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Summmer '19

Pera Learning Workshop Exhibition

August 8 - September 22, 2019

Pera Museum’s Summmer '19 exhibition highlights the creative world of children participating in this year’s summer workshops once again! Inspired by Out of Ink: Interpretations from Chinese Contemporary Art, the outcomes from all workshops are presented as a digital exhibition and a selected wide range are also on view in the workshop gallery space.

Children’s artworks in this year’s Summmer '19 exhibition was produced with various techniques and materials. The exhibition consists of productions made with acrylic paint, foam, organic and recycled objects as well as a wide range of mediums such as stop-motion animation, fantastic short story, photography and illustration.

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Memory of the Region

Memory of the Region

Objects also bear the memory of the geography to which they relate. Ceramics, with soil as their primary material, are directly linked to the land where they are produced: forging a direct relationship with earth, ceramics bear the memory of the soil where they come from.

The adventure of the Big ‘K’

The adventure of the Big ‘K’

In a bid to review the International System of Units (SI), the International Bureau of Weights and Measures gathered at the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures on November 16, 2018. Sixty member states have voted for changing four out of seven basic units of measurement. The kilogram is among the modified. Before describing the key points, let us have a closer look into the kilogram and its history.

A Solitary Eagle in the Sinai Desert

A Solitary Eagle in the Sinai Desert

John Frederick Lewis is considered one of the most important British Orientalist artists of the Victorian era. Pera Museum exhibited several of Lewis’ paintings as part of the Lure of the East exhibition in 2008 organized in collaboration with Tate Britain.