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İstanbul Modern
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, colloquially referred to as Istanbul Modern (), is a contemporary art gallery located inside the Galataport complex in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. Inaugurated on December 11, 2004, Istanbul Modern was Turkey's first modern and contemporary art gallery and focuses on Turkish as well as international artists. It is a private venture under the umbrella of the nonprofit Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. As of 2004, Oya Eczacıbaşı serves as chair of the board of directors. History Early beginnings Funded by two corporations, the Eczacıbaşı Group and Doğuş Group & Bilgili Holding, Istanbul Modern opened in a former government customs warehouse in the Karaköy neighbourhood in 2004, after a $5 million renovation overseen by Tabanlıoğlu Architects. Alexander Vallaury building From 2018 to 2022, during the construction of its new building, the Istanbul Modern collection was temporarily relocated to the former Union Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyoğlu
Beyoğlu (; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 9 km2, and its population is 225,920 (2022). It is on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn. It was known as the region of Pera (Πέρα, meaning "Beyond" in Greek language, Greek) surrounding the ancient coastal town Galata which faced Constantinople across the Horn. As the Ottoman capital of Constantinople grew during the 19th century, Pera/Beyoğlu became the Modernism, modern Western influenced quarter of the city, across from the old town, Fatih. It was the center of the empire's politics, finance, diplomacy, culture, and commerce. Centered on the Grande Rue de Péra (today İstiklâl Avenue), it was a predominantly Christianity in Turkey, Christian (Armenians in Istanbul, Armenians, Greeks in Turkey, Greeks, Turkish Levantine, Levantine, and Expatriate, Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul State Art And Sculpture Museum
The Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum () is a museum in the Tophane area of European Istanbul, Turkey. It is part of the large Galataport complex. The museum was originally housed in the mansion of the crown prince attached to the Dolmabahçe Palace in the Beşiktaş neighbourhood of Istanbul.The building housing it dated back to 1856. On 20 September 1937, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, suggested its conversion into a museum since the imperial family had been driven into exile with the coming of the Turkish Republic. It has now been moved into a new gallery on the edge of the Galataport where it is very close to the Istanbul Modern gallery, turning the area into an artistic hub for the city. The building chosen - Antrepo No 5 - was originally designed to serve the old port at Karaköy by the Turkish architect Sedad Hakkı Eldem. It has been repurposed to serve as an art gallery by the Emre Arolat firm of architects. The museum started to open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runner (sculpture)
''Runner'' is a 2017 sculpture by Tony Cragg Sir Anthony Douglas Cragg (born Liverpool 9 April 1949) is an Anglo-German sculptor, resident in Wuppertal, Germany since 1977. Early life and training Tony Cragg was born in Liverpool."Tony Cragg." ''Contemporary Artists''. Farmington Hills, ..., installed outside the Istanbul Modern, in Turkey. The 6-meter-tall white artwork is on loan to the museum by the artist on a longterm basis. For ''Runner'', the artist wanted to "show the inner life under a rigid surface, making that energy and motion perceivable". Oya Eczacıbaşı, chair of the museum's board, said: "We are honored to receive this sculpture as a long-term loan ahead of the opening of our museum's new building. I believe that this sculpture by Cragg, an artist whose works attract curiosity and interest from every generation, will become one of the symbols of Istanbul Modern's new building." See also * 2017 in art References 2017 sculptures Beyoğlu Ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yıldız Moran
Yıldız Moran (; 24 July 1932 – 15 April 1995) was a Turkish photographer who was active from 1950 to 1962. Her work has posthumously been shown in solo exhibitions at Pera Museum and at İstanbul Modern in Istanbul, and is held in the collection of the latter. Life and work Moran attended Robert College in Istanbul, leaving in her senior year. Following the advice of her uncle, art historian , she then moved to the UK and studied photography first at Bloomsbury Technical College and then at Ealing Technical College in London. She was active as a photographer from 1950 to 1962, when she gave up photography for lexicography. Moran married poet Özdemir Asaf in 1963 and had three children in four years. Publications *''Fotoğrafcı''. Istanbul: Adam, 1998. . Exhibition catalogue. *''Yıldız Moran: Zamansız Fotoğraflar / Timeless Photographs''. Istanbul: Pera Museum, 2013. . Exhibition catalogue. Text in Turkish and English. *''Yıldız Moran''. Eczacıbaşı Photographers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selma Gürbüz
Selma Gürbüz (1960 – 22 April 2021) was a Turkish painter and sculptor. Biography Gürbüz was born in Istanbul in 1960. She studied painting, photography and theatre at Exeter College of Art and Design in England in 1978, and continued with her studies there in painting and sculpture from 1980 to 1982. She graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting in 1984, and held her first solo exhibition in Istanbul in 1986. She was one of Turkey's leading contemporary artists and her works appear in the collections of the British Museum in London, the Fondation Maeght in Paris, SantralIstanbul, İstanbul Modern, Proje 4L and Bilgi University in Istanbul, and in the State Art and Sculpture Museum in Ankara. She also held exhibitions in Paris, Rome, Barcelona and Buenos Aires. Aside from her paintings, Gürbüz produced sculptures, weaving and engravings. She also worked as the artistic director of Ömer Kavur's films Akrebin Yolculuğu (The Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedri Baykam
Bedri Baykam is a Turkish artist. Early life Baykam was born in Ankara, Turkey. Baykam's father, Suphi Baykam, was a deputy in the Turkish parliament, and his mother, Mutahhar Baykam, is an architectural engineer. Baykam studied at Sorbonne University in Paris from 1975 to 1980 and earned an MBA degree. During this time, he studied drama in L'Actorat, Paris. He lived in California from 1980 to 1987, studied painting and film-making at California College of Arts and Crafts, in Oakland. He returned to Turkey in 1987 to live in Istanbul. Baykam played tennis throughout the 70s placing well at the Turkey Tennis Championships. Career He had solo exhibitions in many countries, in addition to participating in group shows. Author As of 2018 he had authored eighteen books, five on art (one in English), and eleven on politics. ''Monkeys' Right to Paint'' (published in Turkish and English), documents the plight of non-western artists and criticizes the western art establishment for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semiha Berksoy
Semiha Berksoy (24 May 1910 – 15 August 2004) was a Turkish opera singer and painter. Early life Semiha Berksoy was born in Çengelköy, Istanbul on 25 May 1910. Her mother was a painter, her father a poet and accountant. Semiha Berksoy studied music and the visual arts at Istanbul Conservatory.Sebnem Arsu (August 23, 2004"Semiha Berksoy, 94, Turkish Star of Opera and Art, Dies" ''The New York Times''. Career Berksoy started her acting career with the role of ''Semiha'' in the first Turkish sound movie ''İstanbul Sokaklarında'' directed by Muhsin Ertuğrul in 1931. She was cast in operettas in Istanbul theaters early in her career. She sang in the first Turkish opera ''Özsoy'' in 1934 (commissioned by Kemal Atatürk, composed by Adnan Saygun). She was honoured as the First Turkish Opera Singer and rewarded with the opportunity to go to Berlin Music Academy for further training. She started her international singing career in 1934, performing in Turkey, Germany and Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu
Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu (1911 – 21 September 1975) was a Turkish people, Turkish Painting, painter, mosaic-maker, muralist, writer and poet. His art work was inspired by Anatolian village scenes and folk literature, and included traditional handicraft folk patterns. Early life Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu was born in 1911 in Görele on the Black Sea, the second child in a family with five. His elder brother, Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, was a well-known writer and his younger sister, Mualla Eyüboğlu, was one of the first architects working in restoration and well known for her work on the Topkapı Palace#Harem, Harem section of Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. Due to his father Mehmet Rahmi later Eyüboğlu's position as the Governor of Trabzon, Eyüboğlu lived in various parts of Turkey before attending high school in Trabzon. In 1928, he started to write poetry. His father later became a member of parliament chosen by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. In 1929, he moved to Istanbul to enter the Mim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adnan Coker
Adnan Coker (; 20 October 1927 – 22 August 2022) was a Turkish abstract artist.)(English mention states "Turkish artists such as abstract masters Devrim Erbil and Adnan Coker") Coker was born in Süleymaniye in Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ... on 20 October 1927. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul in 1951 and won the European Concourt Prize in 1955. He went on to study in Paris on a scholarship from the Turkish state. In Paris, he worked at the studios of André Lhote, Henri Goetz, and Hayter, as well as at the Emilio Vedova Studio at the International Salzburg Summer Academy. Coker died on 22 August 2022, at the age of 94. Career Coker was an instructor at the İstasyon Academy of Fine Arts from 1960 to 1995. He performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
