Exploring Art in Istanbul! – day 0

Originally posted 20240426
 
Hej frens!
I got so inspired when I was writing my previous blog post about Turkish art that I decided to make a spontaneous trip to Istanbul!

Istanbul is big, infact it´s the 6th largest city in the world and there is 14.1 million people living there. That´s a lot for someone coming from small Stockholm which only has approximately 2.4 million people rushing around, trying to get to work on time.
I´m looking forward to experiencing what kind of vibes Istanbul has to offer.

I have booked a hotel in the Karaköy / Beyoglu area. I thought it would be nice to be able to walk to some of the sites and galleries. The CI:Bloom contemporary Turkish Art Fair is a bit further away though in an area called Osmanbey but I´m positive that I´ll find my way there one way or another 🙂

While researching I discovered that Istanbul has quite an extensive subway / bus network and that it seems to be very cheap to use it. To use it you have to buy an Istanbul-card and charge it with money. According to Metro Istanbul a one way ticket for an adult is currently costing 17.70 try which is approximately 0.51 euro.

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I hope I don´t get lost in the Metro in Istanbul

Interesting venues in Istanbul

These are the sites / venues / galleries I´m hoping to visit. Looking forward to enjoy a contemporary art feest and learn more about contemporary Turkish art.

CI:Bloom
CI:Bloom is a quite new art fair focusing on bringing forward contemporary Turkish art. This years edition is the 3rd and around 27 different galleries / institutions are represented

Istanbul Modern Sanat muzesi or Istanbul Modern for short
Founded in 2004, Istanbul Modern is Turkeys first museum focusing on contemporary Turkish art.

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Pera muzesi
Pera muzesi wasfounded in 2005 and has a primary focus on orientalism in 19th-century art.

Grand Bazaar
The grand bazaar has aproximatelly 4000 different shops! Thats a crazy amount. It also attracts between 250000-400000 visitors DAILY. It´s considered as one of the oldest shopping malls in the world. And consists originally from 2 different markets born in the 15th century.

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Sultan Ahmed Camii aka the Blue Mosque
This big big Mosque was built between 1609 and 1617 and is a perfect example of Ottoman architecture. It is known for it´s beautiful Iznic-style tilework that I really want to see. It´s estimated to have a total of 21 043 tiles inside the Mosque.

Do you know any Must-See-Places in Istanbul? Please email me, write in the comments or DM me on Insta!

xoxo/Salla V
Originally posted 20240426

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