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Private Collection| Öner Kocabeyoğlu
Modern&Contemporary
International&Turkish Artists
Founder:@onerkocabeyoglu
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💥 Continuing our Collector Interview Series 💥⁠
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In this edition, we speak with Öner Kocabeoğlu (@onerkocabeyoglu), collector and founder of the Papko Art Collection (@papkoartcollection) in Istanbul. What began “with a spark, almost by accident” evolved into a collection shaped by curiosity, cultural dialogue, and a deep commitment to public access.⁠
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From Turkish modernism to international art history, Öner Kocabeoğlu reflects on collecting as responsibility rather than possession, on the importance of exhibitions and loans, and on Istanbul’s vibrant yet complex art scene. For him, art unfolds its full meaning only when it is shared.⁠
“Art gains meaning through encounter.”⁠
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👉 Read the full interview now in the ART DÜSSELDORF Online Magazine (link in bio)⁠
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Image Credits:⁠
1. ⁠Mr.Oner’s photo credit is: Gökhan Çelebi⁠
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2. Hayv Kahraman, Palm Climbers, 2024, Oil and Acrylic on Linen , 203.2x292.1 cm.⁠
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3. Mr. Oner Kocabeyoğlu — Photo credit: Gökhan Çeleb, Fahrelnissa Zeid work — Photo credit: Bahadır Taşkın,

Hayv Kahraman — Photo credit : Photo by Jeff McLane. Courtesy the artist and Pilar Corrias, London.

Link in bio
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#onerkocabeyoglu #papkoartcollection #istanbul #turkishmodernism #collectorinterview
⁠ by @papkoartcollection

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8 months ago

From the Öner Kocabeyoğlu Collection: Passion and Patience
The exhibition titled “Passion and Patience” looks back at Öner Kocabeyoğlu’s long-standing journey as a collector. Featuring 143 artworks by 91 artists across different generations and geographies, it reveals the strong tendencies formed within the collection over the years through new encounters.
Along with the collection’s recent acquisitions, the exhibition explores what the relationships built over time—and between each other—by works acquired years ago might tell us today. Because sometimes, the true meaning of an artwork for a collector emerges not at the moment it is acquired, but years later when placed alongside other works.
Rather than presenting the collection in chronological order, the exhibition proposes thematic axes that point to shared realms of thought naturally formed over the years. Each section opens with a concept born from the collection’s own voice and continues with a question directed at the present:
“Face to Face / Who Are We?”, “Fantasy, Dream, and Contemporary Myth / Who Is Speaking?”, “Roles, Identity, and the Body / Who Constructs Reality?”, “Objects and Things / What Do We See?”, “Color Fields / Is Silence Possible?”.
The Öner Kocabeyoğlu collection is shaped by two complementary forces: passion and patience. Passion represents the excitement of the initial encounter, the capacity to perceive the unexpected, and the personal bond established with the artwork. Patience, on the other hand, encompasses the extension of this relationship over time—the wisdom of choosing, relinquishing, waiting, and looking anew. In this current selection where the balance between these two forces is distinctly felt, the works come together as markers of an excitement spanning many years, a progressively maturing aesthetic sensitivity, and an enduring curiosity.
Curator: Levent Çalıkoğlu by @papkoartcollection

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a month ago

Öner Kocabeyoğlu Koleksiyonu’ndan: Tutku ve Sabır
“Tutku ve Sabır” adlı sergi, Öner Kocabeyoğlu’nun uzun soluklu koleksiyonerlik yolculuğuna yeniden bakıyor. Farklı kuşaklardan ve coğrafyalardan 88 sanatçının 140 yapıtı, koleksiyonun yıllar içinde oluşan güçlü yönelimlerini yeni karşılaşmalarla görünür kılıyor.
Levent Çalıkoğlu’nun küratörlüğünü üstlendiği sergi, koleksiyonun güncel edinimlerini göstermekle kalmıyor aynı zamanda yapıtların yıllar içinde ve birbirleriyle kurduğu ilişkilerin bugün bize neler söyleyebileceğini de araştırıyor.
Yüzler, bedenler, kimlikler, hayaller, mitoslar, nesneler, renkler…
Her bölüm, koleksiyonun kendi sesinden doğan bir kavramla başlıyor; bugüne yöneltilen bir soruyla devam ediyor:
Biz Kimiz?
Gerçeği Kim İnşa Ediyor?
Konuşan Kim?
Ne Görüyoruz?
Sessizlik Mümkün Mü?
Çünkü bazen bir yapıtın gerçek değeri ilk karşılaşmada değil; zaman içinde, başka yapıtlarla yan yana geldiğinde ortaya çıkıyor.
Tutku, ilk karşılaşmanın heyecanını, sabır ise, seçmenin, beklemenin, vazgeçmenin ve yeniden bakmanın bilgeliğini yansıtıyor. Tutku ve sabır arasındaki gerilimli ilişki koleksiyonu yaşayan bir kültürel varlığa dönüştürüyor. by @papkoartcollection

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a month ago

“From the Collection”
serimizde bugün, Güney Koreli sanatçı Lee Bae’nin eserlerinden bir seçkiyi paylaşıyoruz.
Sanatçının kömür ile kurduğu güçlü ve meditatif anlatım, sade ama derin bir ifade dili oluşturuyor. Siyahın tonları içinde şekillenen bu yaklaşım, malzemenin ruhunu hissettiren etkileyici bir denge sunuyor. ✨

From the Collection”
series featuring works by South Korean artist Lee Bae.
Known for his powerful and meditative use of charcoal, the artist creates a minimal yet deeply expressive visual language. His works reveal a striking balance between material, texture, and silence. ✨

#FromTheCollection #LeeBae #KoreanArt #ContemporaryArt ArtCollectio taken in Papko Art Collection by @papkoartcollection

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5 months ago

Bugün, çizgileri özgürleştirerek kendine has bir görsel dil yaratan usta sanatçı Joan Miró’nun doğum gününü kutluyoruz. Miró’nun çocuksu bir merak ve derin bir sezgiyle işlediği semboller, koleksiyonumuzun en değerli parçaları arasında ruh bulmaya devam ediyor." 🎨✨

#PapkoArtCollection #FromTheCollection #JoanMiro #Surrealism taken in Papko Art Collection by @papkoartcollection

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6 months ago

“From the Collection”
Ryan Gander

Ryan Gander, gündelik olanı sıra dışı bir kavramsal çerçeveye oturtarak hikaye anlatıcılığının sınırlarını zorluyor. Sanatçının zihin açıcı dünyası, bizi görünenin ardındaki gizli anlamları ve olasılıkları keşfetmeye davet ediyor. Gander’ın oyunbaz ama bir o kadar da derinlikli dili, sanatı sadece bir nesne değil, bitmeyen bir zihinsel süreç olarak yeniden tanımlıyor.

Ryan Gander pushes the boundaries of storytelling by framing the mundane within an extraordinary conceptual context. His thought-provoking world invites us to discover the hidden meanings and possibilities behind the visible. Gander’s playful yet profound visual language redefines art not just as an object, but as an ongoing mental process.

#fromthecollection #papkoartcollection #ryangander #KavramsalSanat #contemporaryart taken in Papko Art Collection by @papkoartcollection

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6 months ago

From the Collection: Yüksel Arslan (1933 - 2017)

Resim sanatını kendi deyimiyle bir “tuis” (düşünür-çizer) olarak yeniden tanımlayan, geleneksel boyayı reddederek toprak, bitki özleri ve çeşitli doğal malzemelerle “Arture” adını verdiği kendine has bir evren kuran Yüksel Arslan’ı, aramızdan ayrılışının yıl dönümünde saygıyla anıyoruz.

Sanat tarihine bıraktığı ansiklopedik derinlikteki eserleri, insan doğasını ve toplumun kökenlerini sorgulayan eşsiz çizgileriyle koleksiyonumuzun en değerli parçaları arasında yer almaya devam ediyor.

#YukselArslan #PapkoArtCollection #FromTheCollection #Arture #ModernArt taken in Papko Art Collection by @papkoartcollection

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6 months ago

From the Collection.
Nejad Melih Devrim.

Nejad Melih Devrim’in soyut dili, renk ve yüzey arasında kurduğu dengede zamansız bir gerilim taşır. Paris yıllarında gelişen bu resim pratiği, modern Türk resminin uluslararası bağlamla kurduğu ilişkinin önemli örneklerinden biridir.

In Devrim’s practice, colour and surface exist in a subtle tension. His Paris period marks a significant chapter in the international trajectory of modern Turkish abstraction.

#NejadMelihDevrim
#PapkoArtCollection
#FromTheCollection
#ModernTurkishArt
#AbstractPainting taken in Papko Art Collection by @papkoartcollection

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8 months ago

🎨 From the Collection | Nilbar Güreş

Çağdaş sanatın güçlü isimlerinden Nilbar Güreş, toplumsal cinsiyet, kimlik, aidiyet ve kültürel hafıza üzerine geliştirdiği şiirsel ve eleştirel diliyle uluslararası sanat sahnesinde önemli bir yere sahiptir.

2026 yılında Türkiye Pavyonu’nda ülkemizi temsil eden sanatçı, Venedik Bienali’nde küratör Başak Doğa Temür eşliğinde gerçekleştirilen “Gözlerinizden Öperim (A Kiss on the Eyes)” başlıklı sergisiyle izleyicilerle buluştu. Sergi; heykel, yerleştirme, resim ve kumaş üzerine karma teknik çalışmaları bir araya getirerek dayanışma, empati ve birlikte yaşama kültürüne dikkat çekiyor.

Nilbar Güreş is one of the leading voices in contemporary art, known for her poetic and critical exploration of gender, identity, belonging, and cultural memory.

Representing Türkiye at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026, Güreş presented her exhibition “A Kiss on the Eyes,” curated by Başak Doğa Temür at the Türkiye Pavilion. Bringing together sculpture, installation, painting, and mixed-media works, the exhibition reflects on empathy, coexistence, and social responsibility through the artist’s distinctive visual language.

#FromTheCollection #NilbarGüreş #VeniceBiennale2026 #TurkishArt #ContemporaryArt taken in Papko Art Collection by @papkoartcollection

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4 months ago

Illustrated Interview 6th edition with Volkan Aslan

For this chapter, Volkan Aslan answers entirely through video, tracing the quiet gestures of memory and emotion that often inhabit his practice.

Each response becomes a fragment of his visual language; intimate, elusive, and deeply human…

Project : Elif Sena İnci taken in Papko Art Collection by @papkoartcollection

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a year ago

Abidin Dino ( 23 Mart 1913 İstanbul -7 Aralık 1993 Paris)

“Abidin Dino’nun pratiğinde çizgi, yalnızca biçim değil; düşüncenin kendisidir.”
Koleksiyonda yer alan eserler üzerinden sanatçının üretim diline bir bakış.

🖊️ Abidin Dino, İsimsiz, 1960’lar, Tuval üzerine yağlıboya, 72.4x103 cm.

🖊️Abidin Dino, Parmaklar I, Tuval Üzerine Yağlıboya,96x162 cm.

📸 Ara Güler

#AbidinDino
#ModernTurkishArt
#TurkishArtHistory
#ArtCollection
#ModernArt taken in Papko Art Collection by @papkoartcollection

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10 months ago

From the Collection.
Selim Turan.

Selim Turan’ın pratiği, Papko Art Collection’ın erken döneminde koleksiyonun yönünü belirleyen önemli referanslardan biri olarak konumlanır.

#SelimTuran
#TurkishModernArt
#ModernTurkishArt
#papkoartcollection
#OfficeAsExhibition taken in Papko Art Collection by @papkoartcollection

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