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The announcement follows a row over the initial appointment of Iwona Blazwick as the curator of the edition
Turkish artists and curators have organised two forums and raised concerns about participants who pulled out
A row erupted last summer over transparency issues concerning her appointment
The decision comes in the aftermath of a controversy surrounding the appointment of the exhibition's curator
Turkish arts chief says her decision is not prompted by controversy over curator selection
The participants invited this year call for "transparent forms of communication"—the biennial foundation says dialogue channels are still open
İKSV will bar advisory board members from taking up curatorial posts although the 2024 edition will go ahead as planned
Hito Steyerl and ruangrupa are among the signatories of the open letter
Defne Ayas has spoken to the online Turkish newspaper T24 about being rejected in favour of Iwona Blazwick
Defne Ayas was unanimously chosen to organise the next edition but was rejected by the foundation that runs the exhibition; Blazwick was selected despite sitting on the biennial advisory board
The current curatorial lead of Saudi Arabia's Contemporary Art Museum, AlUla, she will now oversee the artistic vision of the Turkish exhibition's 2024 edition
ArtIstanbul Feshane opens in an expansive 19th-century military factory to reach more of the city’s 16 million inhabitants
Renzo Piano-designed institution may coincide with this year's Istanbul Biennial
Barcelona-based curator and museum director Elvira Dyangani Ose has organised the second edition of the city-wide show in Oaxaca
Against the constraints imposed by Covid-19 and Turkey’s repressive social climate, the influential biennial obliquely takes up thorny topics and engages with the city’s alternative spaces
She will be remembered for her commitment to exploring the relationship between public space and contemporary art
Nicolas Bourriaud examines the Anthropocene in 16th edition of the exhibition and says the “real issue is mass tourism"
Sculptural project, part of the 16th biennial, looks to the mythical creature Medusa
New Antrepo 5 venue announced after curator says visitors could have been at risk
Turkish non-profit contemporary art space Arter is relocating to a state-of-the-art exhibition space in Dolapdere district
Toronto gets a new waterfront biennial while Istanbul stays fresh by shifting to dramatic new locations
Curators of this year’s show, with the theme of home and neighbourhoods, show key works at Munich museum
Curators Elmgreen & Dragset say that press reports give wrong impression of the buzzing local scene
The Turkish capital has curators, collectors and galleries—if the government pitches in, it could become the leading destination for contemporary art in the Middle and Near East