Ahu Antmen

Guided Tour

January 21, 2016 / 19:00

With the participation of Ahu Antmen, curator of the exhibition Bare, Naked, Nude: A Story of Modernization in Turkish Painting, the tour will offer an opportunity to have a closer look at the exhibition.

Ahu Antmen graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Communications. She obtained an MA in 20th Century Art from London University Goldsmiths College, and completed her PhD on New Approaches in Turkish Art at Mimar Sinan University. She lectures on 20th Century Art, Art Theory and Criticism, Contemporary Art Practice and Contemporary Turkish Art at Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts and Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in Istanbul. Her recent publications include Bodies with Identities, Trends in 20th Century Western Art, monographies on Turkish artists Ali Teoman Germaner and Hale Tenger, and the edited volume Art/Gender: Art History and Feminist Criticism

The event is now fully booked - thank you for your interest!

Admission: 30 TL  (Free for Friends of the Museum)
Please email resepsiyon@peramuzesi.org.tr to book your place. Please note that the tour language is Turkish.

 

Temporary Exhibition

Bare, Naked, Nude

Bare, Naked, Nude: A Story of Modernization in Turkish Painting aimed to reveal the transformation from the Ottoman Empire into the Republican Era and how the few secretly made paintings at the turn of the 20th century created a new perspective for present times.

Bare, Naked, Nude

Have you noticed the gigantic photo on the facade of our building?

Have you noticed the gigantic photo on the facade of our building?

Have you noticed the gigantic photo on our façade? Our Cold Front from the Balkans exhibition focuses on different generations of artists and art groups from the Balkan region.

Between Impressionism and Orientalism

Between Impressionism and Orientalism

Pera Museum presents an exhibition of French artist Félix Ziem, one of the most original landscape painters of the 19th century. The exhibition Wanderer on the Sea of Light presents Ziem as an artist who left his mark on 19th century painting and who is mostly known for his paintings of Istanbul and Venice, where the city and the sea are intertwined. Through the exhibition, we will be sharing detailed information about the artist and the artworks. 

Mersad Berber

Mersad Berber

Mersad Berber was born in Bosanski Petrovac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, on January 1st. He was the first son of Muhammed Berber and Sadika Berber, a well-known weaver and embroiderer. A year later, the family moved to Banja Luka after the city had suffered damage from the World War II.