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
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
About Dry Grasses, the latest film from Nuri Bilge Ceylan that played in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, was submitted by Turkey on Friday to represent the country in the Oscar International Feature Oscar race. About Dry Grasses centers on
Gossip about recent art fair-industry consolidation was a major focus at the VIP opening day of The Armory Show, as art world denizens debated the impact of the Frieze acquisition of both Armory and EXPO Chicago earlier this summer, according to artnet.com
Depo presents The Past is Present by the Memory Museum for Historical Justice, Turkey’s first digital museum and human rights archive. The Past is Present is the most comprehensive exhibition on the 1980 Coup d’État to date. The exhibition, whose name references
Anna Laudel presents “Glorious Century” by the award-winning visual artist Sarp Kerem Yavuz between September 22 – November 5, 2023. Through film-based, digital, and AI-generated photographs of the male form, Yavuz’s “Glorious Century” explores themes of Orientalism, homoerotica, politics, religion, and violence.
