Art Professionals’ Impressions of 2022 and Suggestions for 2023 When the 2023 art season starts we have addressed our questions to valuable collectors, curators, and art lovers: What places they visited last year, what they were most impressed with, what kind of interests they had when purchasing, and which organizations they will visit next season. […]
Collecting is truly a passion. And if your subject of focus is art, it becomes even more important to be able to proceed confidently without being lost in a vast ocean of creativity filled with too many attractive options, so that you may obtain pleasing results. Perhaps, the most difficult part of it all is […]
”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, […]
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, […]
From artists to collectors, gallery owners to curators, art critics to academics, since 2002, ArtReview’s annual Power 100 list has been determining the most influential names of the art world. The 2018 version of the list was announced recently. The list was selected by 30 anonymous and independent jurors through a two-month evaluation process. What […]
ARTnews released the latest edition of its Top 200 collectors list recently. The annual list is updated in light of the sales, auctions and acquitions that take place in the art sector for over a year. This is exacly why the prestigious list is important; while introducing to the public the most important collectors from […]
The following questions: where are million dollars worth artworks, who has them and how these works meet with collectors, have been keeping the art scene busy. Recently, ARTnews has announced the 28th edition of ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list. (Image: Katja Novitskova, Pattern of Activation, 2014, Boros Collection.) With their Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art […]
All the works at the 15th Istanbul Biennial are worth being seen; but some are definitely not to be missed. Here is our selection of the seven works from the biennial that are a must-see. Candeğer Furtun, İstanbul Modern The master’s installation Untitled (1994-96) consists of nine pairs of a man’s legs and a […]
We have just left the Contemporary İstanbul art fair behind, and London will be our capital of contemporary art in October thanks to Frieze-mania, followed by Miami in December with Art Basel and other alternative, satellite fairs. In recent years, collectors and art enthusiasts from Turkey have been regularly visiting the most important global art […]
The excitement for the 15th Istanbul biennial is everywhere. We asked Anna Zizlsperger, Huma Kabakcı, Mine Küçük and Ömer Özyürek, important figures in our art scene, their expectations from the event. Anna Zizlsperger (Exhibist, Founder) I am very excited about the upcoming 15th edition of the Istanbul Biennial. The local art scene needs the […]