the Istanbul art scene

As some readers of this blog may not know, Istanbul now has one of the world’s most thriving arts scenes, and has for some years. One person I know went out on a limb and called it the world’s very best. I don’t know enough to judge about that.

Our art curator Dean of Humanities in Cairo (Bruce Ferguson, who used to be Dean of the Arts at Columbia University) told me to go to RODEO GALLERY to get a first taste of the scene here, but I’m here a bit late in the day, and am not sure if they’re open into the evening. More likely I’ll just pop back up here for the Istanbul Biennale for a few days in the fall.