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sold antiques but now seem to stock little except tourist tat.
GALERI APEL
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Kabataş, then funicular to Taksim)
This long-established commercial gallery behind the Galata-
saray Lycée has a large stable of Turkish artists working in a number of media. Its shows
are always worth a visit.
MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE
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10am-6pm Tue-Sun, to 9pm Fri; Tophane)
His status as a Nobel laureate deserves respect,
but we feel obliged to say that we think Orhan Pamuk is a bit cheeky to charge a whop-
ping 25 for entrance to his new museum. That said, this long- anticipated museum/piece
of conceptual art is worth a visit, particularly if you have read and admired the novel it
celebrates.
The museum is set in a 19th-century house and seeks to evoke and re-create aspects of
Pamuk's 1988 novel
The Museum of Innocence
by displaying found objects in traditional
museum-style glass cases. It also includes strangely beautiful installations such as a wall
displaying the 4213 cigarette butts supposedly smoked by the topic's heroine Füsun. In
all, the exhibits are successful in evoking what Pamuk has described as 'the melancholy of
the period' in which he grew up and in which the novel is set.
AKBANK ART CENTRE
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Sat; Kabataş, then funicular to Taksim Meydanı)
Turkey's big banks and philanthropic trusts
vie with each other to be seen as the greatest sponsor of the arts. İstiklal is a showcase for
their generosity, and with this venue Akbank joins SALT Beyoğlu and ARTER in offering
a showcase for the city's thriving arts scene. It has an art gallery, performance hall, dance
studio, music- listening studio and arts library.
The centre is the venue for the Akbank-sponsored İstanbul Jazz and Short Film
Festivals as well as for performances by the Akbank Chamber Orchestra.
TAKSİM MEYDANI
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