
Lygia Pape and Neo-Concretism: Art Is Experience

Soviet Space Art. Posters of Propaganda and Progress
Fashion as Manifesto: Uniforms Designed for an Imaginary Space Station
December 4, 2020Using art as a manifesto of one’s feelings and ideas has always been common among artists and designers. Fashion designer Dilara Fındıkoğlu is no exception. For Odunpazarı Modern Museum, Fındıkoğlu designed a set of uniforms to manifest her...
Mirror Mosaics and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
October 14, 2020Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922-2019) was a contemporary, Iranian artist who became a living legend while she was still alive. Her oeuvre included multi-disciplines: drawing, painting, monotypes, textiles, collage, and large-scale sculptures. Monir is best known for her mirror...
Tōkyō Thrift – Japonisme and the Japanese Bauhaus
September 30, 2020The historical narrative of Modernism is overwhelmingly western. However, the history of the movement is, in reality, one of constant diffusion between the East and West; between Europe and Japan. It is an area of study that has...
Exploring the Boundaries of Creativity: Turning Data into Art
September 20, 2020Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, and now based in Los Angeles, California, media artist Refik Anadol turns data into pieces of art by using data science and artificial intelligence. He set off on his journey as a...
Famous Chairs that Changed the Way We Sit
September 19, 2020Apparently sitting is the new smoking and it will slowly kill us all. But given our current reality, we don’t have that much choice about it. One choice we do have though is what we sit on. And...
Get Inspired: Jewelry in Rossetti’s Paintings
September 17, 2020Each piece of jewelry in Rossetti’s paintings worn by his models wasn’t invented but copied from actual accessories from the artist’s collection. Pieces were carefully selected to complement the garment, color, and other aesthetic features of the painting....
Tattoos – Ancient Ink to Modern Celebrity
September 13, 2020Love them or loathe them, tattoos are a global phenomenon. Inserting pigment under the skin for decorative or ritualistic purposes has been around since prehistoric times. Tattooing is a close relative of scarification and piercing, and examples exist...
