The 20th century brought rapid, drastic shifts in beauty ideals, reflected in art and popular culture alike. After 1900, as women’s social roles began to change, so did the preferred image of their bodies.
The Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) hosted renowned Slovenian philosopher and critical theorist Renata Salecl for a book talk marking the Turkish edition of her latest work, Stagnation: The Hostage Subject of Neoliberalism (Turkish title: Yerinde Saymak: Neoliberalizmin Rehin Öznesi).
At the 2025 Awards organized for the first time this year by the Sanat Tarihi Derneği, ArtDog Istanbul was deemed worthy of the Culture–Arts Media & Publishing Award of the Year for its publishing activities in the field of culture and the
In Italy, the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo hosted a special event allowing visitors to experience a public cultural space together with their dogs.
Organized within the scope of the Practice Matters project developed in collaboration between SALT and IASPIS, “Kitchen Gatherings” takes place on February 14 at SALT Beyoğlu with its first program focusing on community gardens at universities.
From Frans Hals to Egon Schiele, from Frida Kahlo to Kerry James Marshall, this selection examines the many forms love has taken throughout art history.
The second edition of Art Show 2026, organized under the umbrella of the International Association of Art Galleries (USGD), will take place from February 12 to 15 at 2Plan Terminal – Etiler. Featuring 28 galleries, the event aims to provide a platform
Ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, Milan is temporarily opening to the public one of the Renaissance’s most mysterious works—the Sala delle Asse frescoes attributed to Leonardo da Vinci—alongside the ongoing restoration process. Located in Sforza Castle, the monumental wall and ceiling
As part of its “Guess Who’s Here?” talk series, SALT welcomes Xiao Liu, one of the leading curators of contemporary Chinese art.
Employees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York voted to unionize following a ballot held on January 16. Established under Local 2110 of the UAW, the Met Union will represent employees across 50 departments, including curatorial, conservation, education, and visitor
The Louvre Museum in Paris has closed its doors for the third time in January due to ongoing strikes by staff demanding increased hiring, higher wages, and improved working conditions.
Haldun Dormen, who assumed a founding role in the modernisation of Turkish theatre during the Republican era, was not merely an artist who existed on stage, but a figure of memory who built theatre as a field of culture, discipline, and continuity
The hope planted in the soil with Agos thirty years ago is still alive on the 19th anniversary of Hrant Dink’s assassination.

