The Generative Museum is now live! Featuring installations by Morehshin Allahyari, Holly Herndon and Mathew Dryhurst, Joe Namy, and Ahmet Ögüt, alongside the generative exhibition Unseen Forces 1.0 (optimized for desktop viewing only).

Experience the virtual exhibition online at epoch.gallery.

Can art save lives? | Life and style

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This month, Art on the Underground is unveiling a new artwork at Stratford station, London, by the Kurdish artist Ahmet Öğüt, entitled Saved by the Whale’s Tail, Saved by Art. It was inspired …

Ahmet Öğüt’s new artwork at Stratford station explores art’s power to save and transform. Inspired by a 2020 incident in Rotterdam, it features Dr. Helen Whitley’s story of art saving a life, celebrating 25 years of Transport for London’s Art programme.
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Saved by the Whale’s Tail by artist Ahmet Öğüt has been unveiled at Stratford station today. It’s a fantastic new addition to our #ArtontheUnderground collection – which helps to transform journeys for millions every day shorturl.at/xDCQG

Artist Ahmet Ogut said art has a "power and agency" that doesn't need to wait to be recognized by politicians or scientists.

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Artist Ahmet Öğüt, Art on the Underground and New Contemporaries are seeking stories about how art has saved lives✨

Do you have a story about how art has saved a life?

The most compelling story will be displayed on the London Underground!

Submit by 2 June⬇️

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Remember when a public sculpture saved a train operator’s life? Ahmet Öğüt certainly does, and his new project was inspired by that moment. My latest for Artnet: news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...

First step of my new project “Saved by the Whale’s Tail, Saved by Art”

Commissioned by Art on the Underground and New Contemporaries.

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Photo: Benedict Johnson

What happens when art becomes more than a symbol? Artist Ahmet Öğüt (@ahmetogut.bsky.social) addresses, for the first time, the situation surrounding his work 𝐵𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑛’𝑠 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒, exploring its power as both art and tool for change. Join the artist talk and Q&A → bit.ly/4kHaXE5

Protocinema and the National Academy of Design invite you to join us for an engaging conversation "Forms of Bravery" with artist Ahmet Öğüt @ahmetogut.bsky.social and artist and curator Ella den Elzen, on Feb 20, 2025 6–7:30pm at the National Academy of Design. www.protocinema.org/exhibitions/...

My work “Monuments of the Disclosed” (2022) has become the first augmented reality work to enter the Guggenheim Museum New York’s collection 🧿

Collage by Ahmet Ögüt 2025

Art on the Underground 2025 programme revealed–Ahmet Ogüt, Rudy Loewe and Rory Pilgrim will all unveil works around London’s transport hubs

Ayla Jean is on the scene of the Mardin Biennial which has one Kurdish artist and no labels in Kurdish. A “touristic and colonial-industrial complex” according to Ahmet Öğüt, the only Kurd represented. Still, it perseveres. www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/06/03/m...