The Pill Gallery

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The Pill Gallery is a contemporary art gallery based in the historical peninsula of Istanbul, Turkey. It was founded and is directed by Suela Cennet, operating as a platform that brings together local and international artists. [1]

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History

The Pill was founded in January 2016 by Suela Cennet who had previously worked with Daniel Templon in Paris and Brussels. [2] Its inaugural exhibition was a solo presentation by French artist Daniel Firman, followed by a solo presentation by Eva Nielsen. [2] [3]

Since its opening, the gallery has established itself as one of the "most influential" players in the region and a "reference to discover the emerging artistic scene". [4] It was featured in the Istanbul City guides published by Phaidon for Wallpaper as well as Louis Vuitton as one of the most cutting-edge galleries in the city. [5] [6]

The Pill was among the institutional partners of Bourse Emerige Révélations in 2017 and 2018, a prize and long-term support mechanism for emerging French artists. [7] [8] It has participated in leading international art fairs such as ARCO Madrid, Material Art Fair Mexico City, Expo Chicago, Untitled Miami, 1:54 New York, Art-O-Rama Marseille, Paris Photo, FIAC Paris and Contemporary Istanbul. The Pill's art fair participation has been awarded multiple times, winning the Opening Award for best stand at ARCO Madrid 2021 [9] and Best Booth Design Award for Contemporary Istanbul in 2016. [10] Its participation at Future Fair 2021, New York, was deemed "standout" by multiple reviews. [11] [12]

In 2022, "New Art Scales", a book revisiting the gallery's first seven years of programming, was published by JBE Books with contributions by art critic Ingrid Luquet-Gad and Suela Cennet. [13]

Artists

The following artists have been exhibited at the gallery:

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Suela Cennet is the founder and executive director of The Pill, a contemporary art gallery based in Istanbul. Seen as a trailblazer gallerist, she debuted the careers and produced exhibitions of artists such as Apolonia Sokol, Soufiane Ababri, Eva Nielsen, Marion Verboom giving the gallery's program a strong connection with feminisms and notions of history, memory, displacement, domination, gender and race.

References

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  2. 1 2 Levain, Myriam (May 16, 2016). "Suela Cennet a quitté Paris pour ouvrir une galerie d'art à Istanbul". Les Inrockuptibles. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
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  4. ↑ Padjemi, Jennifer (September 13, 2019). "Où est le cool à Istanbul ?". Les Inrockuptibles. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  5. ↑ Moreno, Shonquis (2017). Istanbul. London: Phaidon. ISBN   978-0-7148-7377-0. OCLC   998701951.
  6. ↑ Istanbul. Paris: Louis Vuitton. 2018. ISBN   978-2-36983-149-5. OCLC   1085381122.
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  8. ↑ Ackermann, Julie (2018). Outside our : [exposition, Paris, Villa Emerige, 7 novembre - 2 décembre 2018. Marine Relinger, Marion Zilio, Gaël Charbau, Mathilde Mazau, Villa Emerige. [Paris]. ISBN   978-2-9542676-6-1. OCLC   1066694655.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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