Ardan Ozmenoglu News Today

Voiceover this is bbc news. We will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. As an art critic and ajournalist, ifeel like a very lucky man indeed, because i get to spend tonnes of time inside museums, places ive loved ever since i was a boy. And during my working life, ive witnessed something astonishing how radically theyve changed. The days of museums as grand, intimidating treasuries for dusty objects are long gone. Theyre becoming much more d...

of cultural exchange between east and west. im starting at the pera museum, once an exclusive hotel in the heart of istanbuls diplomatic district. i cant think of anywhere else quite like it, a unique, privately run museum, with a collection exploring the relationship between east and west — a centuries—long exchange that culminated in a controversial art movement known as orientalism. im here, though, to find out how people in turkey feel about orientalism today. for art historian...

Museums, i believe, are really having a moment, and thats what i want to explore. This is amazing. So this is his studio. I can walk around, can i . He was painting the orient within the orient. When you see my work, you can easily link the concepts, lets say, or the technique, anything from them, as inspiring. I think thats rather wonderful. Im in istanbul, that great, entrancing, ancient megalopolis, once the capital of the byzantine and ottoman empires. Lying on either side of the bosporus st...

museums, i believe, are really having a moment, and thats what i want to explore. this is amazing. so this is his studio. i can walk around, can i? he was painting the orient within the orient. when you see my work, you can easily link the concepts, lets say, or the technique, anything from them, as inspiring. i think thats rather wonderful. im in istanbul, that great, entrancing, ancient megalopolis, once the capital of the byzantine and ottoman empires. lying on either side of the bo...

The women of the near east, im in turkeys largest city, istanbul. looking at the collection of orientalist art here at the pera museum, ive discovered how the wests fascination with the east resulted in art that subtly — and sometimes not so subtly — asserted a sense of superiority. im meeting istanbul—based artist ardan ozmenoglu, whos inspired by orientalism. she wants to show me the works here that captivate her the most. ardan, i think this is an unbelievably intriguing picture. in par...

Istanbul. looking at the collection of orientalist art here im meeting istanbul—based artist ardan ozmenoglu, whos inspired by orientalism. ardan, i think this is an unbelievably intriguing picture. in part, thats because of its date, which is very prominently painted in the top left hand corner. 1654. so this is a 17th century painting of an oriental scene. but one thing that strikes me immediately is that youve got these two bands to the painting. do you have a sense how were meant to read i...

But of course, orientalism, in the hands of western artists during the 19th century, wasnt just about politics and power. it was also about sex. im meeting istanbul—based artist ardan ozmenoglu, whos inspired by orientalism. ardan, i think this is an unbelievably intriguing picture. in part, thats because of its date, which is very prominently painted in the top left hand corner. 1654. so this is a 17th century painting of an oriental scene. but one thing that strikes me immediately is that yo...

To find out how the west viewed the women of the near east, im in turkeys largest city, istanbul. looking at the collection of orientalist art here at the pera museum, ive discovered how the wests fascination with the east resulted in art that subtly — and sometimes not so subtly — asserted a sense of superiority. im meeting istanbul—based artist ardan ozmenoglu, whos inspired by orientalism. she wants to show me the works here that captivate her the most. ardan, i think this is an unbelie...

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