Focusing on museums scheduled to open in 2026, this selection traces the emergence of new cultural institutions across different cities.
Nobel Prize–winning author Orhan Pamuk’s acclaimed novel The Museum of Innocence, woven around time accumulated in the memory of a love and its lost objects, is being adapted for the screen via the digital platform Netflix. The nine-episode series adaptation will premiere
We are entering the new year with the intense pace of the exhibition calendar.
A panel discussion titled “We Need a Theatre Museum,” focusing on the preservation and transmission of Turkey’s theatrical memory, will take place on January 10 at Depo Istanbul.
The first event of SALT’s 2026 program series, which opens a discussion on archival and research practices in the field of graphic design, will take place on January 15 at SALT Beyoğlu
Inspired by Feelings in Common: Works from the British Council Collection, participants leave the museum with their “bad portraits”!
The Lightness of Silk, the Weight of Stone, bringing together original works by 15 artists from different disciplines, will be on view from 6 December to 31 March at Ceylan Splend’or Uludağ.
If figures such as Grayson Perry, Tracey Emin, and every art school insider speaking in a fake Cockney accent delight in fetishising Martin Parr’s “ordinary” Britons, what does that ultimately reveal?
Our curated selection for cinema in 2026 spans a wide spectrum, from adaptations of classic literature to long-awaited sequels of cult franchises, as well as epic studio productions such as Marvel and Dune.
Award-winning filmmaker Seren Yüce, recipient of the Golden Orange Award, was injured in an armed attack at his home in Istanbul. Yüce was hospitalised after being shot by an assailant reported to have been wearing a helmet and posing as a delivery
The alleged killing of a dog named Matmazel (also known as Kirli), who had lived for 15 years at Ankara’s Demetevler Metro Station and was beloved by local residents, has sparked nationwide outrage in Turkey.
The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris has acquired 61 works that had been carefully preserved for decades by the family of Henri Matisse, one of the most lyrical figures of modern art.

