October brings a rich exhibition calendar. Here are some of the highlights selected by ArtDog Istanbul editors.
The undisputed centerpiece of the month is the 18th Istanbul Biennial, curated by Christine Tohmé and titled Three-Legged Cat. Spanning eight venues across Beyoğlu and Karaköy, the biennial offers a free, immersive art experience intertwined with the city’s fabric. Its artistic wave extends far beyond Istanbul, reaching Bursa, Antalya, Diyarbakır, and even Mardin, with a full program of exhibitions throughout October 2025.
Hakan Gürsoytrak — Velhasıl at EVİN
EVİN Sanat Galerisi opens the season with Hakan Gürsoytrak’s solo exhibition Velhasıl. The show gathers the artist’s latest works, exploring representations of institutional structures and the hierarchical order between them through the Koram Principle. Gürsoytrak reinterprets this principle using absurd images drawn from everyday life.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: October 4 – November 15
• Venue: EVİN, Istanbul
• Admission Information: EVİN
Nilbar Güreş — Velvet View (Kadife Bakış) at Arter
Arter kicks off the new season with Nilbar Güreş’s first institutional solo exhibition in Turkey, Velvet View, curated by Emre Baykal. Bringing together early works and new productions across multiple media, the comprehensive selection unfolds throughout the museum’s 2nd floor.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: from September 11
• Venue: Arter, Dolapdere
• Admission Information: Arter
Pera Museum — Shared Emotions & A Verse Written with Earth, Fire, Water and Air
Marking its 20th anniversary, Pera Museum presents two new shows. Shared Emotions features 29 artists from the British Council Collection, exploring how collections engage with today’s social dynamics beyond preserving the past. Swedish artist Åsa Jungnelius’s first solo exhibition in Turkey examines human–matter relationships through glass and stone works produced with Şişecam masters, offering a sensory experience of existence.
Details for Visiting the Exhibitions
• Date: September 16 – January 18
• Venue: Pera Museum, Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: Pera Museum
Metin Alper Kurt — In Its Own Weight (Kendi Ağırlığında) at x-ist
Metin Alper Kurt investigates the tension between marble’s hardness and fragility. This duality allows the artist to reveal the material’s memory and hidden emotional layers. Each sculpture transforms marble into unexpectedly light and delicate forms, inviting a search for balance between feeling and form.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 11 – October 11
• Venue: x-ist, Gümüşsuyu
• Admission Information: x-ist
Ergin İnan — Between Time and Traces: Ergin İnan 1964–2025 at EArt Gallery
Curated by Marcus Graf, this expansive retrospective spans over sixty years of Ergin İnan’s artistic journey — from his student years in the 1960s to his most recent works — offering a comprehensive overview of his enduring practice.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 24 – November 2
• Venue: EArt Gallery, Kağıthane
• Admission Information: EArt Gallery
Elif Uras — In Her Hands: Earth (Ellerinde Toprak) at Galerist
Elif Uras examines women’s labor within historical and material culture. For the first time, ceramic works created in New York and İznik are shown together. Forms inspired by the female body merge with Islamic ornamentation and Neolithic figures, building layered surfaces that link traditional production practices with invisible labor.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 16 – November 8
• Venue: Galerist, Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: Galerist
Erhan Coral — A Place in the Middle of Nothingness (Hiçliğin Ortasında Bir Yer) at Galeri 77
Erhan Coral opens the new season at Galeri 77 with a show paralleling the Biennial and 212 Photography Istanbul. Through Mongolian landscapes, the exhibition confronts silence and absurdity while making visible isolation and human traces across geography.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 4 – October 11
• Venue: Galeri 77, Karaköy
• Admission Information: Galeri 77
Sarkis — Five Icons with Edirnekâri Frames at Dirimart
Sarkis explores memory and time by intervening in 19th- and 20th-century Edirnekâri frames, transforming mirrors into memory-bearing surfaces. Combining restorative techniques with contemporary narratives, the show bridges past and present.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 3 – October 12
• Venue: Dirimart, Dolapdere
• Admission Information: Dirimart
Gaza Biennial — Istanbul Pavilion at Depo
Curated by House of Taswir and partners, the Gaza Biennial – Istanbul Pavilion showcases works by over 50 artists from Gaza and its diaspora. Developed under the constraints of limited physical access, the exhibition explores new collective production and digital sharing methods. Through video portraits, wall writings, poetry nights, and film screenings, it amplifies Gazan artists’ voices.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 19 – November 8
• Venue: Depo, Tophane
• Admission Information: Depo
Baran Kurtoğlu — Icons, Deaths and Remaining Suspects at Gülden Bostancı Gallery
Baran Kurtoğlu’s exhibition Icons, Deaths and Remaining Suspects interrogates the visual codes of the contemporary social order where the “state of exception” has become normalized. Drawing on Giorgio Agamben’s concept of the “state of exception,” the artist examines an image universe where representation and power intertwine. Through anonymous and elusive imagery, Kurtoğlu questions regimes of looking, the distinctions between suspect and witness, body and shadow, inviting viewers to confront the very nature of representation itself.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 12 – October 25
• Venue: Gülden Bostancı Gallery, Antalya
• Admission Information: Gülden Bostancı Gallery
Desires, Faith, Solitude at Rıdvan Kuday Gallery
The first edition of the three-part exhibition series at Rıdvan Kuday Gallery in Diyarbakır, Desires, Faith, Solitude, takes inspiration from Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise trilogy to explore the human experience through the lenses of desire, belief, and loneliness. Desire becomes entangled with power relations, faith disciplines the body, and solitude emerges as a result of structural inequalities. Featuring works by Mahmut Aydın, Mahmut Celayir, Bahattin Eren, Selma Koç, Sedat Akdoğan, Cengiz Tekin, and Erkan Özgen, the exhibition makes visible the fragile intersections of these concepts and invites viewers on a deep intellectual journey.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 5 – October 15
• Venue: Rıdvan Kuday Gallery, Diyarbakır
• Admission Information: Rıdvan Kuday Gallery
Lucia Tallová — Temporary Monuments at Zilberman
At the heart of Lucia Tallová’s practice lies the idea of memory sedimenting over objects and surfaces. In Temporary Monuments, the artist presents a conceptual exploration of memory, materiality, and human experience. Working across painting, collage, installation, and photography, Tallová weaves found and self-made objects together to create layered dialogues between past and present.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 20 – November 19
• Venue: Zilberman, Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: Zilberman
Edward Burtynsky — Evolving Earth (Dönüşen Yeryüzü) at Borusan Contemporary
Borusan Contemporary hosts the first major solo exhibition in Turkey by acclaimed Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, Evolving Earth. The show documents the environmental impact of industrial activity through striking visuals. Drawing on long-term thematic research into erosion, mining, quarries, and water resources, Burtynsky presents an aesthetic yet urgent vision of humanity’s footprint on the planet. Spread across all floors of the iconic Perili Köşk, the exhibition calls visitors to a shared planetary responsibility.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 20 – August 16
• Venue: Borusan Contemporary, Sarıyer
• Admission Information: Borusan Contemporary
Çağrı Saray — Rooms of Spleen at Vision Art Platform
In Rooms of Spleen, Çağrı Saray brings together works across different media, organized into four chapters. Each section examines the personal, historical, and societal manifestations of “spleen” — a source of melancholy but also resistance strategies against it. Through this lens, Saray explores memory, space, and representation as both poetic and political domains.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 19 – November 7
• Venue: Vision Art Platform, Akaretler
• Admission Information: Vision Art Platform
Can Ünlü — CONCANCİN / Personal Mixed (Kişisel Karma) at Barın Han
Can Ünlü’s first solo show, CONCANCİN / Personal Mixed, questions not only the art object itself but also its production conditions and display practices. Curated by Burak Topçakıl, the exhibition brings together three different approaches to meaning-making, digestion, and curiosity, creating a reflective and experimental space.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: from October 9
• Venue: Barın Han, Çemberlitaş
• Admission Information: Barın Han
Cevdet Erek — Us and Them (Biz ve Onlar) at Galeri Nev Istanbul
At Galeri Nev Istanbul, Cevdet Erek presents Us and Them, continuing his Guest Tribune (Misafir Tribünü) series, first shown at the Liverpool Biennial. By merging stadium architecture with painting-frame forms, Erek reimagines the stands through themes of collective belonging, borders, and division. Sound installations built from earthen blocks and frame-stadium hybrids transform football’s visual codes into political and spatial inquiry.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 12 – November 7
• Venue: Galeri Nev Istanbul, Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: Galeri Nev Istanbul
Erdoğan Zümrütoğlu — Modules for the Unknown Student Monument (Meçhul Öğrenci Anıtı için Modüller) at Pilevneli
Represented once again by PİLEVNELİ, Erdoğan Zümrütoğlu showcases paintings and sculptures created between 2018 and 2023 in Modules for the Unknown Student Monument. Inspired by Ece Ayhan’s 1970 poem “Meçhul Öğrenci Anıtı,” the works form a visual response filled with emotional and political intensity. Addressing social traumas, political crises, and threats to human dignity, Zümrütoğlu invites viewers to face unsettling truths.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 11 – November 15
• Venue: Pilevneli / Odakule – Surp Yerrortutyun Armenian Catholic Church
• Admission Information: Pilevneli
ArtRedCo — Meşrutiyet 76
At its new multi-story space in Pera, ArtRedCo presents Meşrutiyet 76, a layered exhibition featuring unique projects by seven artists. Each floor transforms into a distinct artistic universe, creating a journey with shifting rhythms and atmospheres. Rather than a single theme, the show investigates “coexistence” and the temporary possibilities of bringing diverse artistic expressions together. Featuring works by Fatih Alkan, Vahap Avşar, Alper Aydın, Aytuğ Aykut, Serkan Özkaya, Vahit Tuna, and Yuşa.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 17 – October 25
• Venue: Meşrutiyet 76, Meşrutiyet Caddesi Evliyaçelebi Mahallesi No:76, Beyoğlu / Istanbul
• Admission Information: ArtRedCo
Daniele Sigalot — Ve Şimdi Tamamen Farklı Bir Şey at Anna Laudel
Daniele Sigalot’un kişisel sergisi Ve Şimdi Tamamen Farklı Bir Şey, absürt mizah ve paradoksal yaklaşımlarıyla sanatçının ironik bakış açısını yansıtan çarpıcı işlerden oluşuyor. Monty Python’a bir selam niteliği taşıyan sergi, mizah ve eleştiriyi harmanlayarak izleyiciyi gündelik hayatın görünmez ironileriyle yüzleştiriyor. “Still Life” ve “The Ping Pong Paradox” gibi seriler aracılığıyla Sigalot, doğa–yapaylık ve yaratıcılık–mantık gibi ikilikleri sorgulayan özgün bir anlatı sunuyor.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 12 – November 9
• Venue: Anna Laudel, Gümüşsuyu
• Admission Information: Anna Laudel
Formative — International Group Show at Ruzy Gallery
Ruzy Gallery’nin, küratör Thom Oosterhof iş birliğiyle hayata geçirdiği Formative sergisi, çağdaş sanatın dönüştürücü potansiyeline odaklanıyor. Farklı coğrafyalardan sanatçıların bir araya geldiği bu seçki, deneysel, düşündürücü ve biçimsel açıdan zengin üretimleri bir arada sunuyor. Sergi, izleyiciyi form, beden, materyal ve temsil kavramları etrafında yeni okumalar yapmaya davet ediyor. Alexandros Vasmoulakis, Amalie Jakobsen, Angela Santana, Anne von Freyburg, Gracelee Lawrence, Hugo Capron, John Riepenhoff, Maria Bang Espersen, Pam Glick ve Vickie Vainionpää gibi uluslararası sanatçılar eserleriyle sergide yer alıyor.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: October 2 – December 2
• Venue: Ruzy Gallery, Etiler
• Admission Information: Ruzy Gallery
Jyll Bradley — Hot Frame at Pi Artworks
British artist Jyll Bradley’s exhibition Hot Frame explores queer identity, costume, and gender play through analog self-portraits she created in the 1980s. Some of the photographs draw inspiration from the gender transitions in Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel Orlando, weaving a poetic dialogue between self-representation and literary imagination.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 13 – November 22
• Venue: Pi Artworks, Piyalepaşa
• Admission Information: Pi Artworks
Emir Erkaya — The Snake Charmer’s Garden (Yılan Oynatıcısının Bahçesi) at PİLOT Gallery
Emir Erkaya’s The Snake Charmer’s Garden fuses history, mythology, and Anatolia’s oral narratives into a magical and sarcastic world. In panoramas filled with animal-human hybrids and lush plant life, the artist creates strong connections between the ruins of the past and today’s political and ecological crises, inviting viewers to discover new relationships between history, nature, and myth.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 4 – October 11
• Venue: PİLOT Gallery, Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: PİLOT Gallery
:mentalKLINIK — Mad Poets (Meczup Şairler) at PİLEVNELİ
Brussels-based duo :mentalKLINIK presents Mad Poets, merging digital and physical worlds into a meta-cinematic reality. Digital characters and performances created with Unreal Engine 5 bring to life a chaotic post–data-body universe, while analog and digital sculptures reflect today’s techno-trauma. The exhibition challenges the diagnosis and normalization of mental illness.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 18 – October 18
• Venue: PİLEVNELİ, Dolapdere
• Admission Information: PİLEVNELİ
Kezban Arca Batıbeki — Sound of Silence at Merkur Art Gallery
In Sound of Silence, Kezban Arca Batıbeki investigates fragile relationships between nature, the female body, and silence. Her predominantly black-and-white paintings reveal bursts of color in specific motifs, evoking traces of suppressed memory. The exhibition offers an aesthetic yet political and symbolic depth, constructing a resilient narrative that resonates within silence.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 13 – November 1
• Venue: Merkur Art Gallery, Piyalepaşa
• Admission Information: Merkur Art Gallery
Medine İrak — Beyond Borders (Sınırların Ötesinde) at Simbart Projects
Medine İrak’s Beyond Borders unfolds a layered exploration of nature, memory, and representation through the figure of the bird. Using symbols like bird nests and bird palaces, the artist makes visible the fragile relationship between humans and nature, while touching on eco-art and spatial theory. The show invites viewers to think freely and intuitively through the perspective of the bird.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 12 – November 1
• Venue: Simbart Projects, Çukurcuma
• Admission Information: Simbart Projects
Güneş Terkol — Working Portraits (Çalışan Portreler) at Ferda Art Platform
Güneş Terkol’s Working Portraits focuses on the often invisible workers who sustain everyday life in Istanbul. Adding a new layer to a series she began nearly a decade ago, Terkol portrays these figures as not only service providers but as agents who transform spaces, rebuild social relations, and carry cultural memory.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 9 – October 11
• Venue: Ferda Art Platform, Şişli
• Admission Information: Ferda Art Platform
Deniz Üster — Combustion and Reunion: The River of Us (Tutuşma ve Kavuşma: Biz’in Nehri) at .artSümer
Artist Deniz Üster combines a radical pluralism embracing all forms of life — from microorganisms to minerals — with a quest for justice within and beyond life itself. In Combustion and Reunion: The River of Us, sculptures and drawings challenge individualistic, competitive structures, instead highlighting collective life based on cooperation and selflessness.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 13 – October 17
• Venue: .artSümer, Piyalepaşa
• Admission Information: artSümer
Farah Al Qasimi — Desert Hyacinth (Çöl Sümbülü) at SANATORIUM
In her first solo exhibition in Istanbul, Farah Al Qasimi brings together photography, video, and music to reveal individual and collective resistance against sociopolitical oppression. Curated by Ulya Soley, Desert Hyacinth draws inspiration from the desert hyacinth’s resilience in arid conditions, exploring intimacy under surveillance, queer desire, and hidden narratives.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 12 – October 26
• Venue: SANATORIUM, Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: SANATORIUM
Zeki Demirkubuz — The Best Poses in Life and Photography Are Given by the Lonely (Hayatta ve Fotoğrafta En İyi Pozu Yalnızlar Verir) at Art On Istanbul
Director and photographer Zeki Demirkubuz explores the theme of loneliness through quietly fixed frames. Stripped of dramatic structures and intervention, the photographs offer a silent, contemplative space filled with understated but intense emotions.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 20 – October 18
• Venue: Art On Istanbul, Piyalepaşa
• Admission Information: Art On Istanbul
Photo: Tolga İldun
Nasip – Nuri İyem — Gözlerimin Önündesin at Tayyare Kültür Merkezi, Bursa
The exhibition “Gözlerimin Önündesin” reunites the works of pioneering Turkish painters and ceramic artists Nuri İyem and Nasip İyem under one roof for the first time in 21 years. Taking place at the historic Tayyare Kültür Merkezi, the show highlights the couple’s profound bond with each other and their society through their artistic legacy. Curated by Yasemin Bay, it features pieces from the Family Collection alongside important works from notable private collections, offering a deeply memorable encounter.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: October 10 – November 30
• Venue: Tayyare Kültür Merkezi, Bursa
• Admission Information: Tayyare Kültür Merkezi
Side by Side (Yan Yana) — Türkiye İş Bankası Resim Heykel Müzesi
The “Side by Side” exhibition at the Türkiye İş Bankası Painting and Sculpture Museum brings together the works of two iconic artist couples — Melahat & Eşref Üren and Eren & Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu. It explores their shared lives and individual artistic journeys, highlighting the intersections of their creative paths. The exhibition celebrates collaboration, sharing, and the often-invisible labor behind artistic production through a rich, multi-voiced narrative.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 20 – July 10
• Venue: Türkiye İş Bankası Resim Heykel Müzesi, Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: Türkiye İş Bankası Resim Heykel Müzesi
Emergency Survival Kit for Beginners (Yeni Başlayanlar için Acil Durum Kiti) — Martch Art Project
Curated by T. Melis Golar, this group exhibition investigates how individuals navigate survival strategies in chaotic times. Featuring works by Zeynep Beler, Mustafa Boğa, Başak Çalışır, Merve Morkoç, Alp Sime, Eda Sütunç, Ece Yalçın, and Süperendişe, the show proposes alternative “rescue kits” for physical, mental, and emotional resilience. It sparks dialogue on how to exist and endure within today’s crises without waiting for apocalyptic scenarios.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 15 – October 19
• Venue: Martch Art Project, Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: Martch Art Project
Sidar Baki — While No One Is Watching (Kimse Bakmazken) at C.A.M. Galeri
In “While No One Is Watching,” artist Sidar Baki disrupts the aesthetics of ruins by placing child figures in abandoned and desolate spaces. These children reshape forgotten sites not through play, but through memory and imagination, inviting viewers to rethink how spaces can be redefined beyond decay.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 20 – October 31
• Venue: C.A.M. Galeri, Çukurcuma
• Admission Information: C.A.M. Galeri
Selim Birsel — Official Balance (Resmi Denge) at Öktem Aykut
Selim Birsel’s exhibition “Official Balance” navigates conceptual and autobiographical relations between public and personal spaces. Featuring installations such as “Resmi Denge” and “Parsel / Marcel,” the show integrates site-specific production with architectural, poetic, and material elements. Landscapes from the series “Don’t You See Something Is Coming?” further enrich the exhibition’s emotional and political balance.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 15 – October 25
• Venue: Öktem Aykut, Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: Öktem Aykut
As Delicate as a Promise (Bir Vaat Kadar İnce) — Merdiven Art Space
Organized by Galeri Nev at Merdiven Art Space, this exhibition features works by Ahu Akgün, Alix Marie, Beril Nur Denli, Ceylan Öztrük, Candeğer Furtun, Eda Gecikmez, Füreyya Koral, Gamze Boz, Gökçe İrten, Güngör Güner, Kyriaki Mavrogeorgi, Mehtap Baydu, Melike Abasıyanık Kurtiç, Necla Rüzgar, Nermin Kura, Phoebe Cummings, Pınar Baklan, Serpil Mavi Üstün, Tümay Erman, Yaren Yıldız, Yasemin Özcan, and Yıldız Moran.It reflects on the delicate balance between grace and resistance, time and breath, solidarity and endurance.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 17 – October 18
• Venue: Merdiven Art Space, Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: Merdiven Art Space
Peter Kogler — 40 Years Retrospective at Sevil Dolmacı Istanbul
Visionary artist Peter Kogler, one of the pioneers of computer-based art, transforms visual language by placing technology at its center. This extensive 40-year retrospective spans from his early computer-assisted works to psychedelic projections, inviting viewers to experience four decades of experimentation and transformation.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 15 – October 17
• Venue: Sevil Dolmacı Istanbul
• Admission Information: Sevil Dolmacı Istanbul
Erdem Taşdelen — Conflicts (İhtilaflar) at BüroSarıgedik
In “Conflicts,” artist Erdem Taşdelen pushes viewers beyond singular narratives. Through video, photography, and performance, he blurs boundaries between fiction and reality, art and life, and reveals subtle yet powerful forms of resistance in everyday micro-interventions.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 18 – October 24
• Venue: BüroSarıgedik
• Admission Information: BüroSarıgedik
We’ve Been on the Carpet Since the ’90s (90’lardan Beri Halı’dayız) — Salt Beyoğlu
This exhibition centers on the MSGSÜ Painting Department Carpet Atelier, showcasing its distinctive pedagogy, collective production ethos, and anti-hierarchical structure. Through archival material, testimonies, and artworks, the show highlights the memory and impact of this unique educational space and its relationship with contemporary art.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: Until March 1, 2026
• Venue: Salt Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: Salt
MAYA — Bor Sanat & EXIT Residency Program in Mardin
Curated by Ebru Nalan Sülün, MAYA brings together works from four cycles of the Bor Sanat & EXIT Residency Program. The exhibition focuses on collective creation processes and the dialogue formed among artists during their time in Mardin, fostering spaces for shared thinking and transformation. Artists include Ahmet Öktem & Mehmet Akan, Fulya Çetin & Sidar Alışık, Serhat Kiraz & Ayşe Ceren Solmaz, Handan Börüteçene & Rıdvan Aşar.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: October 11 – January 16, 2026
• Venue: Exit, Mardin
• Admission Information: Exit
VarYok at YUNT
Curated by Merve Elveren and Meriç Öner, VarYok unfolds in three parts over a year at YUNT, exploring imaginations of the past and future through people, places, and histories. Participating artists rethink production and research through the fluid boundaries between private and public spaces.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: October 11 – August 16, 2026
• Venue: YUNT, Sultanbeyli
• Admission Information: YUNT
Wind (Rüzgâr) — Galeri Bosfor
The group exhibition Wind examines the dual nature of wind as both a physical natural force and a symbolic storytelling tool. Featuring 20 artists across sculpture, video, installation, and photography, it investigates the wind’s constructive and destructive impact on life.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 10 – October 18
• Venue: Galeri Bosfor, Beyoğlu
• Admission Information: Galeri Bosfor
Damla Yücebaş — Walks (Yürüyüşler) at Decollage Art Space
Damla Yücebaş’s Walks focuses on visual illusion and material dialogue through textile and fiber art with silk printing techniques. Her work delves into transitional moments and thresholds born out of uncertainty, inviting viewers to seek wholeness within discontinuity.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 30 – November 2
• Venue: Decollage Art Space, Kadıköy
• Admission Information: Decollage Art Space
The Forbidden Fruit (Yasak Ağacın Meyvesi) — Maçka Sanat Galerisi
The group show The Forbidden Fruit reimagines the Adam and Eve myth through contemporary art’s diverse visual languages. It contemplates the seductive power of knowledge, the creative energy of desire, and the transformative potential of the forbidden. Participating artists include Arzu Eş, Ayşen Urfalıoğlu, Bilge Alkor, Defne Parman, Dilara Altınkepçe Arslan, Gönül Nuhoğlu, Güçlü Polat, Güneş Çınar, Mengü Ertel, Murat Germen, Ömür Tokgöz, Selin Arslan, Serhat Kiraz, Sinan Tuncay, Studio Pinprick, and Tunç Ali Çam.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: September 16 – November 1
• Venue: Maçka Sanat Galerisi
• Admission Information: Maçka Sanat Galerisi
Banu Cennetoğlu — ne karanfil ne kurbağa. at İMALAT-HANE, Bursa
Celebrating its fifth anniversary, İMALAT-HANE hosts artist Banu Cennetoğlu with her solo exhibition ne karanfil ne kurbağa. Curated by Yavuz Parlar, the show stems from the artist’s long-term inquiries into fatherhood, power, loss, and rights. Combining correspondence and collective memory, the exhibition expands through a special publication developed alongside the show.
Details for Visiting the Exhibition
• Date: October 25 – January 4, 2026
• Venue: İMALAT-HANE, Bursa
• Admission Information: İMALAT-HANE
