2014, Blu-Ray, Color, 72’, TürkTurkish, Kurdish, English Subtitled, Turkey
Director: Devrim Akkaya, Cinematographer: Meryem Yavuz, Editing: Ebru Karaca, Erdal Bilici, Sound: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu, Music: Barkın Engin, Metin Bozkurt, Production: Devrim Akkaya, Cem Doruk
Devrim is a yoga trainer living in Istanbul. She attends a therapy workshop about the effects of traumas in the family, like migration, death of a child or a rejected individual, on the following generations. She will find out the reasons for her loneliness and non-belonging, and her resistance to form her own family…
The exhibition “Look At Me! Portraits and Other Fictions from the ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection” examined portraiture, one of the oldest artistic genres, through a significant number of works of our times. Paintings, photographs, sculptures and videos shaped a labyrinth of gazes that invite spectators to reflect themselves in the social mirror of portraits.
The series of paintings depicting the audience ceremonies of European ambassadors hold a unique place among the works of Jean-Baptiste Vanmour of Valenciennes, who lived in İstanbul from 1699 until his death in 1737.
Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz discovered the Orient in 1877, touring Syria, Egypt, Turkey, and the Crimea with Władysław Branicki. This experience made a profound impression on him, and he was to continuously revisit Eastern themes in his works for the rest of his life.
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)
