
Istanbul Modern
Alastair Sooke is on a journey of discovery to the world's most inspiring museums. In Turkey's biggest city Istanbul, he explores the recently built new home of Istanbul Modern.
Join art critic Alastair Sooke on a journey of discovery to the world's most inspiring museums. This time he's in Turkey's biggest city Istanbul as he explores the recently built new home of Istanbul Modern. He finds out what makes the art born at this unique meeting point of cultures so special and learns about Turkish culture as seen through the eyes of the country's most acclaimed modern artists.
Alastair gets a personalised tour of the gravity-defying new building from architect Renzo Piano, meets Refik Anadol, a superstar artist working on the cutting edge of AI driven creativity and discovers the fascinating story of Fahrelnissa Zeid, one of the forgotten geniuses of 20th century painting. He finds out more about the work of İnci Eviner, a Turkish artist who interrogates the complex layers of Turkish national identity and has an emotional encounter with a beguiling installation by Gülsün Karamustafa that deals with the dark past of the Bosphorus Strait.
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