![]() ![]() Translated from the vernacular Turkish expression ‘ ismi lâzım değil’ (literally, that whose name is unnecessary to mention), the English title of the exhibition You Know Who, conveys the elusiveness of the unknown, explains nothing, defines nothing: it is a name that does not name yet delivers the unnameable. The Vehbi Koç Foundation collection includes more than 1,300 works by celebrated Turkish artists. Koç Collection along with new productions commissioned for this exhibition with the support of Koç Holding and works loaned from institutions, artists and collectors from Turkey and abroad. He is a notable art collector and has opened a contemporary art museum in Istanbul. The exhibit features works from the Ömer M. Inspired by this historical and cultural heritage, You Know Who puts contemporary artworks into perspective with ancient iconographic and textual sources, tracing the survival, migration and transformation of forms, beliefs and representations throughout history. > Looking South to the Future: A group of San Francisco artists uses psychoanalytic technique, satire, and anonymity to spark thought – if not discussion – about interpersonal and personal-techno relationships.Focusing on the fascination and the fear of the unknown, You Know Who, curated by Brigitte Pitarakis and Selen Ansen, takes its cue from the rich Byzantine imagery and literary sources related to the supernatural, the uncanny and the otherworld. New York event hails the first interactive creators. > Birthplace of Multimedia Arts: Bell Labs, known for early innovations such as the laser, also married art and technology in a free-spirited collaboration. > Engineering Culture: Is the Internet democratizing art, or dumbing it down? ( SOMA, 2001 pdf) > Restoration Art: Works by artists Andy Goldsworthy, Terry Evans, and Joel Sternfeld focus on nature’s power to reclaim. ![]() > The Watched Photographer: To learn from globe-trotting Art Wolfe, the first thing you've got to do is keep up. > Turkish Artist Paints Cuts, Bruises on Old Masters: Derya Kilic‘s recent photography exhibition confronted viewers with a series of well-known figures - women painted by the likes of Salvador Dali, Edvard Munch, Leonardo Da Vinci and Gustav Klimt – each bearing the marks of violence on their faces and bodies. > In the Mix: A new multipurpose space in the Tophane neighbourhood aims to stir things up in Istanbul’s art scene. > Istanbul's Biggest Art Festival Branches Out to Greece: The Istanbul Biennial has taken its own 15th-edition theme of ‘a good neighbour’ to heart, expanding internationally this fall to neighbouring Greece. > This Stunning Ottoman Villa in Istanbul is Open to Visitors for the First Time with Contemporary Art Exhibition: The sumptuous Abdülmecid Efendi Köşkü in Istanbul has been opened to the public as a showcase for a temporary exhibition of provocative contemporary art belonging to Ömer Koç, one of Turkey’s top collectors. > The Mechanical Fictions of Server Demirtaş: For the past two decades, the artist has devoted himself to devising intricate kinetic sculptures and building by hand all of the motorized machinery that allows them to express themselves in ways both poignant and playful. > The Istanbul That Might Have Been, and Might Still Be: A book of unbuilt Ottoman-era architectural and engineering plans sheds surprising light on the current building boom in Turkey’s largest city. ![]() > When Genius Isn't Enough: What makes for outstanding universal value? The complexities of this question were laid bare in the contrasting fortunes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier at UNESCO’s most recent heritage conference. > An Archaeology of Design: The 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial posits design as a 200,000-year-long dialogue between homo sapiens and their creations that has had far-reaching consequences for us and for the rest of the world, if not the universe. Back to School: Many of the most intriguing works in the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial draw from, or play with, types or sources of knowledge that are generally little-valued.
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