Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires

Osman Hamdi Bey, Two Ladies Taking a Walk, 1887, Yapi Kredi Bank Collection.

The UK-first exhibition exploring 1,600 years of extraordinary art and design, this exhibition seeks to offer a compelling new perspective on a city defined by artistic excellence across more than a millennium. Some two hundred exhibits range from a fifth century ivory relief panel Two Ladies Taking a Walk (1887) by the Turkish Orientalist painter Osman Hamdi Bey.