Pera Museum Competitors

Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center Please use following email address for your applications. sunum@sabanciuniv.edu

“Central Research Laboratory” operates under “Material Research Center for Cultural Property and Artworks”, established in affiliation to the Rectorate of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2010 by the support of Turkish Ministry of Development as well as under “School of Conservation and Restoration of Movable Cultural Property”, founded in 2013. Central Research Laboratory meets the analysis demands of the public enterprises, institutions and the private sector, with its specialists from different scientific disciplines and a wide range of advanced analytical equipment in the field of material characterization of cultural property and artworks for conservation-restoration. It also develops interdisciplinary projects in this field. It consists of eight laboratories such as Chemistry, Mechanics, Wood, Petrography, X-ray, Electron Microscope, Spectroscopy, Chromatography and the Mobile laboratory. By the use of portable and laboratory based instruments present in Central Research Laboratory, the in-situ materials analyses of artworks which are not allowed to be taken out from the museums and certain collections, historical artifacts from the archaeological excavations, unmovable cultural property such as mosques and fountains can be performed non-destructively or with sampling in the micro scale, elucidating on their production technology as well.

Türkiye’nin sanatsal yaratıcılığını ve kültürel kimliğini ulusal ve uluslararası sanat ortamıyla paylaşmak amacıyla 2004 yılında ülkemizin ilk modern ve çağdaş sanat müzesi olarak kurulan İstanbul Modern, disiplinlerarası etkinliklere ev sahipliği yapıyor. İstanbul Modern, uluslararası bir yönelimle, modern ve çağdaş sanat yapıtlarına, fotoğraf, tasarım, mimari ve yeni medya alanlarındaki üretimlere koleksiyonunda yer veriyor. Türkiye’nin kültürel kimliğinin uluslararası sanat ortamıyla paylaşılmasına aracılık eden müze, sanatçıların üretimlerine ve yurt dışında işbirlikleri kurabilmelerine destek oluyor. Sanatı kitleler için erişilebilir kılmayı misyon edinen İstanbul Modern, bu amaçla her yaştan sanat izleyicisine eğitim programları sunuyor. Müzenin koleksiyonları, sergileri ve eğitim programları, tüm ziyaretçilere sanatı sevdirmeyi ve etkin biçimde katılımlarını sağlamayı hedefliyor. Istanbul Modern was founded in 2004 as Turkey’s first museum of modern and contemporary art. Committed to sharing Turkey’s artistic creativity and cultural identity with the local and international art worlds, the museum hosts a broad array of interdisciplinary activities. Embracing a global vision, Istanbul Modern collects works of modern and contemporary art, photography, design, architecture, and new media. Acting as an intermediary in the sharing of Turkey’s cultural identity with the international art environment, the museum supports artists in their production and efforts to form partnerships abroad. Aspiring to make art accessible to the general public, Istanbul Modern provides educational programs to art enthusiasts of all ages. Through its collections, exhibitions, and educational programs, the museum aims to instill a love of the arts in all visitors and encourage their active participation in the arts.