Cities have been at the heart of cultural innovation. They are where peoples from different cultures meet, mix and co-create but also where the material basis exists to fund key cultural institutions such as museums, galleries and theatres. These are the themes we explore in our new series – and where better to start than in Arter in Istanbul, where all this comes together. An amazing building, with a mission to promote contemporary world class art of all kind in a regenerating neighbourhood close to the centre of one of the great cities of the world, that is also a bridge between East and West at a crucial time. We explore all this with the founding director of Arter, Melih Fereli OBE and Kirsten Lees, Grimshaw’s managing partner for London , the architect who delivered on the vision of Arter’s patrons, the Koc Foundation.

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