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Métamorphosis in Istanbul: Altmejd, Snow, Lewis and More

Montreal curator Louise Déry had a worldwide hit when she commissioned David Altmejd for the 2007 Venice Biennale. Here’s a slideshow of a more recent international Déry exhibition: “Métamorphosis” in Istanbul, reviewed in the Spring 2009 print edition of Canadian Art.

Montreal curator Louise Déry had a worldwide hit when she commissioned artist David Altmejd for the Canada Pavillion in the 2007 Venice Biennale. And she’s still doing international work. As Yann Pocreau reports in the Spring 2009 print edition of Canadian Art, one of her more recent projects involved coordinating a group exhibition at Akbank Art Center in Istanbul. Here, we offer an exclusive online portfolio of eleven views of that exhibition, called “Métamorphosis.”

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