Launched by artist Banu Cennetoĸlu to display and produce art books and publications, BAS has already published several books by Turkish artists, which can be purchased here....

Set in a beautiful 17th-century medrese, this is one of the city's more unusual museums. Where instructors once lectured students in Islamic philosophy, they now give lessons...

Apel hosts exhibitions in a variety of media that verge on craft and design. Expect weird and wonderful works from Turkey's avant-garde, as well as surreal paintings by...

Founded in 1984 by architects Ali Artun and Haldun Dostoĸlu, Galeri Nev has a sister gallery in Ankara. Essentially a commercial space, it represents Turkish artists such as...

One of the newest commercial galleries in town, Galeri X-Ist is committed to working with young Turkish artists, giving them the opportunity to show and develop their work from...

Galerist has the strongest international reputation of any contemporary art gallery in Istanbul. Its roster of illutrious local artists include the likes of Huseyin Chalayan,...

The only gallery in Istanbul dedicated exclusively to architecture and design, GG is corporate in feel and intellectual in concept. Recently, it has shown work by...

Istanbul's long-awaited contemporary art museum, Istanbul Modern, opened in its doors in December 2004. Housed in a former customs warehouse on the waterfront in Karaköy, which...

Located above a popular student hang-out in Kadıköy, Kargart is easily the most experimental and interesting gallery on the Asian side. The exhibitions often feature works by...

A well-hidden location adds to the exclusive air of this gallery. The unusual space - a U-shaped corridor - hosts group and solo exhibitions, which focus mainly on young local...

The decrepit state of this poorly signposted museum, housed in a waterside mansion, suggests that few visitors find their way here. Shame, because the collection of Turkish art...

Overlooking the Hippodrome, the museum occupies the restored 16th-century palace of Ibrahim Paşa. A Greek convert to Islam, Ibrahim was the confidant of Süleyman I and in 1523...

In an 1893 building that formerly housed Istanbul's famous Bristol Hotel, this new, well-run museum combines permanent exhibitions, art galleries, an auditorium, shop and café....

A very new independent space - so new that it didn't yet have a phone or fixed opening hours at the time of writing - located in the unlikely, off-centre district of Pangaltı....