The art world's moveable feast takes up residence in Istanbul this week, as the opening of the 12th Istanbul Biennial, Sept. 17-Nov. 13, 2011, corresponds with the launch of a new art fair, Art Beat Istanbul, Sept. 14-18, 2011. Also on the schedule are the inauguration of several new galleries. Rampa Istanbul presents an exhibition of works by Ergin Çavuşoǧlu; art dealer and curator Suzanne Egeran opens Galeri Manâ, a two-story contemporary art space in the Topphane gallery district; and Kerimcan Güleryüz, a founder ofX-ist gallery, unveils The Empire Project, a nonprofit devoted to showing Turkish contemporary art. Plus more.
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