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Ultramodern art museum rises on ancient shoreline

ISTANBUL, Turkey: Istanbul's museum of modern art moved last week into a futuristic building overlooking the Bosphorus Strait designed by the Italian-born architect of London's Shard skyscraper and the Pompidou Center in Paris.

The museum's return to its old but reinvented location marks the latest attempt by Turkey's cultural capital to infuse its iconic waterfront — lined with graceful imperial palaces and mosques — with a more futuristic feel.