The director of Istanbul Modern, Levent Çalıkoğlu, shares the thrill of attaining something the museum has long dreamed of: A world-class building.
The world of art and culture has been interrupted for a long time due to the pandemic. How do you think the current period affect our cultural lives?
Undoubtedly, as in all domains, the world of culture and arts was caught unprepared for the pandemic period. We see that leading art institutions and museums have made significant investments in digital technologies and virtual environments since the 2010s, in order to communicate and share their art. Despite all this, the unexpected situation in which we have found ourselves has been a very important experience. We’ve had to see and understand how institutions will communicate during the periods when their doors are inevitably closed, what they will offer to their visitors, and how they will create new dialogues with artists. The process is still ongoing. These topics need to be considered in detail. It is useful to think of it this way: great institutions will be able to manage the process internally in a healthy way. Maybe they will be able to resist with their own strength and means. But I believe that the pandemic will have a lasting effect, especially on independent art organizations and artists.
Okumaya devam edin A New Building for Istanbul Modern, Designed by Renzo Piano