"Arts: Wealthy collectors continue to play big role
By Delphine Strauss
Published: June 28 2010 00:34 | Last updated: June 28 2010 00:34
In the courtyard, plastic seats have been set out and a jazz band is tuning up. At tables nearby, a few people are sipping tea in the heavy June air, while inside, the gallery’s last visitors of the day exclaim as they peer at a display of German film animation.
It could be a summer evening in any European capital. But Cer Modern, an arts centre that opened its doors this spring, is in Ankara – a capital better known for its torturous traffic system and brutalist architecture than for contemporary art."
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