“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
The transformation of Haydarpaşa Train Station has been debated for many years and since the big fire in 2010, this topic has been on the agenda constantly. In the last couple of days, there has been a bid about Haydarpaşa and Sirkeci
Istanbul Theatre Festival, the 23rd of which will take place this year, used to be organized every two years at the end of spring to the beginning of summer. Since 2016, under the direction of Leman Yılmaz, it started to be held every
Opening on October, 3 with a preview day on October, 2 Frieze London coincides with Frieze Sculpture and Frieze Masters, together forming the most significant week in London’s cultural calendar. In addition to the world-renowned galleries- such as Marianne Boesky Gallery, The
Ayşe & Saruhan Doğan – Zeitgeist You have mentioned that your interest in video art stretches to the early 2000’s. You are one of the first collectors in Turkey to develop a collection with an emphasis on video art. Could you explain
The Biennial has hosted more than 1000 artists with more than two million visitors since 1987. The biennial concept therefore proposes a motive towards an effort of cooperative production; presenting a common denominator under many contemporary, local and global titles that artistic
If I asked you, dear reader, what is your perfect weekend, what would you tell me? Let’s leave the matter aside for a while and go back to the day of my very first personal encounter with the Financial Times. A student
Interview by Şebnem Kırmacı This year, Contemporary Istanbul (CI) will take place between September 12 – 15 in the Istanbul Congress Center and the Convention and Exhibition Center. Touati explains how she’s looking forward to deepening CI’s existing partnerships, as well as
Nicolas Bouirrad argues the Seventh Continent “shows today’s artistic production as a multiverse, an archipelago of differences, away from normative continents and massive entities.” And he adds that it defines art as a molecular anthropology, which studies the human effects, tracks and
