Pera Film parallel to Pera Museum’s temporary exhibition Between Desert and Sea: A Selection from the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts presents “Arabian Nights: A Journey into Arab Cinema.” The program includes the 1975 Palme d’Or Winner at Cannes Film Festival, Chronicle of the Year of Embers as well as important classics from the 1960s, 70s, 80s, as well as recent productions. The ten film selection of fiction and documentary genres exemplify some of the best films of Arab Cinema – from countries such as Jordan, Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt and Palestine. Central to the program “Arabian Nights” is homage to Egyptian director Youssef Chahine with his pivotal, groundbreaking work; Alexandria Trilogy. The program Arabian Nights promises a stunning, unique and enigmatic journey into Arab Cinema.
Program Trailer
The result of our collaboration with the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts and comprising modern and contemporary works of various artists from Arab countries around the Mediterranean, the exhibition Between Desert and Sea: A Selection from the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts was hosted by Pera Museum.
Giacometti was selected for three important retrospectives at the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Tate Gallery in London and the Louisiana Museum of Art in Denmark, all of which were a great success.
A firm believer in the idea that a collection needs to be upheld at least by four generations and comparing this continuity to a relay race, Nahit Kabakcı began creating the Huma Kabakcı Collection from the 1980s onwards.
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.
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