Turkish Galleries and Museums

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	ISTANBUL MUSEUMS winter 2004-2005 Related Cornucopia arts pages Links for further information about arts events: editor @cornucopia.net DON'T LET THE BEAUTY OF TURKEY PASS YOU BY. CORNUCOPIA MAKES A WONDERFUL PRESENT



	PART 1: EXHIBITIONS
	(click here for permanent collections including Istanbul Modern)
	ISTANBUL Osmanli Saraylarinda Sanayi ve Teknoloji Araclari (Industrial and technological tools in the Ottoman Palace) The Imperial Stables Yildiz Park Ortakoy October 31 - December 31 2004	Rummaging through the basement of Dolmabahçe Palace, the National Palaces have produced a cabinet of wonders from the early industrial age: telephones, radiators of every shape and pattern, stoves galore, handsomely veneered stereographic units, all manner of gardening tools for use by the 300 gardeners who once tended the grounds of Yildiz Palace. All have been beautifully cleaned up and restored. Abdulhamid II was passionate about innovation and modernisation, and was for ever arranging exhibitions to encourage progress. This exhibition is in the newly restored stable block at the top of Yildiz Park (if approaching by taxi, ask for the Yildiz Porcelain Factory entrance on the road behind the park linking Barbaros Bulvari and Ortakoy). The stable fittings themselves have long since disappeared, but the building is handsome nonetheless. Combine the exhibition with tea at the Malta Kiosk and a walk round the most haunting time warp in Istanbul, the Chalet Kiosk. (see Cornucopia 22). Both catalogue and information about the tools are sadly only in Turkish, but English notes should soon be available as well.

	ISTANBUL Papiers a la Mode Isabelle de Borchgrave with Rita Brown Sadberk Hanim Museum Buyukdere The Bosphorus Until January 2005	An extraordinary collection of costumes ranging from the late Sevgi Gonul's eighties cocktail dress to that worn by the Empress Josephine, and all created entirely from paper. Of quite exquisite beauty, this is a show not to be missed.



	PART 2: PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
	ISTANBUL ISTANBUL MODERN Tophane Istanbul	Modern Art Istanbul is justly proud of this magnificent new museum. Housed in a converted warehouse on the water's edge looking out to the entrance to the Bosphorus and Topkapi Palace, the museum opened on December 11. It is amazing how much modern Turkish art suddenly comes of age when seen in a decent space. Hats off to the Eczacibasis, whose brainchild this venture is, and to the PM for letting it happen. Watch this space a a spectacular series of exhibitions.	Tel 212 297 6639 The museum website is at www.rmk-museum.org.tr Hours: Daily 10.00-19.00 Closed Monday Tel 0212 277 2200

	ISTANBUL RAHMI KOÇ MUSEUM Hasköy Golden Horn Istanbul	Industrial Museum This 1973 Riva Olympic, one of the countless gems in this giant attic / toyshop, which has two sophisticated restaurants to boot. This sprawling waterside establishment covers model steam engines, model marine engines, model hot air and internal combustion engines, model stem locomotives; scientific instruments, aviation, navigation, cinema, printing, advertising boards etc. It includes an olive oil factory, a submarine, Sultan Abdülaziz's railway carriage and more. In short, it has quietly joined the list of Istanbul must-sees. Featured in Cornucopia 32	Tel 212 297 6639 The museum website is at www.rmk-museum.org.tr Hours: Daily 10.00-19.00 Closed Monday Tel 0212 277 2200

	ISTANBUL SAKIP SABANCI MUSEUM Atli Köskü Emirgan Istanbul	Paintings and calligraphy The SSM is Istanbul's newest museum and exhibition space with excellent calligraphy and a mixed display of 19th- and early 20th-century Turkish paintings in the Western manner. On show here (left, from top): Fausto Zonaro 1854-1907, Hoca Ali Riza' 1864-1935, and Ibrahim Çalli 1864-1935. Nazan Olcer, for 30 years curator of the Museum of Islamic and Turkish Art, better known as the Ibrahim Pasha Museum, has recently been appointed curator of the SSM. Her achievments at the Ibrahim Pasha included landmark exhibitions on Iznik Pottery, Ottoman Calligraphy and Ottoman art in Polish collections (1999). All these were achieved in spite of the lamentable attitude displayed towards art and culture by successive Turkish governments ( In 2002, the post of Minister of Culture was abolished. Mrs Olcer's departure from the museum was part of the government's scandalous policy of 'retiring' Turkey's entire 'kadro' of experienced curators in favour of inexperienced poilitical appointees. The winner? In this particular case, the Sabanci family - watch this space! Mrs Olcer has some fabulous plans up her sleeve.	The Sabanci museum and collection website is at www.sabanciuniv.com Fausto Zonaro's works appear frequently in Cornucopia's Connoisseur pages. See Philip Mansel's article in Cornucopia 28 Hours: Tues,Thurs, Fri, 10.00-18.00 Wed, 10.00-20.00 Sat-Sun 11.00-17.00 Closed Monday Tel 0212 277 2200