Police interrupted a heist at the American Fine Art gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, on 7 January, apprehending the would-be thief on the building’s roof. The suspect, Harpeet Singh, who apparently traveled from California to undertake the theft, scattered stolen works on nearby
The city of Paris on Jan. 8 named a street after rock music icon David Bowie, a first in honor of the singer eight years after his death. ”Rue David Bowie” was officially inaugurated in the capital’s 13th district on the left
The oldest fig seeds ever found in Anatolia, dating back 5,000 years, have been unearthed in the Yassıtepe Mound in the Bornova district of İzmir, where excavations have been continuing. Head of the excavations, Associated Professor Zafer Derin said, “Finding such a
BBProjectTT hosts Sümer Erek’s exhibition “Tearing the Art”. In his paintings Erek centers the body through the frame. Tearing the Art is anchoring the body as a bridge, consisting of one-to-one dialogues, simmering over hours, ultimately seeking to reach a common essence
An international street art movement featuring Palestinian photojournalism from the Gaza Strip is drawing attention to the devastating toll of Israel’s ongoing bombardment. Titled Unmute Gaza, the creative campaign reinterprets the photography of journalists Belal Khaled, Mahmoud Bassam, Sameh Nidal-Rahmi, and Saher
The Palace of Aigai in northern Greece was fully reopened on Dec. 5 following a 16-year renovation that cost more than 20 million euros ($22 million) and included financial support from the European Union. It was built more than 2,300 years ago
Taner Ceylan’s “Olympus Exhibitions’, in its third year, hosts the theme Interior. Ceylan once again shows both his love and his passion for art within the artworks with the artworks from artists that he chose who focus on interiors as a theme.
A Diego Velázquez portrait of Spanish Queen Isabel de Borbón, which was expected to break the artist’s previous records, was quietly withdrawn from auction by Sotheby’s in New York. The court painting, which has been owned by a private family trust in
“Oppenheimer” reigned at the 81st Golden Globe Awards. The sprawling examination of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb racked up five wins, the most of any movie, including the prize for best motion picture drama. “Poor Things,” a
Veteran theater and cinema actress Ayla Algan has died of a brain hemorrhage in Istanbul at the age of 86. Algan suddenly fell ill while reading a script at home around 7 p.m. on Jan. 4 and was taken to Taksim Acıbadem
