Istanbul and Art

Istanbul was great. We saw art, talked art, hung art, and talked some more. Although the institutional scene here is conservative, my fellow artists are hungry for change, and discussing how to do it is a good step.
This Los Vegas type blue building is the Guarantee Bankasi headquarters that hosted our exhibit. Banks do lots of charity and cultural work in Turkey. At dinner I sat next to the Foundation Doctor, a woman who works with poor families in Istanbul full time, sponsored by the bank. She told me that anemia is the biggest problem for kids here, followed by childhood obesity.