Füsun Eczacıbaşı

Füsun Eczacıbaşı (born Füsun Alpsoy) is notable for supporting contemporary art, artists, curators and researchers in Turkey and collecting contemporary art with her husband Faruk Eczacıbaşı. She is the co-founder and chairman of the SAHA Association for the Arts.^[1]

Personal history[]

Füsun Eczacıbaşı attended Kadikoy Maarif College and the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts. She received her MSc in Architecture in 1986. Füsun Eczacıbaşı has been actively involved in many NGOs focusing on human rights, minority rights, nature preservation and education. She is married to Faruk Eczacıbaşı, vice chairman of Eczacıbaşı Holding, with whom she shares an enthusiasm for the arts. Their collection has been expanding since the late 1980s and focuses on contemporary art by emerging and established contemporary artists from Turkey and abroad. Füsun and Faruk Eczacıbaşı have two sons Sinan (born in 1991) and Murat (born in 1995).

Patron of the arts[]

Füsun Eczacıbaşı is co-founder and chair of the SAHA Association in Istanbul, co-chair of the New Museum International Leadership Council and a member of Board of Trustees of the New Museum in NYC. Other art organizations she has been supporting are the Global Patrons Council of Art Basel, Art Basel Cities Advisory Board, both in Basel; International Friends of Castello di Rivoli, Turin; International Friends of Documenta, Kassel; International Council of Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate International Council Advisory Board, London.

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External links[]

1. [1] Barbara Pollack “Füsun Eczacıbasi: Bringing Istanbul to the World”, Art News. 23 July 2014
2. [2] Gareth Harris “Turkey’s booming art scene” Financial Times. 27 February 2010
3. [3] Müge Akgün “Sanatçıyla hayırsever ilişkisi kurmak yanlış”, Radikal. 28 July 2012.
4. [4] Tate Report 2011–2012
5. [5] Salon: The Global Art World
6. [6] THINKING BEYOND YOUR WALLS
7. [7] Thinking Beyond the Walls
8. [8] Art Basel Video
9. [9] Dünya Interview
10. [10] Liste Interview
11. [11] New Museum Press Release