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inside museums, places i've loved ever since i was a boy. and during my working life, i've witnessed something astonishing how radically they've changed. the days of museums as grand, intimidating treasuries for dusty objects, they're long gone. they're becoming much more dynamic and inclusive places, less solemn, less elitist, and less west—centric, too. museums, i believe, are really having a moment, and that's what i want to explore. what i am looking for is something weird, something different. i feel you've succeeded, inci... she's one of the greatest female artists of the 20t...

because she kind of, like, drops off the map. she was a woman, and she was a muslim... it's an exciting time to be interested in museums and visual art, because a great shake—up of art history is underway, which is why i've come to istanbul, that mesmerising megalopolis that straddles two continents, europe and asia. and the interplay between western and turkish art is a fundamental part of the extraordinary collection of this place, istanbul modern. i'm in turkey's biggest city, istanbul. in many ways, the story of istanbul is the story of the bosphorus strait, the waterway that d...

Is as much painful as it is playful. and i think that's a good thing, because here you find something which is reflecting the complexities of the world as it is, notjust in turkey, but universal human experiences. and for me, that's what good art should always aspire to do. for more on inside museums and for our accompanying inside museums artist guide, go to bbc.com. hello.

Artists who are in the collection, and great to see them. but i was hoping to discover a lot more beside, and i think idid. this is a collection which focuses on the intricate story of modern and contemporary turkish art. and that story is so sinuous, so surprising, but also quite often, really affecting. as one artist, inci, put it to me, a lot of the stuff i've seen is as much painful as it is playful. and i think that's a good thing, because here you find something which is reflecting the complexities of the world as it is, notjust in turkey, but universal human experiences. and for me, tha...

A Portait of Alexander Reid tells the story of the complex friendship between Vincent Van Gogh and a Glasgow art dealer