Art lovers in Antalya met with the Antalya Culture and Arts Center this summer for the first time. Creating a platform in which national and international exhibitions will be presented to the public, the Antalya Culture and Arts Center aims to bring both local and foreign tourists together to share their love of arts. With its award-winning rainbow-colored exterior building, the Antalya Culture and Arts Center is an eye catching view that attracts people of all ages. The rainbow-colored building won the "Sign of the City Award 2015" as "The Best Socio-Cultural Building." The exhibition program is prepared by the Suna and İnan Kirac Foundation Pera Museum. The current exhibitions open to the public are Pablo Picasso's "Woman and Bull" and a photograph exhibition from world-renowned Turkish photographer Ara Güler's personal archive.
Educational Workshops
Educational workshops are an important part of the Antalya Culture and Arts Center. The first floor of the building is dedicated and named after Suna and Inan Kirac and in consultation with the Pera Museum for its services. Cultural workshops will be organized for children four-12 years old and will parallel the themes of the exhibitions. The Antalya Culture and Arts Center is working with the National Education Directorates and Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation to make it possible for financially underprivileged children to attend the workshops on weekdays.
The Colorful Building
The Antalya Culture and Arts Center's building served as the Chamber of Commerce and Industry building from 1971-2008. The building was demolished in 2013 and rebuilt in 2014. Designed by architect Dr. Sinan Genim, the Antalya Culture and Arts Center is now an eye-catching array of colors that grabs the attention of both locals and tourists. Two-thousand square meters of exhibition and workshop space make the cultural center an international and national focus point. The heating, cooling and dehumidifying systems that work 24 hours a day make the culture center a perfect place to exhibit works of world-renowned artists. The building is specially designed to be suitable for disabled visitors with elevators and bathrooms that fit wheelchairs. The Antalya Culture and Arts Center is open every day except Mondays. Being open to visitors between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., children up to the age of 14 can visit free of charge. Disabled visitors and their escorts can enter free of charge as well. Students and teachers can benefit from discounted tickets.
Current Exhibitions
A Grand Master: Ara Güler
Collected from world-renowned photographer Ara Güler's private archives, the "Light and History: Antalya from the Eyes of Ara Güler" exhibition can be seen at the Antalya Culture and Arts Center, until Feb. 28, 2016. With almost 40 photographs of historic sites in Antalya, Kas, Patara, Xanthos, Myra, Pinara, Side and Perge, you can find unique and beautiful photographs from the perspective of Ara Güler.
Ara Güler is a Turkish photographer who gained international fame with his creative photography. Opening exhibitions all around the world, Güler has photographed and interviewed some of the most prominent people in history, such as Bertrand Russell, Winston Churchill, Picasso and Salvador Dali.
Picasso's "Woman and Bull"
Legendary Spanish artist Pablo Picasso's works are now being exhibited at the Antalya Culture and Arts Center. The Picasso Foundation and the Picasso Home Museum Collection is presenting art lovers in Antalya with works by Picasso from his ceramics and engraving collections. With 54 of Picasso's exquisite work, the "Woman and Bull" collection will be open until Feb. 28 2016.
Malaga, a city that has a history spanning 2,800 years, is the city in which Picasso was born and raised. The passion Picasso had for bulls and his admiration for women is reflected in his works.
A new perspective ON the evolution of tourismThe Antalya Culture and Arts Center's primary aim is to strengthen the cultural and artistic value of the city of Antalya. Along with Antalya's natural beauties, the Antalya Cultural and Arts Center's goal is to widen the cultural potential the city has to offer. With new employment opportunities for the locals, Antalya has the potential of being a headquarters for not just six months of tourism but 12. For this to be a success, the center needs the moral support of both locals and foreign tourists.
Upcoming Exhibitions
From March 17 to Aug. 28, the Antalya Culture and Arts Center will host an exhibition from one of the most important representatives of contemporary art, Andy Warhol. The exhibition will display some of the most iconic of Warhol's works from the Zoya Museum. Don't miss out on an exceptional display of Warhol's works this upcoming year.
