1Sultan Abdülhamid (1842–1918). London Stereoscopic & Photographic Co. Printcollector/Gettyimages.
2Turkish woman c. 1885. Photo by Adoc Photos/Corbis via Getty images.
3Turkish woman c. 1885. Photo by Adoc Photos/Corbis via Getty Images.
4Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) MPs Nurcan Dalbudak (centre) and Sevde Beyazit Kacar (right) attend a general assembly at the Turkish Parliament wearing headscarves in Ankara on October 31, 2013. Four female lawmakers from Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government attended a parliament session on October 31 wearing headscarves for the first time since a ban was lifted in the staunchly secular country. Photo: AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images.
5Servet Kocyigit, My Heart Was Not Made from Stone (South America) (2016), 100220 cm, C-type print, courtesy the artist.
6Servet Kocyigit, Gold Line 1 (2016), textile collage, embroidery on textile, paint, courtesy the artist.
7Servet Kocyigit, Kafka Rose (ongoing multimedia work since 2013), tables, books, perfumes, and scents courtesy the artist.
8 and 9 Halil Altindere. Stills from Wonderland, color video, sound, 8′25″. Courtesy the artist and Pilot Gallery, Istanbul.
10 and 11 Halil Altindere. Stills from Homeland, HD video, sound, 10′6″. Vocals and lyrics Mohammad Abu Hajar, music Nguzunguzu. Commissioned and coproduced by the Berlin Biennale of Contemporary Art, with the support of the SAHA Association. Courtesy the artist and Pilot Gallery, Istanbul.
12, 13, and 14 Shirin Neshat, Rapture (1999). Film stills. Photos by Larry Barns. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.
15 and 16 Shirin Neshat, Fervor (1999). Film stills. Photos by Larry Barns. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.
17Shirin Neshat, Divine Rebellion, from The Book of Kings series (2012). Acrylic on LE silver gelatin print, 62″ × 49″ (157.5 × 124.5 cm). Copyright the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.
18Ghada Amer, Noah Forever (2009). Acrylic, embroidery, and gel medium on canvas. 36″ × 42″ (91.4 × 106.7 cm). Courtesy the artist and Cheim & Read, New York.
19Ghada Amer, Women’s Qualities (2000). Eight flowerbeds, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Cheim & Read, New York.
20Ghada Amer, The Reign of Terror (2005). Printed cafeteria cups, plates, and paper tray liners; dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Cheim & Read, New York.
21Nasim Nasr, Zaeefeh (2015), giclée archival digital print on Hahnemulle etching paper. Courtesy the artist.
22, 23, 24, and 25 Nasim Nasr, Forty Pages (2016), giclée archival digital print on 320 gsm white cotton smooth. Courtesy the artist.
26Mona Hatoum, Measures of Distance (1988), color video with sound, 15′35″. Western Front video production, Vancouver, 1988. Courtesy the artist.
27Mona Hatoum, Corps étranger (1994), video installation with cylindrical wooden structure, video projector and player, amplifier and four speakers, 350 × 300 × 300 cm. Installation view at Centre Pompidou, Paris. Courtesy the artist and Centre Pompidou, Mnam-CCI.
28Mona Hatoum, Keffieh (1993–1999). Human hair on cotton fabric, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and White Cube. Photo: Hugo Glendenning.
29A model walks the runway during the Guo Pei Haute Couture show at the Fashion 4 Development’s 5th annual Official First Ladies luncheon at The Pierre Hotel on September 28, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Fashion 4 Development.
30Chinese actors Wu Tao (centre) and Joan Chen (right) on the set of The Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, 1987. Photo by CHRISTOPHE D YVOIRE/Sygma via Getty Images.
31American former professional boxer Mike Tyson and actor Donnie Yen attend the premiere of the film Ip Man 3 directed by Wilson Yip on March 1, 2016 in Beijing, China. Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images.
32Yasaka Pagoda and Sannen Zaka Street in the Morning, Kyoto, Japan. Photo by Patrick Foto/Getty Images.
33Fashion designer Rei Kawakubo’s dresses present during The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institutes’ 2017 exhibition as an honored guest in New York, United States on May 2, 2017. Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.
34A hall exhibiting the work of Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo is shown to the media on May 1, 2017, prior to the public opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s spring Costume Institute exhibition “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between” in New York. The exhibition ran through September 4. Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images.
35Forty cosplayers from twenty nations pose in a photo session during the 2013 World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya on August 3, 2013. The forty cosplayers will compete in the World Cosplay Championships. Photo JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images.
36Designer Manish Malhotra and Rina Dhaka during the Michael Kors store launch on February 26, 2014 in New Delhi, India. Photo by Raajessh Kashyap/Hindustan Times via Getty Images.
37Indian Bollywood actors Hema Malini (left) and Deepika Padukone (right) pose for a photograph during a promotional event in Mumbai on late October 16, 2017. Photo STR/AFP/Getty Images.
38Blak Douglas, (Un)Welcome Mats, 2010, industrial floor mats, 90 × 180 cm. Courtesy the artist.
39Tracey Moffatt, Up in The Sky #9, 1997. Off-set print, 61 × 76 cm. (71 × 102 cm. paper size). Courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Sydney.
40Tracey Moffatt, Tug, 2017 from the series Passage. Digital C-print on gloss paper, 102 × 153 cm. Courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Sydney.