During the Republic period, the main objective of Turkey’s culture and art policies was to elevate the country to the level of a developed nation by making Turkish culture universal in both cultural and technical aspects. Atatürk’s culture and art policies remained
Turkey’s prominent contemporary artist Haluk Akakçe died on Monday, Oct 9. The 53-year-old artist, who had been treated for lung cancer for a while and remained in a coma for nine days, passed away this morning. In his post on his Instagram
Peter Zumthor has gained approval for a paired-back design for the LACMA expansion in Los Angeles. The proposal for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was part of a final environmental impact report submitted for the $650-million project. Undergoing a series
3dots introduces “Accelerator 001”; a unique program for founders in the cultural and creative industries. The Accelerator Program aims to assist and guide entrepreneurs to grow and scale their businesses by improving entrepreneurial knowledge and skills in creative industries and sustainable development.
An employee at the British Museum has been dismissed — and the Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation — after a number of items from the museum’s collection were found to be “missing, stolen or damaged,” the museum said in a statement
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
Italy is celebrating the restitution of 266 valuable antiquities from the United States, a collection encompassing Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and mosaics with an estimated value in the tens of millions of euros, according to AP. Among the looted items
While museums are developing and stating new plans for next year, Turkey’s Troy Museum, where artifacts from the 5,600-year-old Troy Ruins are displayed, announced the museum is to host 800,000 local and foreign tourists until the end of the year, and it aims
One of the opening exhibitions of Istanbul Modern’s new museum building, “Always Here” features artworks that have been acquired through the Women Artists Fund. Sponsored by Bank of America, the exhibition brings together works by 11 women artists. Istanbul Modern Women Artists
“Who Doesn’t Love You, May Die”, a group exhibition curated by art journalist M. Gülben Çapan is now open at Anna Laudel Istanbul. Highlighting the journey of Arabesque music changing and evolving into a popular music genre, the exhibition can be visited
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