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Galerist (Istanbul) and Vigo Gallery (London) propose a solo presentation of the work of the extraordinary Turkish artist, opera singer and cultural figure, Semiha Berksoy (1910 – 2004) for the Spotlight section of Frieze Masters, 2018.

This timely presentation captures and amplifies the rapidly intensifying critical attention her artwork is receiving and brings the story of this powerful, female, creative figure to a new, global audience. In the context of current socio-cultural developments in Turkey in which the principle of gender equality is, arguably, being rapidly undermined, we …