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Arter

Arter

Arter

Arter, contemporary arts institution of the Vehbi Koç Foundation (VKV). Arter was opened in May 2010 on Istanbul's Istiklal Street in the historical building known as Meymaret Han, with the aim of providing a sustainable infrastructure for producing and exhibiting contemporary art.

Arter opened with an exhibition called “Starter”, which showcased 160 works from the VKV Contemporary Art Collection created by 87 artists from Turkey and across the globe. Between 2010 and 2018, Arter hosted solo exhibitions, collaborative events with other international institutions, and group exhibitions focusing on new productions. As part of the exhibitions of this period, Arter presented 35 solo and group exhibitions with accompanying publications, talks, performances and workshops; and provided support for the production of 183 artworks in the framework of these exhibitions.

Arter also served as a preparatory research and learning environment for the contemporary art museum, which is VKV's single major project in the field of contemporary art. Due to open in September 2019, Arter's new building is designed by London-based Grimshaw Architects, whose design concept was selected through a paid competition. Covering a space of 18,000 square meters, the museum is envisaged as both a cultural and educational hub. At its new home, Arter will present exhibitions from but not limited to the VKV Contemporary Art Collection, as well as performances and events across disciplines, expanding the range of its programmes. As well as exhibition spaces, the museum will include performance spaces, meeting and activity rooms, a library, conservation lab, bookstore focused on art publications, and refreshment areas.

Melih Fereli is the founding director and Emre Baykal leads the museum’s team of curators. As of the end of 2018, the museum’s collection, started through the initiative of Ömer M. Koç in 2007, contains more than 1,300 works of more than 350 artists from Turkey and its neighboring countries, as well as Europe and North America. It combines the work of leading artists that started out in the 1960s with that of later generations.

Starter. Works from the Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection (May 8–October 31, 2010)
Works from the Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection
Curator: René Block
Second Exhibition (November 28, 2010–March 13, 2011)
Artists: Halil Altındere, Burak Arıkan, Volkan Aslan, Vahap Avşar, Banu Cennetoğlu – Yasemin Özcan Kaya, Ayşe Erkmen, Hafriyat (Murat Akagündüz, Antonio Cosentino, extramücadele, İnci Furni, Mustafa Pancar), Ali Kazma, Aydan Murtezaoğlu – Bülent Şangar, Ahmet Öğüt, İz Öztat, Cengiz Tekin, Canan Tolon
Curator: Emre Baykal
Tactics of Invisibility (April 9–June 5, 2011)
Artists: Nevin Aladağ, Kutluğ Ataman, Cevdet Erek, Ayşe Erkmen, Esra Ersen, İnci Eviner, Nilbar Güreş, Hafriyat, Ali Kazma, Ahmet Öğüt, Füsun Onur, Sarkis, Hale Tenger, Nasan Tur, xurban collective
Curators: Daniela Zyman and Emre Baykal
Hold Me Close To Your Heart (June 22–August 21, 2011)
Patricia Piccinini
Curator: Başak Doğa Temür
5 Person Buffet (July 8–September 25, 2011)
Deniz Gül
Curator: Emre Baykal
Mesopotamian Dramaturgies (September 15–December 11, 2011)
Kutluğ Ataman
Curator: Emre Baykal
Freedom to the Black (February 10–26, 2012)
Erdem Helvacıoğlu
Curator: Melih Fereli
Stage (April 6–May 27, 2012)
Nevin Aladağ
Curator: Başak Doğa Temür
You Are Still Here (March 17–May 27, 2012)
Mona Hatoum
Curator: Emre Baykal
The Silent Shape of Things (June 21–August 26, 2012)
Sophia Pompéry
Curator: Ece Pazarbaşı
The Wound (June 21–August 26, 2012)
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Curator: Selen Ansen
The Move (October 5–November 18, 2012)
Artists: Adel Abidin, Rosa Barba, Runa Islam
Curator: Başak Şenova
Envy, Enmity, Embarrassment (January 24–April 7, 2013)
Artists: Selim Birsel, Hera Büyüktaşçıyan, CANAN, Aslı Çavuşoğlu, Merve Ertufan & Johanna Adebäck, Nilbar Güreş, Berat Işık, Şener Özmen, Yusuf Sevinçli, Erdem Taşdelen, Hale Tenger, Mahir Yavuz
Curator: Emre Baykal
Don’t Forget to Remember (May 2–August 11, 2013)
Volkan Aslan
Curator: Emre Baykal
Afterimage (May 2–August 11, 2013)
Mat Collishaw
Curator: Başak Doğa Temür
Interpretation of Cage/Ryoanji (November 15, 2013–January 12, 2014)
Sarkis
Curator: Melih Fereli
Yet Another Story About the Fall (November 15, 2013–January 12, 2014)
Fatma Bucak
Curator: Başak Doğa Temür
The Stones Talk (November 15, 2013–January 12, 2014)
Aslı Çavuşoğlu
Curator: Özge Ersoy
The Sleep of Reason (February 8–April 27, 2014)
Marc Quinn
Curator: Selen Ansen
Through the Looking Glass (May 28–August 17, 2014)
Füsun Onur
Curator: Emre Baykal
The Roving Eye: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia (September 18, 2014–January 4, 2015)
Artists: Alwin Reamillo, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Aung Ko, Aung Myint, Bui Cong Khanh, Chris Chong Chan Fui, Dinh Q. Le, Duto Hardono, FX Harsono, Heri Dono, Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan, Ise Roslisham, Jakkai Siributr, Jason Lim, Josephine Turalba, Krisna Murti, Lee Wen, Luong Hue Trinh & Nguyen Xuan Son, Manit Sriwanichpoom, Melati Suryodarmo, Mella Jaarsma, Michael Shaowanasai, Nguyen Van Cuong, Restu Ratnaningtyas, Srey Bandaul, Sutee Kunavichayanont, Tawatchai Puntusawasdi, Tay Wei Leng, Vasan Sitthiket, Vertical Submarine, Vu Dan Tan, Yee I-Lann
Curator: Iola Lenzi
timemaker (January 30–April 5, 2015)
Ali Kazma
Curator: Emre Baykal
Spaceliner (May 15–August 2, 2015)
Artists: Peter Anders, Sandra Boeschenstein, Pip Culbert, İnci Eviner, Monika Grzymala, Nic Hess, Gözde İlkin, Harry Kramer, Pauline Kraneis, Hans Peter Kuhn, Zilla Leutenegger, Pia Linz, Christiane Löhr, Ulrike Mohr, Jong Oh, Nadja Schöllhammer, Heike Weber
Curator: Barbara Heinrich
When the Heart Goes Bing Bam Boom (December 11, 2015–February 28, 2016)
Šejla Kamerić
Curator: Başak Doğa Temür
Flow Through (March 30–May 15, 2016)
Bahar Yürükoğlu
Curator: Duygu Demir
Vertigo (March 30–May 15, 2016)
Murat Akagündüz
Curator: Aslı Seven
Unfiltered (March 30–May 15, 2016)
Şener Özmen
Curator: Süreyyya Evren
Not All That Falls Has Wings (June 9–September 18, 2016)
Artists: Bas Jan Ader, Phyllida Barlow, Cyprien Gaillard, Ryan Gander, Mikhail Karikis, Uriel Orlow, VOID, Anne Wenzel
Curator: Selen Ansen
Words, Numbers, Lines (October 14, 2016–January 15, 2017)
Bilge Friedlaender
Curators: Mira Friedlaender and Işın Önol
Off the Record (October 14, 2016–January 15, 2017)
Nil Yalter
Curator: Eda Berkmen
In the Realm of the Senseless (February 10–May 7, 2017)
Jake & Dinos Chapman
Curator: Nick Hackworth
Görme Biçimleri (June 2–August 13, 2017)
Artists: Ghada Amer, Chris Bond, Ulisse Cantagalli, David Claerbout, Jojakim Cortis & Adrian Sonderegger, Hayri Çizel, Salvador Dali, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Andreas Gursky, Mona Hatoum, Jeppe Hein, Paul & Marlene Kos, Alicja Kwade, Gustav Metzger, Shana Moulton, Vik Muniz, Grayson Perry, Walid Raad, Edouard Frederic, Wilhelm Richter, Fred Sandback, Markus Schinwald, Hassan Sharif, Cindy Sherman, Kim Tschang-Yeul, James Turrell, Kara Walker, James Webb, Frederik de Wit, and anonymous artists
Curators: Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath
Behind Mount Qaf (September 12–February 18, 2018)
CANAN
Curator: Nazlı Gürlek
Isle (March 16–July 15, 2018)
Ali Mahmut Demirel
Curator: Başak Doğa Temür
Empty House (March 16–July 15, 2018)
Can Aytekin
Curator: Eda Berkmen
*All exhibition catalogs have been published.

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