Istanbul Modern to hold Children Festival
Istanbul Modern is to host the 8th Children’s Festival, beginning on April 22. The museum will be celebrating with the program “Lanterns for the Future” on April 23. Through this program, children convey their visions of, and expectations for, the future through art. In an exhibition tour guided by Istanbul Modern instructors, children will first be introduced to the different art forms, after which, based on the relationship between...
Making City Istanbul
Making City Istanbul, co-curated by George Brugmans and Joachim Declerck, with visuals by the Dutch graphic design office LUST, is on view until 13 December 2012 and is part of NLTR400, a group of activities and events celebrating 400 years of relations between the Netherlands and Turkey. It is a collective initiative by Istanbul Design Biennial and International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR). The exhibition is part of...
Visit museums in Istanbul online through Google Art Project
Now you can virtually visit the Museums in Istanbul through the Google Art Project. Explore contemporary works at the Istanbul Modern Art Museum, admire works from the Pera Museum (who have contributed almost 140 Artworks from 42 Artists) and access the treasures of the famous Sakıp Sabancı Museum. Back in April Google announced a major expansion of the Google Art Project. Since then 15 million people have explored the paintings,...
Istanbul Modern Cinema celebrates Year of Dragon
As part of the Chinese Culture Year in Turkey, Istanbul Modern Cinema, in cooperation with Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, will present a program that brings together seven films from Chinese cinema. The event will open tomorrow at 7 p.m. with a breathtaking Chinese acrobatic show. The films to be shown until March 29 are as follows: “Confucius,” which tells the life story of the highly-influential Chinese philosopher,...
Istanbul Modern museum hosts Dutch exhibition
Within the framework of the celebrations of 400 years of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey, Istanbul Modern is hosting the exhibition La La La Human Steps: A Selection from the Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Held between February 16 – May 6 in Istanbul Modern’s Temporary Exhibition Hall, the show consists of a special selection gathered for İstanbul Modern by Sjarel Ex, Director of Boijmans...
