Turkish Galleries Bask in the Glow of the Istanbul Biennial
Courtesy Istanbul Biennial
Jens Hoffmann and Adriano Pedrosa, the curators of "Untitled (12th Istanbul Biennial)," 2011
By Susan Hayden, Arlene Cohrs
The Istanbul Biennial is not for the faint of heart. Where else would one encounter a UEFA Football event between Israeli and Turkish teams on the same evening (and on the same road) as the biennial's opening? From the moment one arrives at the airport and waits interminably to purchase a visa to first encountering the almost unimaginable traffic jams — which can turn a 20-minute jaunt into a two-hour nightmare of a journey — even the most intrepid art explorers might be tempted to turn back. But that would be a mistake.
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