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The exhibition “Guests: Artists and Craftspeople” is the first exhibition to be organized within the scope of Istanbul Modern’s International Artist Residency Program. In a first for Turkey, the program is arranging for artists from all over the world to collaborate with craftspeople in Istanbul under the auspices of a museum.

Invited to rethink and experience Turkey's cultural values with a contemporary attitude, the artists researched various crafts in Istanbul and created new works in the workshops of, and in collaboration with, craftspeople of their choice. These works will be …