A New Istanbul Modern to a New Istanbul

The new building of Istanbul Modern, Turkey’s first modern and contemporary art museum, masterminded by Renzo Piano is shining bright like a pearl at GalataPort, a place most of us, Istanbul citizens, were against the very idea of before it even existed regarding some political issues. When you enter through the giant glass doors, you are glad to get away from the mass of people that covers the whole city like a pest. Maybe it was because it was a weekday, but the number of people was absolutely spot on, in fact when we were supposed to be leaving to go to GalataPort, I found myself making excuses. After buying your ticket (I would have liked to talk more about the price of the ticket in an ideal world), the first exhibition you see is Always Here. A temporary exhibition bringing together Turkish women artists, I have to admit that it was not an exhibition I was very fond of from the very beginning. I would have preferred that there was a concern to include more daring works by a name like Nilbar Güreş. In any case, the fact that it brings together the works of Turkish women artists from different generations is enough to make this exhibition interesting in itself. I can say that Hera Büyüktaşçıyan’s ceramics with feet, Burcu Yağcıoğlu’s hairless mole in a diamond, and Sibel Horada’s “forest” were the works that caught my attention the most. And of course, I had the great pleasure of examining İnci Eviner’s unique lines that we have become accustomed to. Within the installation called Self-Portrait: Character Embodiment by a name I always associate with patience, Mehtap Baydu, a poem written on A4 sheets hung on the wall was particularly striking to me: <a href="https://silademiral.medium.com/a-new-istanbul-modern-to-a-new-istanbul-d826d61f77e1">Learn More</a>