Part of the first generation of Turkish artists considered to be globally active and nationally influential, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin was fascinated by the difference between the promise of something and its banal reality. This promise could lie in the name of a cheap
National Museum of Women in the Arts will be open on Oct 21. The museum invested $67.5 million to the renovation project. The renovated building is designed by Baltimore-based architectural firm Sandra Vicchio & Associates. The museum’s first full renovation since opening
Iran has received thousands of Achaemenid-era clay tablets from the United States in the fifth such instalment, following a drawn-out legal effort to repatriate the antiquities. “After the two-year follow-up of the government… the Achaemenid tablets confiscated by the American government were
The excavation team has unearthed a 350-year-old Ottoman bath in the ancient city of Parion in Kemer village of the northwestern province of Çanakkale’s Biga district. The ancient city has a history of 2,700 years and was an important port city during
Frieze London is commemorating its 20th anniversary this year. To mark this milestone, the fair will showcase special projects as well as prominent figures in contemporary art. Simone Leigh, Olafur Eliasson, and Wolfgang Tillmans are among the artists selected by the fair,
This year once again Contemporary Istanbul will be held over four days from 28 September – 1 October, 2023. The main partner of Contemporary Istanbul is Akbank. The fair is held in the historic district of Tersane Istanbul, on the premises of
Seven artworks by Egon Schiele will be returned to the heirs of a Jewish cabaret performer who had owned the pieces. The works, most of them portraits of Schiele himself or his wife, were part of a massive art collection owned by
The two-volume “Topkapı Palace” book, which features all the details of Istanbul’s Topkapı Palace, has been introduced. Güller Karahüseyin, Head of the National Palaces Museology and Promotion Department, said that the book consists of 29 articles written by well-known names in the
Archaeologists obtain new findings every day in the ancient city of Konuralp, where archaeological excavations have been ongoing for four years with the support of Düzce Municipality. The head of a statue, found at the top of the theater and determined to
Commagene Lar, Land and Art Biennial opened in Adıyaman’s Kahta district on Sept. 23. Curated by Nihat Özdal, the biennial showcases artworks of 13 artists, Shirin Abedinarad, Vahap Avşar, Murat Cem Baytok, Anna Laura Cantera, Yalda Jamali, Odmaa Uranchimeg, Cengiz Tekin, Mariko
Tunceli Museum, the first and only museum where rituals, artefacts, information and documents belonging to the Alevism belief are exhibited, has been selected the “second best museum in Europe” in the European Museum Academy Luigi Micheletti Awards, to which 48 countries applied.
