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17th Biennale of Sydney: Interview with Artistic Director David Elliott / part 2/2
Thursday, October 8th, 2009In the second part of the interview with David Elliott, the Artistic Director of the 17th Biennale of Sydney 2010, The Beauty of Distance, David Elliott gives an outlook on what to expect from the biennial and explains the meaning of the subtitle Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age.
David Elliott is a cultural historian [...]
17th Biennale of Sydney: Interview with Artistic Director David Elliott / part 1/2
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009This is the first part of VernissageTV’s interview with David Elliott, Artistic Director of the 17th Biennale of Sydney. The Sydney Biennial is Australia’s largest international festival of contemporary art. The 2010 edition of the biennial takes place from the 12th May to the 1st August 2010. It bears the title The Beauty of Distance [...]
Serge Spitzer: Molecular Istanbul / Mayor Synagogue, Istanbul
Monday, September 28th, 2009The Mayor Synagogue in Istanbul’s Hasköy district is a very special place. The historic synagogue is hundreds of years old. Today, it is used as storage facility, and houses a workshop and a billiard saloon. That’s what the Romanian-born installation artist Serge Spitzer found fascinating about the place. Serge Spitzer has created a site-specific installation [...]
Sarkis: Site / Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Two days before the opening of the 11th Istanbul Biennial, the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art – or Istanbul Modern – held the opening reception for the exhibition “Site”, a show that gives an overview of Istanbul-born artist Sarkis’ work. Sarkis is one of the most important Turkish artists. Site points to all the stages [...]
Marcus Graf on the History of the Istanbul Biennale
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009The International Istanbul Biennial is a contemporary art exhibition that is held every two years in Istanbul, Turkey, since 1987. The current edition, the 11th International Istanbul Biennial bears the title “What Keeps Mankind Alive?“, curated by the Zagreb-based curator collective WHW – What, How & for Whom (Ivet Curlin, Ana Devic, Natasa Ilic and [...]
Guerra de la Paz: Travelogue (Seyahatname) / Artane, Istanbul
Monday, September 21st, 2009Artane Gallery is a rather new gallery in Istanbul / Turkey, just a few steps away from the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art. Director Sevil Sert worked as a fashion and portrait photographer in the 80’s and 90’s. After some years in Cuba, she opened Artane Gallery in Istanbul in 2005.
Currently, Artane is presenting new [...]
Joseph Beuys and His Students at Sakıp Sabancı Museum Istanbul
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009On the occasion of the 100th year of Deutsche Bank’s presence in Turkey, Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) hosts an exhibition entitled “Joseph Beuys and His Students – Works from the Deutsche Bank Collection” from 9 September until 1 November 2009.
The exhibition is the first to combine works on paper by Joseph Beuys with [...]
11th International Istanbul Biennale 2009 / part 2/2
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Related Articles:Marcus Graf on the History of the Istanbul Biennale11th International Istanbul Biennale 2009 / part 1/2
11th International Istanbul Biennale 2009 / part 1/2
Sunday, September 13th, 2009The 11th International Istanbul Biennial bears the title: “What Keeps Mankind Alive?“, the English translation of the song “Denn wovon lebt der Mensch?” from the Threepenny Opera (Dreigroschenoper) by Bertolt Brecht. Thus it’s no surprise that the Istanbul Biennale presents explicitly political works from artists such as Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Wafa Hourani, Michel Journiac, Nilbar [...]
