The 4th International Bilkent Art Festival opens its doors in Ankara on October 13th
Bilkent Art Festival, one of the most important events of Turkish art life, attracts a considerable number of observers. During the festival, which will be held at Bilkent Center between 13-20 October and will host local and foreign artists this year, as in the previous three years, there will be workshops that will continue throughout the day, as well as live performances of artists, music concerts and auctions.
In the festival, chaired by Rahmi Çöğendez and Yuliya Ergene, the founder of Bilkent Art Street, which has hosted important exhibitions and projects for 10 years in order to ensure that art is learned, loved and developed by large masses in Turkey, bringing all branches of art together with art lovers, local and 50 foreign artists will take part.
On the first day of the festival, where open workshops will be held between 12.00-20.00 for a week, theater artist Tamer Levent will meet with art lovers with his 'Yes to Art' speech. Tamer Levent, who has completed his 50th year in art this year, will be presented with the "Yes to Art Honorary Award". The 'Bilkent Art Festival Honor Award' will be presented to painter Gür Dalkıran, one of the valuable names of the art world, in honor of the artist's 70th anniversary.
Two remarkable exhibits
The 75th exhibition of the world's greatest living orientalist artist Yakup Cem and the famous painter Sergey Kovalin, who best applies the Ayvazovski school and whose works are exhibited at the Ayvazovski Museum, will also be opened at the Bilkent Art Festival.
Music, Art and Dance
On the first day of the festival, where Anna Medvedeva and Olga Tsareva will be on stage with musical performances, the band will greet art lovers with their concerts. The festival, which will host watercolor live performances, print workshops and art performances by different artists, will also offer an enjoyable atmosphere for art lovers with live DJ performances, saxophone and cello performances, jazz concerts and modern dance performances every day.
Rahmi Çöğendez and Bilkent Art Street
Rahmi Çöğendez, the founder of Bilkent Art Street and the International Bilkent Art Festival, which strives to ensure that art is learned, loved and developed by large masses in Turkey, is a well-known company with projects carried out for the first time in Turkey such as “New Generation Auction” and “Silent Auction”. Continuing with the motto 'Every wall deserves an original' since the day RC Art Gallery was founded, Çöğendez activates the art scene of Ankara with the auctions and exhibitions he held in Bilkent Art Street.
Rahmi Çöğendez said, “While doing this, we do not neglect to think of our children and youth. Because, first of all, they need to learn and love art so that the projects we are trying to do will find their place. My goal has always been to move art forward. For this, we have produced projects that will attract the attention of young people and children and then all art lovers.”
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