Pera Film’s "I’m Here!" program, running December 1–11, 2024, presents "Red Reminds Me…", a powerful video series reimagining the emotional and symbolic narratives of living with HIV.
Artistic expression is considered a crime now in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Independent artists are punished with extrajudicial execution, arbitrary detention, arrestment, and public humiliation. It is also prohibited for women and girls to study arts and pursue a career in arts. Museums, archives,
Topkapı Palace enlarged its collection. Currently, approximately 600 works of art are on display for visitors in the Chamber of Holy Relics at Topkapı Palace. This chamber, located within the National Palaces in Fatih, houses a multitude of historically significant artifacts, including
“Oppenheimer,” the biopic chronicling the race to build the first atomic bomb, secured seven Academy Awards, including the prestigious Best Picture trophy, during March 10th ceremony as Hollywood commemorated a triumphant year in film. Irish actor Cillian Murphy earned the award for
The discovery of nearly 8,600-year-old bread in the Çatalhöyük Neolithic settlement, situated in the central Anatolian province of Konya, marks a remarkable find shedding light on early human culinary practices. Çatalhöyük stands as one of the earliest urban settlements globally and was
The protest group Palestine Action slashed a painting of Lord Balfour housed at the University of Cambridge’s Trinity College. Lord Arthur James Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, played a significant role in establishing the state of Israel. In 1917, Balfour wrote a
Artworks have been withdrawn from the Barbican in London to protest the arts center’s decision to cancel a lecture titled “The Shoah after Gaza” by Indian writer Pankaj Mishra. Deeming the move as an act of censorship, collectors Lorenzo Legarda Leviste and
During Paris Fashion Week, artist Cécile B. Evans debuted her newest project, a short film titled Reception!, which provided the backdrop for the Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2024–25 runway show. Evans has delved into the underlying structures of digital technologies for some time.
For the Olympics a mysterious artist called “Invader” has cemented artworks to walls across France’s capital, as well as around the world, even having some carried aloft to the International Space Station. Vincent Giraud, one of the artist’s avid fans in Paris,
Numerous child graves have been unearthed during excavations conducted last year in the necropolis area of the ancient city of Tenedos, located in the Bozcaada district of Çanakkale. This area, a prominent tourism center, attracts nearly 50,000 local and foreign visitors annually.
The Istanbul Jazz Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and sponsored by Garanti BBVA, is set to welcome audiences once again with the diverse musical landscape of Istanbul from July 3 to July 18, 2024. This year’s
As part of the International Women’s Day celebrations, an exhibition of paintings titled “Painter Mihri in Istanbul, Rome, New York” has recently opened at the Vadistanbul Shopping Mall. The exhibition showcases the works of Mihri Rasim Müşfik Açba, one of Türkiye’s pioneering
A fresco depicting two Greek mythological siblings, Phrixus and Helle, has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the director of Pompeii Archaeological Park, commented on the discovery, stating, ‘History seems to have repeated itself.’ He added, ‘It