Pem Lham Wins $30k Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize Vasif Kortun, the director of research and programs at Turkey’s SALT—a cultural institution comprising three venues in Istanbul and Ankara that ...

Vasif Kortun, Director of SALT in Istanbul and Ankara, will step down from his post in 2017. He will continue to serve on SALT’s board of directors, according to ArtAsiaPacific. Kortun has been in the ...

Meriç Öner has been appointed head director of research and programs at the Istanbul institution SALT, Artforum reports. The appointment follows the resignation of previous director Vasif Kortun in ...

Installation view of Continuity Error by Aydan Murtezaoğlu and Bülent Şangar at SALT Beyoğlu (all photos courtesy Salt Research and Programs unless indicated ...

Vasif Kortun, director of research and programs of SALT in Istanbul and Ankara, discusses the research and archive-based focus of SALT and the institution’s commitment to promoting cross-cultural ...

'The days of museums hoarding information are over.' ‘There are two types of museum,’ says Vasif Kortun, director of research and programs at SALT, ‘the monastery and the public square.’ Kortun is ...

SALT Beyoğlu in Istanbul reopened on April 17, more than two years after it shuttered because of “technical reasons.” After the venue halted programming in 2015 and eventually closed its doors in ...

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Vasif Kortun discusses the research- and archive-based focus of SALT and the institution’s commitment to promoting cross ...