Vasif Kortun
- January 10, 2024
- Curator
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Vasif Kortun Biography
| Name | Vasif Kortun |
| Birthday | Nov 6 |
| Birth Year | 1958 |
| Place Of Birth | Istanbul |
| Birth Country | Turkey |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Vasif Kortun is one of the most popular and richest Curator who was born on November 6, 1958 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Kortun says he comes from a generation that “came to maturity through biennales,” which were the “most promising agency that changed the art world as we knew it” in the 1980s and the 1990s. Writer Matthew Scum writes, “His experience corresponds to that of other seminal curators who began working on an international scales during the 1990s.”
Kortun describes the late-1980s exhibition/happening series Serotonin as a turning point for his practice. Conceived by Arhan Kayar et al, Serotonin I was organized at Feshane in 1989, and Serotonin II at Gashouse (Gazhane) in Istanbul in 1992. Kortun participated in the second edition of the series as an organizer and “for some as an artist.” Kortun speaks about Feshane as an eye opener as it was a major site for Turkey’s process of modernization: It was built as one of the most advanced textile factories in the late 19th century, to be abandoned in 1986 for environmental improvements. The exhibition and the related programs used the abandoned building as part of the exhibition.
Vasif Kortun Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Curator |
| House | Living in own house. |
Vasif Kortun is one of the richest Curator from Turkey. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vasif Kortun 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Vasif Kortun (born November 6, 1958) is a curator, writer and educator in the field of contemporary art, its institutions, and exhibition practices. Kortun served as the founding director of several international institutions, including SALT, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Proje4L, and the Museum of the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. In 2006, he received the Award for Curatorial Excellence from the Center for Curatorial Studies for his “experimental approach and openness to new ideas to challenge the contemporary art world and push its parameters beyond national or international, local or global developments.” Kortun has written extensively on contemporary art and visual culture in Turkey for publications and periodicals internationally. He currently lives in Ayvalık, a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey.
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Before instituting SALT, Kortun served as the Founding Director of Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul (2001–10), a non-profit art organization that hosted exhibitions, conferences, an international residency program, and an archive of contemporary art in Turkey; Proje4L Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art (2001–04), the first private contemporary art museum in Turkey; and the Museum of the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson (1993–97), the exhibition space that preceded the Hessel Museum of Art that currently hosts over 1,700 contemporary artworks.
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He has undertaken numerous independent curatorial projects including most recently an exhibition of works by Cengiz Çekil (2010) at RAMPA, Istanbul—the first comprehensive presentation of Çekil’s practice. He co-curated The Columns Held us Up (2009) with November Paynter at Artists Space, New York, where the exhibition was “framed much like a one-month artist residency” as Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center had paused its programs to be incorporated into SALT.