We are again leaving behind a year full of interesting exhibitions, sensational events and impressive records both in Turkey and in the world. As an annual Art50.net tradition, we asked some of the most distinguished members of our art community their top art events of the year and their expectations from 2019.
Although different sources assign dates to it varying within a 2-year range, the National Women’s Day emerging as a result of a riot in New York in 1908-1910 begins to be referred to in 1910 as March the 8th World Women’s Day, following the proposal of Clara Zetkin, a women’s rights activist from Denmark. In […]
Thanks to their collectorship tradition and their projects in support of art, Büyükkuşoğlu Family is always under the spotlight. As the founder of The Art Department and the director of the family collection, Gamze Büyükkuşoğlu is also a multi-tasking professional with formal education in the field. We talked to her about their ongoing projects at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Plato Art Space has an important place in the Turkish contemporary art scene. We had a pleasant conversation with the institution’s Artistic Director Ayşegül Yazıcı, receiving public acclaim with the exhibitions prepared with the curator Marcus Graf. Why was Plato Art Space established? In which disciplines does the school offer educational programs? How did the […]
Ardan Özmenoğlu, an artist who successfully represents Turkey in the international art scene with her exciting oeuvre is Art50.net’s guest this time… Interviewed by Huma Kabakcı, another beloved guest, she talks about various subjects ranging from her art to her solo exhibition “made in Istanbul”, to be inaugurated soon in Germany. You received your […]
Barbara Polla is an amazing personality: gallerist, curator, medical doctor, politician and the mother of four daughters. We had a great conversation with Polla about her multidisciplinary career, her Analix Forever project and her world view. How and why did you decide to become an art professional after such a glorious medical/research career? I like […]
We have left 2015 behind us as a very busy year in art. We have asked three different curators with various projects from our art scene about their selections of the past year’s highlights, ranging from art fairs to exhibitions, from biennials to artist talks. DR. NECMİ SÖNMEZ Exhibition of the Year Nazım Hikmet […]
