This new series in collaboration with Merve Çağlar is about imagining and creating in a world that has become increasingly obscure. COVID-19 has paralyzed humanity and the future of our planet is grim. Existing inequalities continue to worsen and the socio-political structures that brought us to today are now near collapse. How do you imagine,
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, the two-thirds of the Raqs Media Collective Monica Narula and Jeebesh Bagchi talk to Shwetal A. Patel about their socially-distant curation of the upcoming Yokohama Triennale, new modes of working as a collective during the lockdown as well as their roles as artists in a
In anticipation of his participation at the ‘74Escape STORE & GALLERY in Bodrum, we had the pleasure of visiting Mesut Öztürk ’s studio on the Asian side of Istanbul to view some of his ceramic works in progress, and hear more about his practice. Rather than a wheel, Mesut Öztürk produces his ceramics using the
Here’s a curated ’74Picks round-up of the best to read, watch, listen, and do this week. From the first ’74Escape Playlist curated by Demet Müftüoğlu-Eşeli, and our favorite Wim Wenders feature to our photography spotlight Jacques Henri Lartigue, and newly opened MONUMENTS NOW exhibition in New York City. LISTEN: ’74Escape Playlist #1 by Demet Müftüoğlu-Eşeli
In this episode of “Nasıl Bir Yarın?”, moderated by founder of Baksı Museum Hüsamettin Koçan, founder of the Sanatla Randevu platform Yonca Ebüzziya talks about the journey of humanity into nature, ideologies behind tales as well as the foundation of Baksı Museum. This episode is in Turkish. This episode is in Turkish. “Our age is
In this episode of Art on the Verge, Founder and Director of the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery Bryce Wolkowitz, and Environmental Photographer Edward Burtynsky discuss his early inspirations, his first darkroom experience, the composition within the frame, current state of art institutions, as well as his latest project “Natual Order.” “To me as an artist, engagement
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, Trajal Harrell, the American dancer and choreographer, talks to Shwetal A. Patel about how the lockdown has influenced his working practices and ideas. Harrell also discusses his childhood in Georgia and how he ended up at Yale, as well as his epic series entitled “Twenty
Here’s your curated weekly ’74Picks round-up of the best to read, watch, listen, and do this week. From Beyoncé’s new visual album and Cao Fei’s new exhibition at Serpentine Gallery to our film pick Midnight Express by the late Alan Parker. Enjoy your ’74Picks! LISTEN: Black is King by Beyoncé The soundtrack companion to The
Fashion illustrator and painter Laura Gulshani creates vibrant, expressive and joyful artworks, collaborating with some of the best of the fashion world. Some of her clients include Chanel, Burberry, Guerlain, Missoni, Adidas and Escada, as well as publications such as Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris, Vanity Fair Italy, British Vogue and Marie Claire.
Here’s your curated weekly ’74Picks round-up of the best to read, watch, listen, and do this week. From Brian & Roger Eno’s new album and Anish Kapoor’s new exhibition at Houghton Hall to our documentary pick Human and the Cassi Namoda episode of The Greatest Women Artist Podcast. Enjoy your ’74Picks! LISTEN: Brian Eno & Roger
Magdalena Wosinska’s California aesthetic invites us to a world of her own- raw, timeless, and free. Growing around the skate culture in the USA, her early works feature the documentation of the lives of her close friends and alternative music scenes. Brimming with the energy of endless summers, Magdalena’s maturing style is vibrant and edgy.
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, artist Lubna Chowdhary talks to Shwetal A. Patel about her working practices during the lockdown as a ceramic artist, her relationship with various materials, the challenge of diversity in the art world as well as her first solo show in India to be inaugurated in
The newly opened ‘74Escape Gallery & Store highlights the works of Turkish contemporary ceramic artists and designers while presenting a journey into our culture.The creative contemporary scene in Turkey –both in design and art– has been bustling for quite some time now. Both up and coming young artists and established names produce works that usually
In this episode of ’74PODCAST Series “How Can We All Make it into the Future?”, designer and critic Gökhan Karakuş, and New York poet, filmmaker, and librarian Mustafa Sakarya talk about the nature of “Spatial Stories” in storytelling by a discussion of American conceptual artist Robert Smithson in his multidisciplinary series of works in landscape,
Here’s a curated weekly ’74Picks round-up of the best to read, watch, listen, and do this week. From Nick Cave’s exclusive digital concert and Werner Herzog’s new feature to our favorite titles and newly opened ‘74Escape Gallery & Store in Bodrum! LISTEN: Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace Watch Nick Cave perform solo
In this episode of Art on the Verge, Founder and Director of the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, Bryce Wolkowitz and award-winning art historian, Founder & Chief Curator of Artmuse and Artmuse Selects Natasha Schlesinger discuss the joyful experience of seeing art, the power of social media in the art business, how virtual and physical experience should
For SEVENTYFOUR’S first new STUDIO VISITS feature, we were invited into the quarantine
In this episode of Culture in a Time of Crises, artist Dayanita Singh talks to Shwetal A. Patel about her three-decade journey in photography, her bookmaking practice, and its performative aspects, the Mobile Museums she produces as well as her surprise book release at Museum of Innocence in Istanbul. “I don’t want to be a
In this episode of Art on the Verge, Founder and Director of the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, Bryce Wolkowitz and Visual Artist and Storyteller Oliver Jeffers discuss the art of storytelling, the relationship between memory and identity in Jeffers’ work, the imaginary borders of the world as well as his first solo exhibition For All We
Amanda Wall is an American artist who was born in Oregon, and now lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She is a self-taught painter, who’s vivid figurative work portrays human form in domestic scenarios, bordering on a surrealist lens.
In the third episode of Art on the Verge, Founder and Director of the Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, Bryce Wolkowitz talks with painter and art educator in design and one of the most influential graphic designers in the world, Paula Scher about her early career, her inimitable approach to design, her thoughts about the shift in
In this episode of ’74PODCAST Series “How Can We All Make it into the Future?”, Diana Winston, one of the best-known teachers of mindfulness and the author of The Little Book of Being, talks with New York-based writer Hande Oynar. Exploring the work she’s done with the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, Winston gives
Demet Müftüoğlu Eşeli is the co-founder and creative head of ISTANBUL’74, the international IST. Arts & Culture Festival, ‘74STUDIO and ’74Escape. Born in Istanbul, Demet spent many years in New York City, before returning to her home city to establish her own creative initiatives.
In this episode of ’74PODCAST Series “How Can We All Make it into the Future?”, founders of Cave Bureau, Kabage Karanja and Stella Mutegi talk to Gabriel Kozlowski, architect and assistant curator for the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2021, about colonialism in relation to the current social and political climate,
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