Curator's Tour
June 14, 2025 / 15:00
We invite you to explore Marcel Dzama: Dancing with the Moon, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Turkey, accompanied by the exhibition curator Alistair Hicks!
The exhibition brings together Dzama’s enchanted universe, where music and dance take center stage, alongside poignant reflections on the chaos brought about by environmental destruction, war, and poor governance.
In Hicks’ words: “While Dzama does tell lyrical, magical, sometimes downright whimsical stories, the thrust of his staggering energy is against War, is against the populists and dictators who are so often the causes or at least the catalysts of War.” Perhaps, Curator Alistair Hicks follows Dzama’s moves much like a chess master anticipating his opponent’s strategy.
Guided by curator Alistair Hicks, we welcome you to experience this world of lyrical, magical, humorous, and often telling of exaggerated or peculiar stories.
The 1-hour guided tour will be in English, and capacity is limited. Tickets are 300 TL. To join the tour, you can buy tickets from Biletix or make a reservation via resepsiyon@peramuzesi.org.tr
About Alistair Hicks
Alistair Hicks is a writer and art curator based in London. He was chief curator of the Deutsche Bank Collection for many years and is the author of many publications, including Urban Mirrors: Reflections from the Artists of Istanbul, Global Art Compass, A Voyage around Our Minds, School of London, New British Art in the Saatchi Collection and Contemporary Art at Deutsche Bank. Among the exhibitions Hicks has curated at Pera Museum are The Time Needs Changing, Doublethink Doublevision and Paula Rego: The Story of Stories.
Temporary Exhibition
Pera Museum is pleased to present Marcel Dzama’s first solo exhibition in Turkey, surveying the artist’s unique approach and compelling storytelling. The exhibition curated by Alistair Hicks, emerging from the artist’s colourful imaginative world that is centred on music and dance, is made up of works that address the failures of governance we are currently subjected to, environmental destruction, and the calamities caused by war.
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With the Topkapı Palace, the center of political authority until the 19th century, and many other examples of classical Ottoman and Byzantine architecture included in its premise the Historical Peninsula is the heart of the Empire.
Pera Museum, in collaboration with Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), is one of the main venues for this year’s 15th Istanbul Biennial from 16 September to 12 November 2017. Through the biennial, we will be sharing detailed information about the artists and the artworks.
Coffee was served with much splendor at the harems of the Ottoman palace and mansions. First, sweets (usually jam) was served on silverware, followed by coffee serving. The coffee jug would be placed in a sitil (brazier), which had three chains on its sides for carrying, had cinders in the middle, and was made of tombac, silver or brass. The sitil had a satin or silk cover embroidered with silver thread, tinsel, sequin or even pearls and diamonds.
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 19:00
Friday 10:00 - 22:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00
The museum is closed on Mondays.
On Wednesdays, the students can
visit the museum free of admission.
Full ticket: 300 TL
Discounted: 150 TL
Groups: 200 TL (minimum 10 people)
