@article{2025:simavi:representi,
title = {Representing Turkey’s Heritage in Art Exhibitions of the 1950s},
year = {2025},
note = {This article aims to explore the intricate interplay between artefacts
and identities from the perspective of temporary Turkish art
exhibitions planned at American museums in the 1950s by looking into
personalities, namely American museum curators and Turkish authorities
as agents, and objects that were chosen to be included to represent
the artistic and cultural heritage of the Republic of Turkey. The
article focuses on the artistic and cultural relations between Turkey
and the United States in the 1950s through exhibitions of Turkish art
that were planned in American museums to explore how Turkey as a
modern republic was represented in art exhibitions that showcased its
artistic heritage from the past. To do this, curatorial
conceptualisation and objects that were chosen to be displayed in an
exhibition that took place in the 1950s as well as an exhibition
programme that could not be realised at that time are discussed to
understand what was deemed worthy to be represented as Turkey’s
artistic heritage.},
journal = {DIYÂR},
pages = {364--391},
author = {Simavi, Zeynep},
volume = {6},
number = {2}
}