With the initiatives of Türkiye’s Prague Ambassador Egemen Bağış, legendary Turkish poet Nazım Hikmet’s life and photographs, taken in 1956 in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia at the time, and found in the Prague National Theater archives, have been made into a
The Golden Lion in Venice was awarded on Sept. 9 to a hilarious and shockingly explicit reworking of Frankenstein, “Poor Things,” starring Emma Stone as a sex-mad reanimated corpse, which had festival-goers in stitches. An ongoing Hollywood strike may have robbed Venice
Turkish Painting: In the Pursuit of Modernism follows the development of painting from its adoption as a genre in the newly Westernising Ottoman Empire to the first artists of the Republic, who aimed to create an intellectual foundation for their art. The
İzmir Metropolitan Municipality hosts the International Textile Biennial curated by Nihat Özdal, showcasing artworks from 61 countries. The biennial, which started on 2 September and continues until 24 November, aims to convey important messages to the world, exploring themes of slowness, touch,
Excavation works are carried out in the Kum District to clean, reveal historical structures and identify the area, under the direction of the Amasra Museum Directorate. The teams encountered a “nymph statue” 3 meters underground in the last drilling area. The statue, thought
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston closed early on Thursday, saying that a planned protest by climate activists would’ve posed a threat to the institution. The museum, which was founded in 1903 and modeled on a Venetian palace, said it had
An investigation has been launched against the Istanbul Municipality’s (IMM) “Starting from the Middle” exhibition at ArtIstanbul Feshane. IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu commented on the investigation: “It’s a shame! It’s a disgrace on behalf of democracy.” The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office
Art Fund has announced the recipients of its latest funding to museums and galleries, totalling £1m. Twenty one museums and galleries across the UK have been offered a total of £800,000 for projects to support their workforce and improve inclusion and diversity.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) approved a request from Ukraine to add 20 landmarks to the international list of cultural heritage sites under enhanced protection, Deputy Culture Minister Anastasiia Bondar said on Sept. 7. The list includes the
V&A Dundee, the Scottish branch of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, has stripped the Sackler name from its galleries, but will not be returning the £500,000 (roughly $627,000) it was gifted from the Sackler Trust before opening in 2018. With this, V&A
