Art Fund has announced the recipients of its latest funding to museums and galleries, totalling £1m. Twenty one museums and galleries across the UK have been offered a total of £800,000 for projects to support their workforce and improve inclusion and diversity.
The first production co-directed by Iranian and Israeli filmmakers had to be shot in secret to prevent possible interference by Tehran, directors Zar Amir Ebrahimi and Guy Nattiv told Reuters on Sunday. “Tatami”, a tense thriller centred on a world judo championship,
As we approach the 100th anniversary, the interest shown in the period when the Republic was proclaimed is increasing. Many exhibitions that meet with the audience throughout the year offer a comprehensive archive of the 100th anniversary of the Republic. The First
The controversy arose when Turkish curators raised doubts about the selection of Iwona Blazwick as the curator for the upcoming Istanbul Biennial. They were puzzled about the criteria for her selection, considering she was already a member of the biennial’s advisory board.
The Museum Ludwig opens Füsun Onur’s retrospective curated by Barbara Engelbach from Museum Ludwig and co-curated by Emre Baykal from Arter, Istanbul. The press release by the museum stated that although her impressive and varied oeuvre has been readily accessible to an
Why did you choose to research this exact period? Daniel-Joseph MacArthur-Seal & Gizem Tongo: The final decade of the Ottoman Empire up to and including the occupation is a period that we both have worked on academically since the start of our
During the first week of March, we held meetings with publishers and agencies from all over the world for the Istanbul Fellowship Program, trying to spread Turkish literature to the world while introducing new books to our language. We bustled between tables
How It Started… In the first days of the new decade, theaters opened with the final chapter of the iconic trilogy, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Sam Mendes’ one-shot war drama 1917, and Greta Gerwig’s period drama Little Women. On February
The world of art and culture has been interrupted for a long time due to the pandemic. How do you think the current period affect our cultural lives? Undoubtedly, as in all domains, the world of culture and arts was caught unprepared
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the Sadberk Hanım Museum holds an extensive collection of around 20,000 items. Housing outstanding artifacts dating from prehistory to the 20th century; from Anatolian civilizations, Ottoman artists, as well as Greek and Roman civilizations, the museum
Art is an aesthetic type of opulence that enhances our social memory and keeps it fresh. This richness within the harmonies of art and space cracks the door open toe cultural accumulation and development. The city acts as a significant field integrating
Since national lockdowns started in mid-March, global economies have slowed to a great extent. The art world has been hit even harder, as it is a market based on social interactions and networks. The trend of falling market values correlates with economic
