They united their forces for Istanbul

The events Istanbul's prominent art institutions will organize one after another immediately after Eid al-Adha will leave their mark on the city.

If it's necessary to identify them by order of date, the Sakıp Sabancı Museum will host the Chinese dissident contemporary artist Ai Weiwei, who preoccupies himself with world issues on Sept. 12.

This on its own, is a major art event.

Afterwards, Contemporary Istanbul will open its doors this year from Sept. 14-17, a date close to the Istanbul Biennial for the first time.

On Sept. 16, the 15th Istanbul Biennial will open with the theme of "A Good Neighbor," under the curatorship of the Elmgreen-Dargest duo and the sponsorship of Koç Holding.

Akbank Chairwoman Suzan Sabancı, who we met for lunch at the Sabancı Museum to talk about Ai Weiwei, said, "Everything is for Istanbul's publicity and Turkey's image."

"And our aim is, of course, to present the most qualified work to art lovers and to bring the world's most famous artists here," she adds.

Ai Weiwei's prominent art exhibitions, which have been acclaimed worldwide, will bring together art lovers at the Sabancı Museum. The joint action taken by Contemporary Istanbul sponsored by Akbank and the Istanbul Biennial will create a doping effect on the country's image and its tourism, which has been going through rough days.

A good exhibition makes one travel

Let's not forget wealthy art lovers in the world are not held back from travelling in order to attend highly-acclaimed events.

In fact, Newsweek presented the Istanbul Biennial, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, as among the "Five exhibitions worth travelling for in 2017."

Similarly, foreign...