CONTROVERSY: ALLEGATIONS FLY
The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and the Arts (İKSV) was criticized by arts professionals in Turkey after it selected former advisory board member Iwona Blazwick as curator of the 18th Istanbul Biennial in 2024. revealed that earlier in the year İKSV had ignored its advisory board’s unanimous selection of a proposal by Berlin-based curator Defne Ayas; the choice of Blazwick led to the resignation of three other advisors. Ayas had previously curated Turkish-born Armenian