Contemporary Istanbul readies to celebrate its 20th anniversary from 24–28 September 2025 at Tersane Istanbul, with Akbank as its main partner. The 2025 edition reflects two decades of growth for the fair, which has become a vital meeting point for collectors, artists,
Virginia Woolf’s modernist masterpiece Mrs. Dalloway celebrates its centenary in 2025. Yet the roots of the novel lie in an earlier story: Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street.
The title, cover, and release date of Zülfü Livaneli’s upcoming novel from Can Yayınları have been announced. Wait for Me (Bekle Beni) will be available in bookstores starting September 23.
At the Venice Film Festival, thousands of people marched through the streets of Lido waving Palestinian flags and chanting “Free Palestine” in protest of the attacks on Gaza.
Italian fashion pioneer Giorgio Armani has passed away at the age of 91.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is preparing to unveil a landmark exhibition dedicated to one of the Renaissance’s greatest masters. Raphael: Sublime Poetry will bring together more than 200 works, offering the first-ever comprehensive presentation of the artist in the United States.
As part of a project by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, excavations at Mendik Tepe, believed to be older than Göbeklitepe and Karahantepe, are bringing to light remains from the Neolithic era.
The Goethe Medal, awarded by the Goethe-Institut for its contributions to international cultural dialogue, has this year been presented to imprisoned Turkish cultural figure Osman Kavala, Chinese linguist Li Yuan, and Belgian archaeologist and writer David Van Reybrouck.
Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel, Hamnet brings Shakespeare’s family tragedy and its echoes in Hamlet to the screen through Chloé Zhao’s lens. Starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, the film captures the silence created by loss and the solace found in
Street art is not merely wall paintings made with a spray can; it redefines how one of humanity’s oldest forms of expression has been transformed in the contemporary world and how it renegotiates its relationship with society.
Students, alumni, artists, and lawmakers have united in protest against the demolition of the MSGSÜ Prof. Sami Şekeroğlu Cinema-TV Center. Serving Turkish cinema for over half a century through education, production, and archiving, the center has been emphasized as more than just
Banksy’s Piranhas — one of the most striking works the elusive street artist left across London last summer — has been moved into secure storage ahead of its permanent display at the London Museum’s new Smithfield site, opening in 2026.
