Istanbul Museum in the News:

In a recent cover story on Istanbul by Owen Matthews and Rana Foroohar, Newsweek International referred to Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum in the article called "Turkish Delight". The Article starts with these lines: "After so many decades of trying to become Western, Istanbul glories in the rediscovery of a very modern identity. European or not, it is one of the coolest cities in the world."

Same article compared our young Web Biennial with a decade old Istanbul Biennial.

“In every area of life, a new generation of young Turks is reaching outward. This year's Art Biennale will draw artists from Bosnia, Iran, Egypt, Greece and Lebanon—a most uncommon mix—while the Web Biennale will feature work by Armenians, Ukrainians, Serbs, Macedonians and Romanians. "Istanbul these days has as much dynamism as New York," says Genco Gulan, director of the Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum. If anything, he enthuses, "Istanbul is more alive. There's more interest here in doing something new."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9024840/site/newsweek/site/newsweek/