“Hello, good evening everyone. The Golden Globes is being watched in 199 countries, including my country, Turkey. I grew up watching this ceremony and it is a great honor to be here tonight. Peace at home, peace in the world”. On the
A multi-media artist, climate campaigner and photographer is working on a piece of art so large, that once complete it will be visible from space. Located roughly 20 kilometers from Turkey’s present-day border with Syria in Upper-Mesopotamia, Harran lies at the heart
Contemporary Istanbul will be offering both virtual and physical events for the first time this year. The art fair will take place between 16 – 20 December 2020, with the VIP preview between 14 – 15 December. On the Inclusiveness of Art,
How can an urbanite make sense of a sandstorm? While the closest we get to a sandstorm in İstanbul’s city center is the dust of ever-growing construction sites, the common phenomenon of Middle Eastern sandstorms at best evokes indistinct images. The theme
He came down, lowered by a crane, and signed off as pill-popping Nir Peled, aka PILPELED, descending from the eye of his five-story mural, chewing the stub of his rolled cigarette, a jovial bear of a young man grinning from ear to
BY BEGÜM KURUÇ- Last Saturday protesters met in Trafalgar Square to stand against three main causes: Social distancing rules, a possible vaccine and the obligation to wear face coverings. The UK had been under strict lockdown measures starting from March 23 and
On the 14th of June 2020, the very first DIY Çukurcuma Living Room exhibition was held, just a couple of weeks after the compulsory 69-day lockdown period: “69 Days to Handle with Vito Manolo Roma”. Held in the living room of a
Artists are sheltering at their homes and we were curious about what they were up to during quarantine, so here’s ArtDog Istanbul’s Quarantine Diaries series… Today’s guest is artist, art historian and writer Nancy Atakan… What are some of the subjects/concepts and
Nezaket Ekici is the name to know when it comes to performance art in Turkey, a relatively obscure history of the internationalist form that is arguably just coming of age in the context of Flux, a new Marina Abramovic retrospective, including her method,
The exhibition and the book, prepared by VEKAM, are meant to complement the research exhibition, curated by Ali Cengizkan and N. Müge Cengizkan, for the 50th anniversary of the Vehbi Koç Foundation. The research focuses on the structuring, modernization and the establishment
Jonathas de Andrade’s work O Peixe at old Antrepo, now Resim Heykel Museum, has virtually become the symbol of this year’s Istanbul Biennial. If the organizers at IKSV did a survey of all the works, it could have been chosen as the most
