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Discover Our Collections in 3D!

A selection from the collections of the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation, scanned by photogrammetry technique, is presented in 3 dimensions. The selection includes weights and measures from the Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection and objects from the Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics Collection.

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Faces of the Ages is on Instagram!!

Embark on a journey to ages ago and merge with the characters in the famous orientalist portraits of the era! Pera Museum presents "Faces of the Ages", an Instagram filter inspired by the portraits in the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Orientalist Painting Collection.

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Bosphorus at the Orientalist Paintings

The Bosphorus, which divides the city from north to south, separates two continents, renders Istanbul distinct for western painters, offers the most picturesque spectacles for western artists. At times, as it is in Ziem’s paintings, the Bosphorus is the most important element in creating a storybook atmosphere for Istanbul.

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Contemporary Ceramics From Around the World:
10 Artists, 10 Works

Although traditionally used as a medium for functional or decorative objects, ceramic has become a medium that is increasingly used by contemporary. Here is the work of some important contemporary ceramic artists from around the world!

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Puffy Paint
September 23, 2023 / 10:30

Children, guided through the Coffee Break exhibition, create drawings inspired by the natural motifs of the artworks on display. They create fluffy paints that have a three-dimensional texture by mixing ingredients like flour, glue, shaving foam, and tempera paint. They then colour their motifs using these fun paints they've made themselves.

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Handmade Paper Workshop
October 7, 2023 / 13:30

While visiting the Intersecting Worlds: Ambassadors and Painters and Osman Hamdi Bey exhibitions with a guide, children are inspired by the magical world of orientalist paintings. They prepare paper pulp using recycled materials and produce their handmade papers by sifting the pulp, which they then transfer to a water-filled basin. While waiting for their paper to dry, children paint on pre-dried handmade papers

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Interview with Isabel Muñoz
By Merve Akar Akgün

Isabel Muñoz is a Spanish photographer renowned for her captivating monochromatic portraits of individuals and cultures from around the world. Her works have been widely exhibited in numerous galleries and museums globally. One of the primary reasons why Muñoz's photography holds international significance is her exceptional ability to encapsulate the essence and aesthetics of diverse cultures through portraiture.

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Fluid Rego

While Paula Rego belatedly was recognised as one of the leading feminist pioneers of her age, little has been written about her exploration of fluid sexuality. Indeed the current of sado-masochism in her drawings and paintings, has tended to encourage an understanding as a classic clash between the patriarchy and exploited women.

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A Mindful Look at the Panorama of Istanbul ✨👁✨

Pera Museum offers a unique digital experience inspired by a panoramic artwork in the "Intersecting Worlds: Ambassadors and Painters" exhibition, prepared in collaboration with Meditopia. The video opens up the space to experience the "Istanbul Panorama," a painting created by Antoine de Favray with oil on canvas between 1770 and 1773. This video brings together the power of art and the mental experience.

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Isabel Muñoz: A New Story
Photographs From and Around Göbeklitepe

Isabel Muñoz, an intrepid explorer and observer of nature, aesthetics, and diverse cultures, embarked on a photographic journey through Göbeklitepe, Karahantepe and Sayburç – some of Türkiye’s most significant archeological sites.

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Istanbuls Today

The publication accompanying the exhibition includes the curatorial text by Refik Akyüz and Serdar Darendeliler,as well as articles penned for the catalogue by seven different academics, researchers and writers, who work, do research, inspired by the works of the exhibited artists.

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Paula Rego
The Story of Stories

The publication accompanying the exhibition includes the curatorial text by Alistair Hicks titled “No Single Story Tells the Story”, as well as a text written by the artist Leylâ Gediz looking at Rego’s practice through a personal lens.

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