Istanbul Modern is preparing to welcome art lovers on September 8th with its 10th collection exhibition, "Under the Same Blue." Bringing together works by artists from different parts of Turkey and the world on historical and thematic axes, the exhibition is spread across different floors of the museum.
The exhibition, named after the color blue, which evokes seas, horizons, dreams, and freedom; While tracing the transformation of modern and contemporary art in Turkey from the 1940s to the present, the exhibition offers new interpretations of the collection through dialogues with the works of international artists from the 2000s onwards.
The first part of the exhibition focuses on the development and aesthetic approaches of art in Turkey from the 1940s to the 2000s; the second part examines post-2000 art productions through mediums such as painting, video, photography, sculpture, and installation, around contemporary issues such as identity, city, migration, memory, and nature.
Curated by Çelenk Bafra and Deniz Pehlivaner, this comprehensive selection will be on display at Istanbul Modern from September 8, 2026, to December 31, 2027.
