Contemporary Istanbul Brings Modern Art to Turkey

Contemporary Istanbul on celebrating its sixth anniversary, brings the most comprehensive contemporary to Turkey.

The premier art fair of the region gathered art lovers on November 24 - 27 at Istanbul Congress Center, Exhibition Area and Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Center, Rumeli Hall, showcased contemporary paintings, sculptures, videos, photographs, installations and limited editions with the participation of national and foreign galleries. This edition brought together 90 contemporary art galleries from 20 countries, half of them international, featuring art initiatives, independent projects and publications along with art institutions in addition to exhibitions. 3000 contemporary artworks by 526 local and global artists were exhibited, more than 1000 collectors visited Contemporary Istanbul, more than 60.000 visitors were in CI 2011.