Istanbul Modern’s Director to Resign after 11 years

Istanbul Modern announced on Friday that Levent Çalıkoğlu, the General Director of Istanbul Modern, will be stepping down from his position by the end of September. According to the announcement, Çalıkoğlu has been the museum’s General Director since 2012, and his departure

Education programs at Istanbul Modern

One Artist, One Workshop: Printmaking Museum educators lead the workshop and focuses on Aliye Berger’s artistic career and printmaking techniques. The children begin the program with a brief presentation introducing the artist and her productions. They examine the artist’s works featured in

Istanbul Modern Education Programs

Children take part in programs that are designed for specific age groups and focus on exhibitions held at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, works of art featured in the exhibitions, and the careers of artists whose works are exhibited. Participants thus

Women artists at Istanbul Modern

One of the opening exhibitions of Istanbul Modern’s new museum building, “Always Here” features artworks that have been acquired through the Women Artists Fund. Sponsored by Bank of America, the exhibition brings together works by 11 women artists.  Istanbul Modern Women Artists

Istanbul Modern Showcases Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Photographs

Istanbul Modern Photography Gallery is hosting its inaugural exhibition in the new building with photographs by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, one of the most distinctive directors of contemporary cinema. Ceylan’s works showcase strong cinematic language from his films and inspire the audience’s imagination.

A New Cultural Hub at Galataport

Art is an aesthetic type of opulence that enhances our social memory and keeps it fresh. This richness within the harmonies of art and space cracks the door open toe cultural accumulation and development. The city acts as a significant field integrating

A Beguiling Bewitchment

“Intersecting lives of the human and animal, their otherworldly genderless figures, human-animal hybrid beings, silently haunt the viewer, bewitching them as if it were a spell.” These are the words on the paintings of Selma Gürbüz. Her 35-year oeuvre, which encompasses themes