […]
Ahmet Rustem Ekici continues his series in which he analyzes the relationships related to body and architecture. Ahmet Rustem, who led his audience to a new space experience with “Sauna” after the “Hammam” series, which is a 2019 augmented reality exhibition, has created an online experience that lasts approximately 12 minutes about to the relationship […]
Directed by Matthew Taylor, “Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible” focuses on one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, Marcel Duchamp, and his intellectual and artistic legacy. Rather than a simple biopic, the documentary released in 2020, concentrates on how Duchamp’s ideas influenced and changed the consciousness of society and the […]