Bor Art and Exit Collective Collaboration Guest Artist

The fourth edition of the “Guest Artist Program,” a collaboration between Bor Art and Exit Collective, has been completed. The project, which aims to bring together artists living in Mardin with nationally and internationally experienced to create contemporary art through a collective

Picasso’s Unseen Ceramics Up For Auction

A clutch of one-off and hitherto unseen ceramic plates and dishes by Pablo Picasso are going under the hammer in Geneva on June 19. Emblematic motifs from Picasso’s artistic universe — pigeons, fish, a goat, a bull, and a bird adorn the colorful

Documentarist 2025: Istanbul Documentary Days Turns 18

Documentarist Istanbul Documentary Days, which will be held between June 14-19, 2025, brings documentary enthusiasts together in different venues in Istanbul for the 18th time this year. This year’s festival focuses on striking themes such as local and foreign master directors, youth

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Ali Kazma: Landscapes of the Mind

“Landscapes of the Mind” at Istanbul Modern Photography Gallery focuses on works revealing the writer’s mind through the metaphor of landscape painting by Ali Kazma (b. 1971), one of today’s leading lens-based artists, whose practice explores fundamental questions about the meaning of

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What Should Architecture Build?

What is architecture today: merely a tool for form and aesthetics, or a vehicle for public life, social justice, and human relationships? In essence, our fundamental question is: what is architecture building today? Is it merely aesthetic forms and flashy facades, or

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FBI Recovers Two Paintings Missing for 40 Years

The FBI recently recovered two paintings stolen from the University of New Mexico’s Harwood Museum of Art in Taos four decades ago. Victor Higgins’s oil painting Aspens (c. 1932) and Joseph Henry Sharp’s portrait Oklahoma Cheyenne aka Indian Boy in Full Dress (c. 1915) were

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32nd Istanbul Jazz Festival

The 32nd Istanbul Jazz Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), will bring together dozens of musicians with audiences at various venues across Istanbul between July 1 and 17. Venues hosting the festival this year include the French

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Türkiye Pavilion at Architecture Biennale: Grounded

Curated by Ceren Erdem and Bilge Kalfa and coordinated by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), Türkiye Pavilion presents Grounded at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, taking place from 10 May to 23 November 2025.

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BASE 2025 Applications

Applications are ongoing for the 2025 edition of BASE, an exhibition that brings together works of recent graduates from various disciplines across Türkiye with art lovers in Istanbul every year. The deadline for applications is June 15. This year marks the 9th