This year, The 60th Venice Biennale hosts 331 artists and collectives. While the exhibition curated by Adriano Pedrosa, “Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere,” is divided into two parts, it explores various crises related to movement, language, nationality, and identity. However, on the
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has completed the return of an ancient Sumerian sculpture to Iraq. The restitution ceremony for the Sumerian sculpture took place in Washington D.C., as announced by the Met in a statement. This return
The CTM Festival, which has been held annually in Berlin since 1999, took place between January 26th and February 4th, 2024. A 10-day program was prepared for the music and digital art festival, which supports digital arts, club experiences, and global music
The restoration efforts in Cappadocia, a cornerstone of tourism in Türkiye, have begun on four iconic fairy chimneys, aiming to safeguard these natural wonders for the next 5,000 years. Under the supervision of the Cappadocia Field Directorate within the UNESCO World Heritage
The Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective on Joan Jonas, titled “Good Night Good Morning,” promises to be a comprehensive exploration of the artist’s influential career spanning over five decades. From March 17 to July 6, 2024, visitors can immerse themselves in Jonas’s
Istanbul Modern Museum hosts Ozan Sağdıç’s exhibition “The Photographer’s Testimony.” The exhibition showcases a diverse array of works by Ozan Sağdıç (b. 1934), a seminal figure in Türkiye’s photographic history. It focuses on documentary photography, a genre with global resonance while illuminating
In the new documentary “Frida,” filmmaker Carla Gutiérrez utilizes Frida Kahlo’s personal writings to offer insight into the artist’s life and work. Blending first-person narration with archival footage and interpretive animation of Kahlo’s art, the film provides a fresh perspective on her
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
The National Palaces Painting Museum is restoring the “Family Tree” painting, which dates back to the era of Sultan Abdulhamid I. In the capable hands of the National Palaces Painting Restoration and Conservation Workshop, this 18th-century masterpiece is undergoing meticulous refurbishment. Hatice
Archaeologists in northern Türkiye have unearthed structures and religious artifacts linked to the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, marking their first appearance in Anatolian archaeology. Excavations were unearthed in the previous years at Oluz Hoyuk in Amasya province, where pottery fragments and
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