Volume 12, Number 22
21 March 2006





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Picasso Exhibit in İstanbul Attracts Many Fans

It was a fabulous thing to see: people spending two hours waiting in line to visit the the Picasso exhibition at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum in Emirgan, İstanbul, despite the rain, the wind and the cold weather. I was amazed to see so many Turkish art lovers--families with children, older people, teenagers, elementary school students--interested in the works of Picasso. But it was a Saturday afternoon, and this may have increased the crowd.

I was impressed to see how hardworking Picasso was as an artist--70 years in the art profession is quite a long time--and it was very interesting to observe the alterations in his style over the years. By using the listening device provided by the museum, I was able to hear the story of how he created some of his paintings, and there was also a short documentary relating to certain periods of his work. Even though I'm not a fan of Picasso's cubist style, I enjoyed what I saw in the exhibit
and in the Sabancı Museum.

The exhibition brings together 135 of Picasso's works from the Picasso Museums in Paris and Barcelona, the Lille Modern Art Museum, Fundación Almine Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte (FABA) and the family collections, selected by Picasso's grandson Bernard Ruiz-Picasso. Only 450 visitors are allowed to see the exhibition at a time, and the entrance fee is 3 YTL for students. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, and 10 a.m.-10 p.m. on Wednesday and Saturday. The museum is closed on Mondays. You can find detailed information at the following address: http://muze.sabanciuniv.edu/index.php

The exhibit will close on March 26, so if you're planning to see it, you'd better hurry! You should also be prepared to wait in line-- I strongly advise you to visit the museum on a weekday if you're able to. All in all, I think the exhibit is certainly worth seeing, since Picasso is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.

Yeşim Güvezne (POLS/III)
 


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