When we turn the pages of history, spanning the Ottoman Empire’s resplendent final years to the nascent era of the Turkish Republic, we encounter the captivating saga of the Şakir Pasha Family. This family stands out as a constellation of remarkable individuals,
In honour of the fiftieth anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s passing, the exhibition “Picasso. Dessiner à l’infini” (Picasso. Drawing to Infinity), organised by the Centre Pompidou in collaboration with the Musée National Picasso-Paris, will shine a spotlight on the most prolific part of
The second edition of Paris+ par Art Basel hosts 154 leading galleries from 33 countries and territories – including 60 with an exhibition space in France – present works by French and international artists in solo, duo and group shows, from 20th-century masters to
Renowned actors Tilda Swinton, Charles Dance, Steve Coogan, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Mullan, Maxine Peake and Khalid Abdalla are among more than two thousand people from across the arts who have signed a letter saying that: “Our governments are not only tolerating war
The Pergamon Museum and its world-class collection of antiquities will close this month for a top-to-bottom restoration not due to be completed before 2037. The institution houses treasures, including the Great Altar of Pergamon, built in the second century B.C., the 2,600-year-old
Morocco announced it has gotten back three fossil remains of three different species, dated back to 250 million years ago, from the US. Moroccan Culture Minister Mehdi Bensaid said the announcement of the repatriation of the fossil species was during this week’s
A 3,000-year-old necropolis has been unearthed during the excavations carried out in the Cehennem Deresi (Hell Creek), which is located in Batman. Hasankeyf Museum Directorate officials found the necropolis by chance when they visited the area to register some caves with paintings.
A statue by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, part of his famous Les Bourgeois de Calais group, is currently “unlocated” in Glasgow’s art collections, museum officials have said. The sculpture is worth €3.5m (£3m). The plaster sculpture, bought by Glasgow Museums from
The Ephesus Experience Museum where visitors travel back in time in the mystical atmosphere of the ancient world, has been opened in the ancient city of Ephesus in İzmir. The museum offers an entirely mesmerizing experience of seeing the daily life of
The new creative initiative “Keşif,” designed by the founding teams of Bozcaada Jazz Festival, 3dots and Fermente, in order to bring together institutions and communities with common values, will host its project “Build a Bridge with Jazz” between Oct. 18 and 27.
Palestinian author Adania Shibli’s 2021 novel A Minor Matter won a literature prize in Germany, but the awards ceremony in her honour was recently cancelled. The decision to cancel the award ceremony was made by the literary organization behind the prize. The
The Louvre Museum in Paris and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats, police said. The French government started deploying 7,000 troops to increase security around the country after a fatal school stabbing by a suspected Islamic extremist.
One of Iran’s most important filmmakers, Dariush Mehrjui, was stabbed to death on Saturday evening alongside his wife at their home near Tehran, the judiciary said on Sunday. The 83-year-old was indelibly associated with the Iranian new wave of cinema, having made
