Pera Museum features works from Nobel Collection

Pera Museum presents a new exhibition, "And Now The Good News," bringing together a comprehensive selection of works from the Annette and Peter Nobel Collection.

The exhibition focuses on the dialogue between art and the mass media, taking the invention of the printing press in the late 18th century and the formation of periodic journalism in the 19th century as a starting point.

Curated by Christoph Doswald, the exhibition discusses the most critical issues in science, culture and politics in the last 150 years, as well as reveals important changes that occurred over the last 20 years and their impact on the press art.

Taking the newspaper as an intellectual starting point, "And Now the Good News" focuses on the relationship between text and news, how the invention of photography shaped society and the powerful effect totalitarian systems have on mass media.

The exhibition highlights turning points such as the peace movement following World War II, the relationship between media industries and consumer culture, and the critical media discourse that emerged in arts in the wake of globalization. It also depicts the transformation of concepts such as gender, religion and ethnicity in arts and media, as well as the development of social media society.

Around 300 works by 164 artists

"And Now The Good News: Works from The Nobel Collection" features around 300 works by 164 artists who have used a variety of media, including painting, photography, collage, drawing, installation and video, such as Alberto Giacometti, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Andy Warhol, Andreas Gursky, Jenny Holzer, Bedri Baykam, Barbara Kruger, Christo, David Hockney, Dennis Hopper, Elmgreen & Dragset, Fernand Légér, Georges Braque, Henri Cartier...