Salt presents a new e-publication, Montage or Synthesis: Texts of Özer Kabaş, as part of the institution’s ongoing research focusing on art in Turkey from the 1950s to the present. Gathering a selection of texts written by the artist, educator, and writer Özer
Tributes have been paid to US Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy, who has died at the age of 89. McCarthy’s novels included The Road and No Country for Old Men, both of which were turned into successful films. Fellow author Stephen King called
The Erimtan Archaeology and Arts Museum hosts the Maçka Art Gallery exhibition ‘Where are We?’, with added works by artists based in Ankara today. Curated by Didem Çapa, the exhibition examines Turkish urbanisation and its effects in the last 70 years through
Virginia Woolf’s personal copy of her debut novel, The Voyage Out, digitised for the first time. The book was rediscovered in 2021, having mistakenly been housed in the science section of the University of Sydney library for 25 years. It is the
The Burrell Collection in Glasgow has won the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year award, the largest museum prize in the world, earning the institution a £120,000 prize, according to Museumnext.com. The Glasgow-based venue triumphed over stiff competition, such as London’s
From costumes and working drafts of “Bohemian Rhapsody” to art peices, hundreds of items belong to Queen frontman Freddie on show in Britain on Friday before being sold next month. The free exhibition brings together Mercury’s private and public worlds, from his
The Cultural Road Festivals, which started with the Beyoğlu Cultural Road Festival two years ago to contribute to Türkiye’s international brand value, will be organized this year in 11 cities, namely Nevşehir, Trabzon, Erzurum, Çanakkale, Gaziantep, Ankara, Konya, Diyarbakır, Istanbul, İzmir and
Children take part in programs that are designed for specific age groups and focus on exhibitions held at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, works of art featured in the exhibitions, and the careers of artists whose works are exhibited. Participants thus
As an artist John Gerrard has been fixated on the politics, geographies, and aesthetics of hydrocarbons ever since. In his 2022 series “Petro National,” the Irish artist cast the outline of countries as oil slicks adrift on the world’s ocean. The 196
Pera Museum is hosting the exhibition A New Story by Isabel Muñoz, an artist who explores the nature, aesthetics and lifestyles of different cultures and reflects them through her photographs, focusing on Göbeklitepe, one of Turkey’s most important archaeological sites, and the Stone Hills
Iwona Blazwick was announced today as the Curator of the 18th Istanbul Biennial, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and sponsored by 2007-2036 Biennial Sponsor Koç Holding, running from 14 September to 17 November 2024. Announcing the appointment,
Joaquin Phoenix and Ridley Scott teaming up again for Napoleon. Over two decades after their collaboration on the Oscar-winning film Gladiator, Joaquin Phoenix and director Sir Ridley Scott are teaming up once again for another ambitious project, Napoleon. In a recent interview with Empire Magazine,
