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Istanbul Modern
ISTANBUL , TURKEY • Istanbul Modern • 11 December 2004 - 1 January 2010
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Inaugurated on 11 December 2004, Istanbul Modern is the first museum of modern and contemporary art in Turkey. Situated at the shores of the Bosphorus and located in one of the entrepots on the port, Istanbul Modern faces the historical peninsula with Topkapi Palace and Hagia Sophia across the Golden Horn and leans back to Pera.
Rosa Martinez, curator of the 1997 International Istanbul Biennial and currently director of the Venice Biennial 2005 has been appointed as the chief curator of Istanbul Modern.
Preserving its original structure and architectural character, the renovation project has re-organized the spacious interior of 8.000 square-meters two-stories warehouse into galleries of different sizes.
The upper floor will host the permanent collection of Modern Turkish Art and will exhibit the principal trends and works since the early 20th Century. The inaugural show of the permanent collection "Observation / Interpretation / Multiplicity" has been curated by Ali Akay, Levent Cal•koglu and Hasim Nur Gurel.
The temporary exhibitions gallery situated on the ground floor is curated by Fulya Erdemci and will present 3 to 4 shows a year. "The Making of Istanbul Modern" which is a visual story documenting both Istanbul's privileged status as a seaport and the stages of founding the museum will be first exhibition of this gallery.
Istanbul Modern has a special gallery for photography curated by Engin Ozendes and a new media area where visitors will be able to view examples of video and digital art in a wireless network environment. The sculpture garden at the entrance of the museum will present different surveys of contemporary sculpture.
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