It is a widely known fact that contemporary art is open to all kinds of speculation. Currently Turkish art scene witnesses a peculiar incident in that viewers have noted a resemblance between Burçak Bingöl’s and Ai Wei Wei’s works.

Everything started when Ai Wei Wei created a surveillance camera and displayed it in London’s…

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This June, Istanbul will see Andy Warhol films and Polaroid for the first time. The iconic contemporary artist’s works will be seen at Istanbul’s Galerist. The curator of the show Geralyn Huxley and Andy Warhol Museum director Eric Shiner speak to Hürriyet Daily News about Warhol and what the viewers should expect from this revolutionary show

 

Once Andy Warhol said: “I only wanted to find great people and let them be…

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As an artist, Ayşe Erkmen is destined to discover the potential of empty spaces and walls and place spectators in front of them. Because Erkmen can create a masterpiece by using empty spaces and walls. The space is an experience for her.…



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Hüseyin Chalayan likes to play with the meanings of identity and its perceptions. While he tries to create different perceptions for identity, he opens new dimensions for the meaning of identity and he walks in a platform that comes from past but also belongs to the future and present. He deconstructs and then again constructs the identity, past, present and future. Chalayan also adds the concept of immigration into his process of questioning the identity and as a result, creates multi-room…

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French writer Michel Houellebecq writes in his first book “Extension du Domain de la Lutte: “I do not like this world. I do not like it. The society in this world makes me sick.”

Luo Qing may be among the few…

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The new exhibition of Selahattin Yıldırım at the Casa Dell’Arte has an exclusive way to communicate with viewers.









Glancing at Yıldırım’s drawings on white canvass, they might not… Continue

Istanbul needs a revolution in terms of art. Even though there are many developments in terms of art, it is not enough for people who like to live with art.



The lack of art spaces is a significant problem for everyone in the city. However, the most significant gap is with independent art spaces in Istanbul.



All the independent art spaces are trying to fund their own exhibitions. They are trying to do something by themselves. However, in other countries those kinds of… Continue

On Jan. 13, 1898, the Parisian literary newspaper l’Aurore (The Dawn) published a 4,000-word article by French novelist Emile Zola, written in the form of an open letter to the president of France, entitled “J'Accuse!” (I Accuse!). The novelist blamed the government for injustice and inequality in society.…



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