NAZLI KOK ART REPORTS SWITZERLAND- ISTANBUL

  FRANCIS BACON HUMAN PRESENCE   In Collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, London Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 14 FEVRIER- 8 JUNE , MARTIGNY, SWITZERLAND Curator; Rosie Broadley Reporter; Nazli Kok Akbas  19 March, Martiny (Photography copyright, Nazli Kok Akbas,  NKA Art Reports Switzerland-France-Istanbul Photography 2024.  All rights reserved) (Detail) , Francis Bacon, Portrait, 1962, oil on canvas, The Lambrecht- Schadeberg Collection, Contemporary Art Museum of Siegen. Francis Bacon:Human Presence is the first exhibition in nearly 20 years to place its focus on the Francis Bacon's portraits. This "biting" and "moving" exhibition is sure to be a source of amazement for visitors in Gianadda Foundation. Francis Bacon, Study for Portrait II, (after the Life Mask of William Blake) 1955, oil on canvas,Tate London. Francis Bacon was born in Dublin in 1909, the second of five children of English parents who had recently settled in Ireland. ...

  THE KEY TO DREAMS BEYELER FOUNDATION BASEL 16 February-4 May 2025   SURREALIST MASTERWORKS  FROM  THE  COLLECTION  HERSAINT  Curator:Raphael Bouvier Reporter:Nazli Kok Akbas 14 March, Basel    Max Ernst, The Fireside Angel (The Triumph of Surrealism),1937 Oil on canvas. Collection Hersaint. "The Angel of Hearth and Home", why  Ernst called a destructive creature as an angel? This marvelous painting The Triumph of Surrealism  is originally called as  The Angel of Hearth and Home .  Ernst painted it for the International Surrealist Exhibition in Paris and it is oly one of his paintings in his career that was inspired by political events. It was shortly after the defeat of the Spanish Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish fascist leaders had been supported in their victory by Germany and Italy. Ernst's aim was to depict the chaos that he saw spreading across Europe and the ruin that fascism was bringing to...

  "CORPS ET AMES" (Body & Soul) Bourse de Commerce,  Pinault Collection 5 March-25 August Curator: Emma Lavigne Reporter: Nazli Kok Akbas February 8, Paris Zanele Muholi , 1972, Durban, South Africa, Lisholine, Bellcourt, Seattle, 2019, gelatine silver print, Pinault Collection.   Muholi defines herself as a "visual activist", her work seeks to shed light on a marginalised lesbian community that is often the victim of aggression. Her work goes far beyond social documentary to ask the question of identity head-on. Each model was photographed at a different stage of her life. Muholi's images may be so powerful because they confront our notions of order and highlight the fact that our language has no adequate expression for what we see. The Bourse de Commerce présents the exhibition "Corps et Ames", which brings together around one hundred works from the Pinault Collection to explore the representation of the body in contemporary art.   The exhibitio...