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Tokyo National Museum, September 2016

Let's begin! Ukiyo-e and Fashion in the Edo Period August 30, 2016 - September 25, 2016 This one was my first time in Tokyo ever. Afterwards I had the chance to visit there two more times. My first trip to Tokyo was with Nur. We visited the national museum close to the Ueno Park. I was impressed to see the works from Kuniyoshi…

Pera Museum, April 2016

Giorgio de Chirico, The Enigma of the World / Dünyanın Gizemi February 24 - May 8, 2016 Wow, I am a huge Pera Museum fan as you can see. It feels like I have seen all the exhibitions ever :P This one we visited with mum & Sevde. I found Chirico's mind similar to Dali's. At least some parallel worlds,…

Istanbul Modern, February 2016

Anoter visit paid to Istanbul Modern. Works are from the permanent collection. Alexandra Maria Lara'nın Portresi Ramazan Bayrakoğlu, 2008Untitled - Maro Michalakakos, 2014Kontrastlar/Contrasts - Ekrem Yalçındağ, 2011 This one below is from İş Sanat Gallery but I just have one picture so I am sharing it with this post: The Well / Kuyu - Erol Özden, 2002

Pera Museum, February 2016

Üryan, Çıplak, Nü Türk Resminde Bir Modernleşme Öyküsü / Bare, Naked, Nude A Story of Modernization in Turkish Painting 25 Kasım 2015 - 7 Şubat 2015 Tolga accompanied me on this one as you see on the first photo. It was about the Nudes of the '50s in Turkey. Tolga ft. Dörtlü GüzellikDörtlü Güzellik - Neşet Günal, 1951Hamam - Bedri…

Arter, January 2016

Šejla Kamerić: When the Heart Goes Bing Bam Boom / Bim Bam Bom Çarpınca Kalp 11 December 2015–28 February 2016 This one was the first solo exhibition of Šejla Kamerić in Turkey. The artist has a very nice black humour. I loved her work "EU/Others". It is just so true! We also attended a session with the artist back then with…

Contemporary Istanbul 10th Edition, November 2015

Nov 12 – 15, 2015 Woww! I made a lot of photos on this one. Probably I was very amazed by the works. Widening horizons again! This year CI Focus was Contemporary Tehran. Iranian galleries have already affected me deeply before. There were many sarcastic pieces about women in society, religion etc. back in 2013. Not only Iranian but also…

Pera Museum, October 2015

Images of Our Time, Works from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo / Günümüz İmgeleri Saraybosna Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi’nden Yapıtlar 04 September - 01 November 2015 One year before this exhibition, we visited Sarajevo with my girl-gang. We even took a look at the Academy of Fine Arts building near the beautiful Festina Lente bridge. Here are some artists…

14th Istanbul Biennial / 14. İstanbul Bienali

SALTWATER: A Theory of Thought Forms / TUZLU SU: Düşünce Biçimleri Üzerine Bir Teori 5 September – 1 November 2015 Another visit to the Greek School in Karaköy for the biennial of 2015. Apart from seeing the art works, I really like visiting places like this school to feel the genuine "old Istanbul" feeling again. Such buildings always have high…

Pera Museum, May 2015

Grayson Perry, Small Differences 13 May - 26 July 2015 A Pera Museum visit with my cousin Bilgesu this time. There was Grayson Perry exhibition and you could see the very interesting tapestries of him. Vote Alan Measles for God - Grayson Perry, 2008The Walthamstow Tapestry -Grayson Perry, 2009Map of Truths and Beliefs - Grayson Perry, 2011 Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi /…

Istanbul Modern, May 2015

A Mehmet Güleryüz Retrospective January 9 - July 26, 2015 Sad but true, it was my first time at Istanbul Modern. I have no idea what took me so long as you might have realized I am a person who really likes visiting exhibitions and museums. False Ceiling - Richard Wentworth, 2005False Ceiling - Richard Wentworth, 2005At polar covalent bonded Home dot -…