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Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum is located in Emirgan, one of the oldest settlements of the Bosphorus, in Istanbul.

Opened to visitors in 2002 with the addition of a modern gallery, the exhibition areas of the Museum were expanded with the arrangement in 2005 and reached international standards at the technical level. Today, Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum offers a versatile museum environment with its rich collection, comprehensive temporary exhibitions it accepts, conservation units, exemplary educational programs, various concerts, conferences and seminars.

 
Founded in 2010 as a subsidiary of the Vehbi Koç Foundation, Arter is a sustainable, vibrant cultural hub, offering a broad range of programmes accessible to everyone.
 

Akbank Sanat celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2023. Supporting the development of contemporary art in Turkey and giving place to international projects in different disciplines of art, Akbank Art offers various opportunities especially to young artists to develop themselves.

With the mission of being “the place where change never ends”, Akbank Sanat organizes more than 700 events a year and hosts a wide range of events ranging from exhibitions to modern dance performances, from concerts to panels, from children’s workshops to film screenings.

Born in Preveza in 1894, Kazım Taşkent witnessed some of the fundamental transformations brought about by the modern age right up until he passed away in 1991. Following his graduate studies in chemistry in Germany on a state scholarship, he played an important role in establishing the Alpullu Sugar Company in 1926 and founded the Doğan Sigorta Şirketi (Doğan Insurance Company) and Yapı Kredi in 1944. Kazım Taşkent, who also served as a member of parliament, said: “Man must follow the traces in his path, leaving behind traces of himself”, a motto he strictly adhered to all of his life.
 

The Milli Re Art Gallery was founded in 1994, opening its doors for the first time in October of that year at Milli Reasürans headquarters in Teşvikiye, Nişantaşı. In 2019, the gallery celebrated its 25th year.

With the mission of being “the place where change never ends”, Akbank Sanat organizes more than 700 events a year and hosts a wide range of events ranging from exhibitions to modern dance performances, from concerts to panels, from children’s workshops to film screenings.

Borusan Sanat has, since its inception, focused mainly on classical music. Still the institution has been active in the visual arts field, which started with Borusan Art Gallery and continued with exhibitions at the Borusan Music House.

 

Istanbul Modern Art Museum, or Istanbul Modern for short, is a modern art museum established in 2004 in the Karaköy district of Istanbul.

It is Turkey’s first modern and contemporary art museum. It is located between Mimar Sinan University Fine Arts Faculty and Tophane-i Amire. Established by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) under the leadership of the Eczacıbaşı family, the museum was opened to visitors on 11 December 2004 at Warehouse No. 4[1]. In 2018, the building was moved to a building in Beyoğlu due to its reconstruction. The location in Beyoğlu was closed in 2022 and will reopen in the new museum building built on its old site. As of March 2023, it has not been opened yet. The museum’s collection includes productions in the fields of modern art, photography, design, architecture and new media.

Founded by Garanti BBVA in 2011, Salt is a cultural institution that develops innovative programs to create a free platform for encounters, research, and expression for its users and visitors.

Salt’s programs comprise exhibitions, publications, digital projects, talks, conferences, film screenings, performances, and workshops.

 

Being the first plastic arts museum of Turkey, the Istanbul Museum of Painting
and Sculpture (IMPS) was founded in the Crown Prince’s Office at Dolmabahce Palace
on 18th July 1937, and the opening was made by Ataturk on 20th September 1937.