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Showcasing a minimalist style, artist Can Ertaş’s solo exhibition, “Artificially Flavored,” is displaying a number of figurative works that pose the question, “What is a painting?” Ertaş chose to focus on the idea of “painting” and avoid connecting a certain figure and painting together. “My works do not depict a story and do not show […]
Borusan Art Center’s latest exhibition, curated by Necmi Sönmez ‘What I Love,’ examines social phenomena and problems in Turkey and in Istanbu through the works of 10 young artists. The exhibition, which takes place at Borusan Music House, started yesterday, continues until March 21 In September 1968 Marcel Broodthaers established the Musée d’Art Moderne, Département […]
Video artist Julian Rosefeldt’s video showing at Garibaldi building of Taksim focuses on political aspects of our society. The artist does not show this through a documentary but rather uses cinematographic images German video artist Julian Rosefeldt focuses on the clichés and political aspects of society in his video titled “Asylum,” which is showing at […]
The controversy over alleged censorship at Istanbul Modern is spreading. Refusal to display an artist’s piece raised the eyebrows of other artists, who on Dec. 27 entered the museum and hung banners that read: “There is censorship in this museum.” “First Istanbul Modern requested a work, without telling me any concept. They told me that […]
Young artists in Turkey have a hard life. They require financial support from their families or have to sell their work in order to survive. Neither option is easy The Istanbul Biennial drew large numbers of visitors while the Contemporary Istanbul Fair celebrated record sales. But as Turkish contemporary art becomes increasingly popular internationally, young […]
Tunca Subaşı will open his solo exhibition ‘Residue’ at Pi Artworks Jan 5. In his latest works, he depicts social and political events, exploring themes of war and historical representation. Influential young artist Tunca Subaşı is using work from his new solo exhibition, “Residue,” to depict social, political and historical events. “I have tried to […]
Bashir Borlakov’s first solo exhibition titled “Dreams of Mexico,” reveals a fictional story of six characters from the history. A new solo exhibition from Bashir Borlakov aims to unearth past ghosts and tell a fictional story about six characters from history. “Dreams of Mexico” at Istanbul’s Pilot Gallery relates stories about real-life characters in a […]
As the sixth Contemporary Istanbul art fair comes to an end, Turkish galleries are very proud to have sold everything they had. Many international galleries, however, cannot boast the same success. “I think Turkish collectors appreciate Arabic art, but they don’t buy it,” said an FA Gallery seller who could not sell any art during […]
Istanbul experiences a period of massive urbanization. While the goal of new development is to ameliorate the quality of life, urbanization brings hardships. The subject is now the focus of many artists in their works Istanbul is witnessing a construction boom that has gladdened those in the real estate sector but many others have been […]
A great lover of heritage and history, artist Tayfun Serttaş is shedding light on Istanbul’s demographic past with a new project at Salt Galata focusing on long-time photographer Maryam Şahinyan. The project is based on the revisualization of the complete professional archive of Şahinyan, who was born in the Central Anatolian province of Sivas in […]