"Inside Turkey's Young Art Scene
By Pelin Turgut Thursday, June 02, 2011
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First it was China. Then India. Now Turkey is fast becoming the country du jour on the contemporary-art circuit. A slew of shows at prominent galleries in Europe, record-setting auctions at Sotheby's and Christie's, and a host of new venues in the country's cultural capital, Istanbul, suggest that modern Turkish art is finally coming of age. At the 'Confessions of Dangerous Minds' exhibition of contemporary Turkish art, a first-of-its-kind show held at London's trendsetting Saatchi Gallery in April, half the works by 19 mostly emerging artists were sold before the doors opened. "
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