Garanti Gallery , museum in istanbul , turkey

Garanti Gallery , museum in istanbul , turkey:

The only gallery in Istanbul dedicated exclusively to architecture and design, Garanti Gallery is corporate in feel and intellectual in concept.

Recently, it has shown work by internationally renowned architects such as Zaha Hadid, but also works with local talents specialised in diverse areas as diverse ranging from graphic design to orchestral composition.

Platform Garanti :

Located in the most vibrant area of Istanbul, Platform Garanti acts as a catalyst for the dissemination, research and practice of contemporary art in the city. Platform contains an artist archive, research and lecture spaces, the Istanbul Residency Programme, and, on street level, a gallery space committed to exhibiting contemporary art from Turkey .

History of Garanti Gallery :

GG was founded in 2003 with the support of Garanti Bank.[1] Until August 2008, it organized thirty-one exhibitions at its 70m2 gallery on Istiklal Avenue. Throughout its active period, its programs were shaped by the contribution of an advisory committee made up of Bülent Tanju, UğurTanyeli, Han Tümertekin, Alpay Er, Semra Öndeş and honorary members Bülent Erkmen and Sibel Asna. GG was directed by Münevver Eminoğlu (2003–2005) and Pelin Derviş (2005–2010). In 2010, GG merged with Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center and the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre (OBARC) under the auspices of Garanti Kültür AŞ to form a new institution – SALT.[2]

"Fashion Hackers" show at Garanti Gallery, Istanbul :

 "Fashion Hackers and Haute Couture Heretics" will feature a month of artist workshops dealing with hacking the fashion system! The Counterfeit Crochet Project (Critique of a Political Economy) will be in residency from Sept 9 - 15, 2007.