"Horn of plenty
The Royal Academy's Turks exhibition opens today. Its curator Adrian Locke explains the enduring appeal of Istanbul
Saturday January 22, 2005
The Guardian
Art of the city ... the Istanbul skyline. Photo: Corbis
One of the highlights of our exhibition is a stunning set of drawings never before seen in public, the work of the 16th-century artist Muhammad Siyah Qalam. Like much else in the exhibition, it has been lent by the Topkapi Palace museum located in the heart of the old city in the Sultanahmet district. "
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