Mostre di Istanbul
settembre 2026
In settembre 2026: 6 mostre inaugurate, nessuna conclusa e altre 7 in corso.
Inaugurate in settembre
15 Years at Salt: Exhibition Posters16 setSALT BeyoğluGratis
A ground-floor installation of posters made for Salt's exhibitions over 15 years, showing shifts in graphic design and individual designers' approaches.
Across the Seas: Özer Kabaş and His Times16 setSALT BeyoğluGratis
Paintings, prints, jewellery, film and archive material tracing artist and educator Özer Kabaş (1934-1998) and his place in Turkey's cultural history.
Time Space Geometry19 setBorusan Contemporary
Olivo Barbieri's solo show of five photo series using optical interventions and aerial views, from Anatolian sites to Istanbul, waterfalls and the Alps.
Haunted19 setBorusan Contemporary
Collection show on being human in a posthuman world, framed by the Sphinx's riddle, with kinetic, data-driven and AI works by teamLab, Memo Akten and others.
Frank Bowling: Creation and Destruction29 setPera Museum
Frank Bowling's paintings alongside works by Francis Bacon and Victor Willing, including the Map series and a 2026 work, shown partly for the first time in Istanbul.
Behind the Camera of the Republic29 setPera Museum
Flawed and overlooked press photographs of early Republican Istanbul, 1920s to early 1950s, from the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation archive.
In corso in settembre
Semiha Berksoy: Aria of All Colorsfino al 22 novIstanbul Modern
Retrospective of the opera singer, actor and painter Semiha Berksoy (1910-2004), with more than 200 works.
- Gathering (Buluşma)fino al 28 nov
Elgiz Museum of Contemporary ArtGratis
New and long-held works from the Elgiz Collection side by side, from Rebecca Horn and Gilbert & George to Cevdet Erek, in sculpture, painting, video and textile.
- Imprints on the Century: Koç Group and the Artsfino al 29 nov
Yapı Kredi Kültür SanatGratis
A timeline from the 1920s to today of the Koç Group's role in Turkish culture, told through artworks and archives from its institutional collections.
- Yoko Ono: Insound and Instructurefino al 27 dic
Sakıp Sabancı Museum
A retrospective of 67 works over seventy years, from instruction pieces to film and participatory installations, across the galleries, garden and Atlı Köşk.
- Tayfun Erdoğmuş: Atlas 1/137.035999fino al 3 gen 2027
Arter
First institutional solo show in Turkey of Tayfun Erdoğmuş, whose work uses plants, minerals and handmade papers. Curated by Eda Berkmen.
- Gökyüzü Şekerdendi (The Sky Was Candy)fino al 28 mar 2027
Arter
Group show of 24 artists from the Arter Collection on home and homeland, migration, borders and belonging.
Seyahat Sanatı: From the Sadberk Hanım Museum and Ömer Koç Collectionsfino al 23 mag 2027MeşherGratis
Travel accounts, paintings and objects tracing journeys to Ottoman lands from the late 15th to early 20th century and the motives behind them.
Crediti fotografici
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- 15 Years at Salt: Exhibition PostersPhoto: Metean Bars (Salt)
- Across the Seas: Özer Kabaş and His TimesPhoto: Metean Bars (Salt)
- Time Space GeometryOlivo Barbieri, Efes Türkiye, 2023, Borusan Çağdaş Sanat Koleksiyonu
- HauntedMemo Akten, Dalgalar 2.0: Toprak, 2023, Borusan Çağdaş Sanat Koleksiyonu
- Frank Bowling: Creation and DestructionCourtesy of Pera Museum
- Behind the Camera of the RepublicCourtesy of Pera Museum
- Semiha Berksoy: Aria of All ColorsCourtesy of Istanbul Modern
- Seyahat Sanatı: From the Sadberk Hanım Museum and Ömer Koç CollectionsCourtesy of Meşher
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