The Istanbul Biennial is a contemporary art exhibition that has been held biennially in Istanbul , Turkey , since 1987. The Biennial has been organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) since its inception.
73-414: Istanbul Biennial adheres to an exhibition model in which the curator, appointed by an international advisory board, develops a conceptual framework according to which a variety of artists and projects are invited to the exhibition. After the first two biennials realized under the general coordination of Beral Madra in 1987 and 1989, IKSV decided to commission a different curator for each edition, starting with
146-551: A $ 25 million donation from the Gochman Family Foundation to form a Center for American and Indigenous Studies at CCS Bard and a matching donation of $ 25 million from George Soros . This followed two 2021 gifts of $ 25 million, one from Marieluise Hessel and a matching donation from Soros. The Center for Human Rights & the Arts at Bard College is an interdisciplinary research institution dedicated to exploring
219-437: A collaboration with Al-Quds University involving an honors college, a master's program in teaching and a model high school. In accordance with AlQuds-Bard requirements, students are not allowed to decide their major during the first year of their studies; instead, as a liberal arts college, students are advised to diverge in different classes that would allow them to decide what program they would like to take interest in as in
292-715: A focus on Post-Keynesian and Marxian economics. It is additionally recognized as the leading research center for the study of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Notable individuals that have been affiliated with the Levy Economics Institute as professors, directors, and economists include Joseph Stiglitz , Hyman Minsky , William Julius Wilson , L. Randall Wray , Jan Kregel , Bruce C. Greenwald , Dimitri B. Papadimitriou , Lakshman Achuthan , Warren Mosler , Stephanie Kelton , Bill Mitchell , and Pavlina R. Tcherneva . Bard has access to multiple, distinct endowments. Bard, along with Central European University ,
365-525: A focus on post-1960s contemporary art, curatorial practice, exhibition histories, theory, and criticism. in 2023 historian Robert Storr donated over 25,000 volumes to the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, nearly doubling the total collection size to 63,000 volumes. Other noteworthy contributors include Louise Bourgeois , Yto Barrada , Leon Golub , Jenny Holzer , Gerhard Richter , and Rachel Whiteread . In 2022 CCS Bard received $ 50 million from
438-470: A group exhibition titled Second Time Around including artists Reem Al Ghaith, Abdullah Al Saadi , and Sheikha Lateefa bent Maktoum. 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
511-567: A historic mansion, a farm, and some 20 smaller buildings. The college purchased the property from Historic Hudson Valley, the historical preservation organization that had owned Montgomery Place since the late 1980s. The addition of this property brings Bard's total campus size to nearly 1,000 acres (400 ha) along the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson , New York. In late 2023, Bard purchased 260 acres of land adjacent to
584-557: A liberal arts degree to incarcerated individuals ( prison education ) in five prisons in New York State, and enrolls nearly 200 students. Since federal funding for prison education programs was eliminated in 1994, BPI is one of only a small number of programs of its kind in the country. Bard awards the Bard Fiction Prize annually to "a promising emerging writer who is an American citizen aged 39 years or younger at
657-728: A range of postgraduate degree programs, including the Bard MFA , Bard Graduate Center , Center for Curatorial Studies , Center for Human Rights and the Arts, Center for Environmental Policy, Bard MBA in Sustainability, Levy Economics Institute , the Master of Arts in Teaching, and the Master of Arts in Global Studies. Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts is a nontraditional graduate school for interdisciplinary study in
730-497: A retirement home for almost four decades. By the mid-1900s, Bard's campus significantly expanded. The Blithewood estate was donated to the college in 1951, and in 1963, Bard purchased 90 acres (36 ha) of the Ward Manor estate, including the main manor house. The rest of the Ward Manor estate became the 900-acre (360 ha) Tivoli Bays nature preserve . In 1919, Bernard Iddings Bell became Bard's youngest president at
803-617: A seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey. Kortun served as the Director of Research and Programs (2011–17) at SALT, a non-profit research institution located in Istanbul and Ankara . Under his direction, SALT has organized numerous exhibitions and public programs around visual and material culture, amassed a library of over 40,000 publications, and built an archive on art, architecture and social history of Turkey with over 1,500,000 digitized items available online. Writing about
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#1732772730611876-413: A wide range of topics, including stock-flow consistent macro modeling, fiscal policy , monetary policy and financial structure , financial instability , income and wealth distribution , financial regulation and governance , gender equality and time poverty, and immigration/ethnicity and social structure. The Levy Economics Institute is particularly known for its research in heterodox economics , with
949-507: Is a founding member of the Open Society University Network , endowed with $ 1 billion from philanthropist George Soros , which is a network of universities to operate throughout the world to better prepare students for current and future global challenges through integrated teaching and research. Bard maintains its own endowment of approximately $ 412 million. In July 2020, Bard received a gift of $ 100 million from
1022-503: Is a graduate research institute and gallery located in New York City. Established in 1993, the institute offers a two-year MA program and a PhD program that began in 1998. The institute's facilities include a gallery space at 18 West 86th Street and an academic building with a library at 38 West 86th Street. The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) established in 1990, is a museum and research center dedicated to
1095-490: Is a public policy think tank focused on generating public policy responses to economic problems. Through research, analysis, and informed debate, the institute aims to enable scholars and leaders from business, labor, and government to collaborate on common interest issues. The institute's findings are disseminated globally through various channels, including publications, conferences, seminars, congressional testimony, and partnerships with other nonprofits. Its research encompasses
1168-408: Is eminent novelist Philip Roth . In 1944, as a result of World War II , enrollment significantly dropped putting financial stress on the college. In order to increase enrollment, the college became co-educational, thereby severing all ties with Columbia. The college became an independent, secular, institution in 1944. Thus enrollment more than doubled, from 137 students in 1944, to 293 in 1947. In
1241-615: Is in Annandale-on-Hudson , a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York , United States, in the town of Red Hook . It contains more than 70 buildings with a total gross building space of 1,167,090 sq ft (108,426 m ) and was listed as a census-designated place in 2020. Campus buildings represent varied architectural styles , but the campus remains heavily influenced by the Collegiate Gothic and Postmodern styles. Bard's historic buildings are associated with
1314-586: Is the chairman of the board of the Foundation for Arts Initiatives (2009–ongoing), a private foundation that support artists, curators, and arts initiatives since 1999. He served on the Tate Turner Prize Selection Committee in 2011. In November 2015, Kortun, along with Van Abbemuseum Director Charles Esche and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art Director Abdullah Karroum, resigned from his position as board member from
1387-426: Is then, as with work for moderation, critiqued by a board of three professors. Arts students must organize a series of concerts, recitals, or shows, or produce substantial creative work; math and science students, as well as some social science students, undertake research projects. For the academic year 2022-2023, Bard's acceptance rate stands at 46%. Out of the total 6,482 students who applied, 2,982 were admitted to
1460-556: The Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan . In 1990, Bard College acquired, on permanent loan, art collector Marieluise Hessel's substantial collection of important contemporary artwork. In 2006, Hessel contributed another $ 8 million (USD) for the construction of a 17,000-square-foot addition to Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies building, in which the collection is exhibited. The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) provides
1533-753: The Fisher Center at Bard and other OSUN institutions and art venues worldwide. The Center for Environmental Policy (CEP) at Bard College is a research institution offering a range of graduate degree programs focused on environmental policy, climate science, and environmental education. The CEP offers a series of graduate degrees including the Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Master of Education. In addition to these individual degree programs, CEP offers dual-degree options that allow students to combine their environmental studies with programs in law or business. Levy Economics Institute
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#17327727306111606-743: The Montgomery Place campus in Barrytown , which used to be the campus of the Unification Theological Seminary . The property, originally owned by the Livingston and later Aspinwall families, features a mansion designed by William Appleton Potter . It was acquired by the De La Salle Brothers in 1928, who completed a large seminary and normal institute there in 1931. In turn, the property
1679-558: The Open Society Foundations , which will dispense $ 10 million yearly over a period of ten years. In April 2021, Bard received a $ 500 million endowment challenge grant from George Soros. Once matched, on a five-year timeline, Bard will have an endowment of more than $ 1 billion. Bard has developed several graduate programs and research institutes, including the Milton Avery Graduate School of
1752-514: The 1940s, Bard provided a haven for intellectual refugees fleeing Europe. These included Hannah Arendt , the political theorist, Stefan Hirsch , the precisionist painter; Felix Hirsch , the political editor of the Berliner Tageblatt ; the violinist Emil Hauser; the linguist Hans Marchand ; the noted psychologist Werner Wolff; and the philosopher Heinrich Blücher . Arendt is buried at Bard, alongside her husband Heinrich Blücher, as
1825-461: The 1950s, with the addition of the Blithewood estate and Tewksbury Hall, the college would increase its enrollment by 150 students. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker 's experiences at Bard prompted them to write the 1973 song " My Old School " for their rock group, Steely Dan . The song was motivated by the 1969 drug bust at Bard in which the college administration colluded. The DA involved
1898-594: The 1990s." Kortun contributed to several books, including Fresh Cream: Contemporary Art in Culture (Phaidon Press, 2000), Foci: Interviews with 10 International Curators (ApexArt Curatorial Program, 2001), How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in the Global Age (Walker Art Center, 2003), and Signs Taken in Wonder: Searching for Contemporary Art about Istanbul (Hatje Cantz, 2013). In 2004, he co-authored
1971-558: The 1992 Istanbul Biennial directed by Vasif Kortun . Istanbul's 13th biennial in 2013 was overtaken by political events; its theme was art in public spaces but was forced to retreat indoors after many of the scheduled venues filling with plumes of tear gas and water cannon as police and demonstrators clashed had been tuned into a battleground between demonstrators trying to protect the city's Gezi Park . The 2015 edition presented new works by more than 50 visual artists as well as oceanographers and neuroscientists. The 12th Istanbul Biennial
2044-731: The 2020 Census, with a population of 358. The college has an amount of housing for faculty members. School-age dependents in this faculty housing are in the Red Hook Central School District (the CDP is within this school district). In its 2022-2023 edition of college rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked Bard 60th overall, 5th in "Most Innovative Schools", tied at 38th for "Best Undergraduate Teaching", tied at #70 in "Top Performers on Social Mobility", tied at #19 in "First-Year Experiences", and 19th for "Best Value" out of 210 "National Liberal Arts Colleges" in
2117-518: The 24th São Paulo Biennial (1998), Manifesta 2 (1998), and The United Arab Emirates Pavilion at the 54th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale (2011), among others. A selection of his writings from 1985 onwards is available online in Turkish, organized in three publications titled 10, Ofsayt Ama Gol!, and 20. These include his essays on Istanbul, exhibition-making, cultural policies, institution-building, and interviews with artists. Kortun
2190-670: The 6th Taipei Biennial (with Manray Hsu, 2008), the 2nd Biennale of Ceramics in Contemporary Art, Albisola (2003); the 24th São Paulo Biennial , São Paulo (1998), among others. He also curated the Pavilion of Turkey at the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007) with a solo exhibition of artist Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin as well as the United Arab Emirates Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale (2011) with
2263-1192: The Arts , the Levy Economics Institute which began offering a Masters of Science in Economic Theory and Policy in 2014, the Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture , the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, the Bard College Conservatory of Music , the ICP-Bard Program in Advanced Photographic Studies in Manhattan, the Master of Arts in Teaching Program (MAT), the Bard College Clemente Program , and
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2336-692: The Bards expanded the parish by building the Chapel of the Holy Innocents next to Bard Hall. During this time, John Bard remained in close contact with the New York leaders of the Episcopal Church. The church suggested that he found a theological college . With the promise of outside financial support, John Bard donated the unfinished chapel, and the surrounding 18 acres (7.3 ha), to
2409-565: The English version of this talk in October 2017 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto , as part of The Museum Is Not What It Used To Be series. In this talk, he says he was part of a team that conceived public programs for people who "are more intelligent than us, because we do not believe people are simple-minded." "When we begin a project, we exercise what we call 'state of unknowing'. . .
2482-806: The International Committee for Museums of Modern Art (CIMAM). The resignation was the result of a controversy around artistic freedom of expression, which was related to the 2015 exhibition The Beast and the Sovereign at MACBA whose then director Bartomeu Marí also served as the CIMAM President. "We believe that art museums engaged with contemporary issues should be sites for the free exchange of ideas, where legal debate about and dissension from government policy or majority social opinion are allowed and encouraged," their joint statement read. "The recent course of events at MACBA and within
2555-458: The Language and Thinking (L&T) program, an intensive, writing-centered introduction to the liberal arts. The interdisciplinary program, established in 1981, aims to "cultivate habits of thoughtful reading and discussion, clear articulation, accurate self-critique, and productive collaboration." The program covers philosophy , history , science , poetry , fiction , and religion . In 2011,
2628-720: 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 ,
2701-546: The United States. Bard's Master of Fine Arts program was ranked one of ten most influential Master of Fine Arts programs in the world by Artspace Magazine in 2023. Bard has been named a top producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars. Many Bard alumni have also been named Watson Fellows , Critical Language Scholarship recipients, Davis Projects for Peace winners, Rhodes Scholars , Marshall Scholars , and Peace Corps fellows, among other postgraduate awards. In
2774-490: The age of 34. His adherence to classical education, decorum, and dress eventually clashed with the school's push towards Deweyism and secularization, and he resigned in 1933. In 1928, Bard merged with Columbia University , serving as an undergraduate school similar to Barnard College . Under the agreement, Bard remained affiliated with the Episcopal Church and retained control of its finances. The merger raised Bard's prestige; however, it failed to provide financial support to
2847-640: The board at CIMAM have led us to doubt whether our current president can defend those values credibly." Bard College Bard College is a private liberal arts college in the hamlet of Annandale-on-Hudson , in the town of Red Hook , in New York State . The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains within the Hudson River Historic District —a National Historic Landmark . Founded in 1860,
2920-530: The book Jahresring 51: Szene Turkei: Abseits aber Tor with Erden Kosova, focusing on the art scene in Turkey. In 2013, he co-edited VOTI Union of the Imaginary: A Curators Forum with Susan Hapgood and November Paynter, exploring the online discussion platform for international curators in the late 1990s. His texts have been included in numerous exhibition catalogues, such as the 2nd Johannesburg Biennial (1997),
2993-465: The college during the Great Depression . So dire was Bard's financial situation that in 1932, then-Governor of New York and College trustee Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a telegram to the likes of John D. Rockefeller Jr. , George Eastman and Frederick William Vanderbilt requesting donations for the college. On May 26, 1933, Donald Tewksbury , a Columbia professor, was appointed dean of
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3066-507: The college received a US$ 100 million gift from the Open Society Foundations which ranks among the largest financial contributions to a U.S. institution in recent history. In 2021, philanthropist George Soros made a $ 500 million endowment pledge to Bard College. It is one of the largest pledges of money ever made to higher education in the United States. In June 2021, Bard College was declared an "undesirable institution" in Russia, becoming
3139-414: The college. Although dean for only four years, Tewksbury had a lasting impact on the school. Tewksbury, an educational philosopher, had extensive ideas regarding higher education. While he was dean, Tewksbury steered the college into a more secular direction and changed its name from St. Stephen's to Bard. He also placed a heavy academic emphasis on the arts, something atypical of colleges at the time, and set
3212-547: The core readings included works by Hannah Arendt , Franz Kafka , Frans de Waal , Stephen Jay Gould , Clifford Geertz , M. NourbeSe Philip , and Sophocles . The capstone of the Bard undergraduate experience is the Senior Project, commonly referred to as SPROJ amongst its students. As with moderation, this project takes different forms in different departments. Many students write a paper of around eighty pages, which
3285-409: The demise of the great estates. In 1914, Louis Hamersley purchased the fire-damaged Ward Manor/Almont estate and erected a Tudor style mansion and gatehouse, or what is today known as Ward Manor. Hamersley expanded his estate in 1926 by acquiring the abandoned Cruger's Island estate. That same year, after Hamersley's combined estate was purchased by William Ward, it was donated to charity and served as
3358-574: The diocese in November 1858. In March 1860, St. Stephen's College was founded. In 1861, construction began on the first St. Stephen's College building, a stone collegiate Gothic dormitory called Aspinwall, after early trustee John Lloyd Aspinwall, brother of William Henry Aspinwall . During its initial years, the college relied on wealthy benefactors, like trustee Cornelius Vanderbilt , for funding. The college began taking shape within four decades. In 1866, Ludlow Hall, an administrative building,
3431-477: The early development of the college and the history of the Hudson River estates ( see Bard College History ). During a late twentieth-century building boom, the college embraced a trend of building signature buildings designed by prominent architects like Venturi , Gehry , and Viñoly . In January 2016, Bard purchased Montgomery Place , a 380-acre (150 ha) estate adjacent to the Bard campus, with significant historic and cultural assets. The estate consists of
3504-403: 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. Kortun curated numerous exhibitions in Turkey and internationally. He served as the chief curator of the 3rd International Istanbul Biennial (1992), co-curator of the 9th International Istanbul Biennial (with Charles Esche, 2005) and
3577-471: The first international higher education organization to be branded with this designation. Bard president Botstein hypothesized that this tag was due their association with and funding from the Open Society Foundations which was also classified as undesirable in Russia and related conspiracy theories about George Soros . At various times, the leaders of the college have been titled president, warden or dean. They are listed below: The campus of Bard College
3650-488: 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. Kortun describes the late-1980s exhibition/happening series Serotonin as a turning point for his practice. Conceived by Arhan Kayar et al., Serotonin I
3723-399: The following year. Students are encouraged to look upon different classes to help them decide the subject they would mostly enjoy studying. Bard gives students the opportunity to dissect different programs before committing to a specific major. As a policy, throughout a student's undergraduate years, they must distribute their credits among different courses so that they can liberally experience
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#17327727306113796-476: The foundations for Bard's Moderation and Senior Project requirement. While Tewksbury never characterized Bard's curriculum as " progressive ," the school would later be considered an early adopter of progressive education. In his 1943 study of early progressive colleges, titled General Education in the Progressive College , Louis T. Benezet used Bard as one of his three case studies . During
3869-482: The four categories. For admitted students who submitted test scores, 50% had an SAT score between 1296 and 1468 or an ACT score between 28 and 33, with a reported average GPA of 3.79. Admissions officials consider a student's GPA a very important academic factor. Honors, AP , and IB classes are important, an applicant's high school class rank is considered, and letters of recommendation are considered very important for admissions officials at Bard. Bard College offers
3942-610: The idea is to enter an agonistic sphere where difficult questions can be posed without being considered incriminating or hostile." Following his resignation, he remains on SALT's board of directors. 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),
4015-501: The inauguration of SALT in 2011, writer Kaelen Wilson-Goldie describes Kortun as "an unabashed power broker on the Istanbul scene." In her text, Wilson-Goldie defines SALT as "a think tank in action, a collaborative space for testing out new forms of debate and exchange." Kortun resigned from his position at SALT in April 2017 and organized a public talk where he presented his paper "Questions on Institutions" (Kurum Soruları). He presented
4088-405: The institution consists of a liberal arts college and a conservatory , as well as eight graduate programs offering over 20 graduate degrees in the arts and sciences. The college has a network of over 35 affiliated programs, institutes, and centers, spanning twelve cities , five states , seven countries , and four continents . During much of the nineteenth century, the land since owned by Bard
4161-480: The intersection of art and human rights. The center is affiliated with the Open Society University Network (OSUN) . The center's flagship initiative is the Master of Arts program in Human Rights & the Arts. The center includes initiatives such as resident research fellowships, research grants, artist commissions, public talks, accessible publications, and a biennial arts festival organized in partnership with
4234-407: The related programs used the abandoned building as part of the exhibition. Later, Kortun organized Memory/Recollection, a series that is considered to be the first contemporary art exhibition organized by an independent curator in Turkey. Memory/Recollection was organized in 1991 at Taksim Art Gallery (Taksim Sanat Galerisi), and Number Fifty/Memory/Recollection II ( Elli Numara: Anı/Bellek II )
4307-545: The school. For the 2022–2023 academic year 447 students enrolled representing a yield rate of 15%. Admission trends note a 25% increase in applications in the 2022–2023 academic year. Bard does not require applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores in order to apply. As an alternative, applicants may take an examination composed of 19 essay questions in four categories: Social Studies; Languages and Literature; Arts; and Science, Mathematics, and Computing, with applicants required to complete three 2,500-word essays covering three of
4380-496: The study of contemporary art and exhibition practices from the 1960s to the present. In 1994, CCS Bard launched its (MA) Master of Arts in Curatorial Studies program. The center also hosts public events throughout the year including lectures and panel discussions on topics in contemporary art. The museum, spanning an area of 55,000 square feet, offers a variety of exhibitions accessible to the general public throughout
4453-496: The time of application". The prize is $ 30,000 and an appointment as writer-in-residence at the college. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities is located at Bard College. The center hosts an annual public conference, offers courses, runs various related academic programs, and houses research fellows. In February 2009, Bard announced the first dual degree program between a Palestinian university and an American institution of higher education. The college entered into
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#17327727306114526-438: The undergraduate college, Bard offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. There are 23 academic departments that offer over 40 major programs , as well as 12 interdisciplinary concentrations . The college was the first in the nation to offer a human rights major. Its most popular undergraduate majors, based on 2021 graduates, were: In the three weeks preceding their first semester, first-year students attend
4599-635: The visual and creative arts. The program takes place over two years and two months, with students residing on campus during three consecutive summers, and two winter sessions of independent study completed off campus. Notable artists and writers that have been affiliated with the Bard MFA as faculty and visiting artists include Marina Abramovic , Eileen Myles , Paul Chan , Robert Kelly , Tony Conrad , Okkyung Lee , Yto Barrada , Carolee Schneemann , Lynne Tillman , and Ben Lerner . The Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture
4672-549: The year. It houses two distinct collections, the CCS Bard Collection and the Marieluise Hessel collection, which has been loaned to CCS Bard on a permanent basis. Artists such as Keith Haring , Julian Schnabel , Wolfgang Tillmans , Stephen Shore , and Cindy Sherman , among numerous others, are featured within these collections. The CCS Bard Library is a research collection for contemporary art with
4745-508: Was G. Gordon Liddy of Watergate notoriety. Fagen wrote another Steely Dan song, " Rikki Don't Lose That Number ", about novelist, artist and former Bard faculty spouse Rikki Ducornet . In 2020, Bard College and Central European University became the founding members of the Open Society University Network, a collaborative global education initiative endowed with US$ 1 billion. As part of this new initiative,
4818-472: Was also the nephew of John McVickar, a professor at Columbia University . The family had strong connections with the Episcopal Church and Columbia. The following year, in 1854, John and Margaret established a parish school on their estate in order to educate the area's children. A wood-frame cottage , known today as Bard Hall, served as a school on weekdays and a chapel on weekends. In 1857,
4891-651: Was curated by Jens Hoffmann and Adriano Pedrosa, and ran from September 17 – November 13, 2011. The shows spanned two buildings at Istanbul's Antrepo. The 2009 biennial took place at three venues on the European side of the city: Antrepo, or warehouse, No. 3 in Tophane; the Tobacco Warehouse, also in Tophane; and the Feriköy Greek School, in Şişli. All of the art selected for the 2011 edition
4964-509: Was erected. Preston Hall was built in 1873 and used as a refectory. A set of four dormitories, collectively known as Stone Row, were completed in 1891. And in 1895, the Greek Revival Hoffman Memorial Library was built. The school officially changed its name to Bard College in 1934 in honor of its founder. In the 20th century, social and cultural changes amongst New York's high society would bring about
5037-426: Was mainly composed of several country estates . These estates were called Blithewood, Bartlett, Sands, Cruger's Island, and Ward Manor/Almont. In 1853, John Bard and Margaret Bard purchased a part of the Blithewood estate and renamed it Annandale. John Bard was the grandson of Samuel Bard , a prominent doctor, a founder of Columbia University 's medical school , and physician to George Washington . John Bard
5110-513: 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
5183-542: Was presented in 1993 in Akaretler, Istanbul, where "politics displaced art" as the participating artists and he decided to prematurely close the exhibition after the banner of the show was replaced with a Democrat Party poster. 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
5256-558: Was shown at one central location, in Warehouses No. 3 and 5 next to the Istanbul Modern museum. Vasif Kortun 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
5329-491: Was sold in 1974 to the Unification Church . Bard intends to use the space to provide new studios for the Center for Human Rights and the Arts and administrative offices for the Open Society University Network (OSUN) , of which Bard is a founding member. The purchase of the property brings Bard's total acreage to 1260 acres (510 ha). The area around the campus first appeared as a census-designated place (CDP) in
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