Museum Visitor Eats Million Dollar Banana

A visitor to a French museum bit into a fresh banana worth millions of dollars taped to a wall last week, exhibitors said on Friday, in the latest such consumption of the conceptual artwork.

Beauty Standards Through Art History

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.

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Art All Around Istanbul

Since 2019, İBB Kültür and İBB Miras have hosted 271 exhibitions across 41 venues, with the contribution of 195 curators and nearly 2,000 artists, reaching almost 8 million visitors.

Turgay Sönmez Criticism Award

Launched for the first time this year to promote art writing and critical thinking, the Turgay Sönmez Criticism Award is now accepting submissions focused on Ömer Uluç’s exhibition Beyond the Horizon Line at Istanbul Modern. The application deadline is August 15. Established