In Claire Keegan’s deeply evocative novella Small Things Like These, set against the raw chill of an Irish winter in 1985, a coal merchant, Bill Furlong, finds himself at a moral crossroads. As he uncovers the hidden cruelties of a Magdalene laundry
On September 8, 2024, Odunpazarı Modern Museum (OMM) in Eskişehir celebrated its fifth anniversary by launching the exhibition, Creatures of Comfort. Curated by OMM’s co-founder and creative director, İdil Tabanca, the exhibition brings together an eclectic collection of contemporary works that blur
In an extraordinary archaeological effort, 1,800-year-old Roman mosaics are being carefully restored and unearthed in Pompeiopolis, an ancient city in the Taşköprü district of Kastamonu, Turkey. Once the capital of the Roman province of Paphlagonia, Pompeiopolis is home to an expansive Roman
The 61st International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival came to a triumphant close on October 12, showcasing the best of Turkish cinema with a spectacular awards ceremony at the Cam Piramit Fair and Congress Center. This year’s festival spotlighted Nadim Güç’s Mukadderat,
In the heart of Milton Keynes, an artistic revolution is about to take center stage. MK Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour, offers the most comprehensive exploration of the modernist painter’s legacy ever mounted. Running from October
Acclaimed Irish author Sally Rooney returns with her latest novel Intermezzo, which critics have hailed as “utterly perfect.” Known for her intricate explorations of relationships, Rooney takes a fresh approach in her fourth novel, shifting her focus from female protagonists to the
In a tale that straddles the line between art history and serendipity, a modest attic in Camden, Maine, became the unlikely stage for a high-stakes auction. The star of the show? An unsigned, 17th-century portrait—attributed “after Rembrandt”—that recently fetched a staggering $1.4
Few things shape the human experience as profoundly or as pervasively as creativity does. So begins Elliot Paul Samuel and Dustin Stokes in their seminal article published in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2024 Edition). The authors delve into the philosophical
