Designed by Tabanlioğlu Architects, the Ataturk Cultural Center (AKM) will mainly serve as an opera house, but the center will also have venues ranging from cinema and theater to exhibition halls, cafes and restaurants. Located in the main square of the city,
During the first half of the 2000’s, Istanbul was an attractive center for the arts. But then, the agenda shifted. Where do you think Istanbul stands right now? What is your vision of Istanbul’s future? The answer to your question would be
The covered passages of Istanbul are an integral part of the city’s unique charm. Like the famous arcades of Paris, the passages of Istanbul were built in the European district of Pera now Beyoğlu, often opening to the main street, the Grande
Interview by Şebnem Kırmacı This year, Contemporary Istanbul (CI) will take place between September 12 – 15 in the Istanbul Congress Center and the Convention and Exhibition Center. Touati explains how she’s looking forward to deepening CI’s existing partnerships, as well as
Nicolas Bouirrad argues the Seventh Continent “shows today’s artistic production as a multiverse, an archipelago of differences, away from normative continents and massive entities.” And he adds that it defines art as a molecular anthropology, which studies the human effects, tracks and
