Celebrating its 23rd year in 2025, Dirimart is more focused than ever on challenging and revitalising the existing gallery model in Istanbul. Founded in 2002 by Hazer Özil with the intent of exhibiting established and emerging artists both from Turkey and around the world in a context conducive to critical dialogue and cross-pollination, the pivotal concern of the gallery’s program is individual and regional differences while fostering cosmopolitanism and collaboration. Dirimart cultivates a program premised on conceptualism, political resistance and intellectual rigour. Located in three distinct locations; Dolapdere and Pera in Istanbul, and Mayfair in London, the gallery divides its program between established artists, such as Ayşe Erkmen, İnci Eviner, Canan Tolon, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Sarah Morris, Anselm Reyle, Jorinde Voigt, Tomokazu Matsuyama, and Karin Kneffel and emerging artists, such as Çiğdem Aky, Çağla Ulusoy, Berke Yazıcıoğlu, and Ebru Duruman. The gallery, through Dirimart and RES Publications (est. 2007), also continues its well-established series of catalogues, artist books and books on art theory.
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Exhibition: 6 Nov - 14 Dec 2025
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“a series that navigates between types of still life, creates a playful and immersive atmosphere. On canvases that accumulate like sculptures, Gratrix presents paintings that both reference and critically interrogate artistic tradition”
Istanbul
last week
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“in this spatial installation, Ulusoy extends her artistic language into the physical environment, transforming the space to enrich the experience of her paintings [inviting] viewers to engage directly with the sensory and conceptual essence of her work”
London West End
forthcoming
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”events of history, creations of humanity, in joy and in pain, are part of us, and this is our greatest treasure. What I have experienced, discovered, and made, forms my own treasure. If we manifest this in art, we can make it visible and tangible” Sarkis
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