Organised by the Mardin Cinema Association and directed by Döne Otyam and Hakan Irmak, the 6th edition of the Mardin Biennial will take place between 10 May-10 June 2024. The biennial, curated by Ali Akay, asks questions about how we can go
A recent survey by the group Heritage for Peace details the damage done so far to more than 100 of these landmarks in Gaza since the start of the present conflict. The casualties include the Great Omari Mosque, one of the most
Dirimart hosts Canan Tolon’s second solo exhibition titled About the Weather. Concentrating on Tolon’s recent series with the same title, the show comprises the artist’s large-scale rust and acrylic on canvas pieces. With her compositions created with stains, traces and random paint puddles,
A total of 30 artifacts, including a Corinthian helmet and a marble statue of Aphrodite, were returned by the United States to Greece in a ceremony on December 15. The antiquities—which also include breastplates, a Byzantine silver plate, and a bronze chariot
Jonathan Williams, the deputy director of the British Museum, is leaving his role. Though the circumstances and timeline of his departure have not been made public, his exit comes on the heels of an inquiry that found the London institution failed to
As workers and tourists traversed the cobblestone streets of Lower Manhattan today, December 15, about 20,000 red paper poppies rested in front of the New York Stock Exchange, each flower commemorating the life of a Palestinian person killed by Israeli forces since
The ongoing restoration endeavors over five years at Istanbul’s Yıldız Palace, one of the significant structures from the Ottoman Empire era, have unveiled 19th-century wall paintings and decorations concealed within its walls. The restoration project conducted by the Presidential Directorate of National
Emerging from private holdings for the first time in nearly two centuries, a rediscovered pair of Rembrandt portraits is now on a long-term loan for public display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. At nearly eight inches tall each, the portraits of Jan
The first-ever career-spanning exhibition dedicated to the Renaissance painter Francesco Pesellino (about 1422-1457) opens at the National Gallery in December 2023. Active in Florence in the mid-15th century, Pesellino achieved a notable career but his early death at 35 and the subsequent
Desert X AlUla third edition of the International art exhibition will open 9 February – 23 March 2024 under the theme of ‘In The Presence Of Absence’, artists will Explore that which cannot be seen. Open to all, Desert X AlUla is