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,
As an architect, Emre Arolat is a man of detailed and innovative projects. His aim to search and find new perspectives is endless. His way of looking at things varies between philosophy, art, urban culture, technical approaches, and more. His creative process
“Intersecting lives of the human and animal, their otherworldly genderless figures, human-animal hybrid beings, silently haunt the viewer, bewitching them as if it were a spell.” These are the words on the paintings of Selma Gürbüz. Her 35-year oeuvre, which encompasses themes
The pandemic has had a significant impact on the performing arts, mirroring its impact on all art sectors. Social distancing requirements and the closure of physical venues has curtailed not only public performances but also rehearsal. Many performing arts institutions attempted to
How did the two polarizing concepts of “in situ/ex situ” come together? Can you speak about your preparation for this exhibition and its conceptual and figurative structure? I came across ‘in situ’ in Joseph Campbell’s book “Primitive Mythology.” It was used as an
Ecstasy, a solo exhibition by Hande Şekerciler, will be displayed at London’s JD Malat Gallery until the first of January. ecstasy brings together a selection of three-dimensional digital sculptures exploring the theme of the human ‘self’ while presenting a new mode of engagement with
Ilgaz’s artworks deal with socio-political, individual and contemporary issues in a range of interdisciplinary productions from the 1990s to the present, Together, they bring today’s chaotic problems up for discussion from various viewpoints. “Breaking Point,” an exhibition by Gul Ilgaz, can be
Berlin-based artist Anke Eilergerhard’s first solo exhibition in Turkey, “Resilience” showcases more than 30 of her new and recent works including sculptures, wall-reliefs, and screen printings. The exhibition, which hosts a series of interesting sculptures produced by the artist using a special
Artist Nilbar Güreş, whose show titled “The Sea Said Okay,” is currently on view at Galerist, says that this exhibit brings the summertime indoors. The world she creates here, in her words, is “a dynamic world that moves, talks, advises and stimulates”,
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