Struggling cinemas are hit with a blow as the new Bond film is delayed until spring 2021. British cinema company Cineworld is closing 127 branches across the UK and Ireland as a result of the new Bond film ‘No Time To Die’s
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BY BEGÜM KURUÇ- Last Saturday protesters met in Trafalgar Square to stand against three main causes: Social distancing rules, a possible vaccine and the obligation to wear face coverings. The UK had been under strict lockdown measures starting from March 23 and
On the 14th of June 2020, the very first DIY Çukurcuma Living Room exhibition was held, just a couple of weeks after the compulsory 69-day lockdown period: “69 Days to Handle with Vito Manolo Roma”. Held in the living room of a
Artists are sheltering at their homes and we were curious about what they were up to during quarantine, so here’s ArtDog Istanbul’s Quarantine Diaries series… Today’s guest is artist, art historian and writer Nancy Atakan… What are some of the subjects/concepts and
Nezaket Ekici is the name to know when it comes to performance art in Turkey, a relatively obscure history of the internationalist form that is arguably just coming of age in the context of Flux, a new Marina Abramovic retrospective, including her method,
The exhibition and the book, prepared by VEKAM, are meant to complement the research exhibition, curated by Ali Cengizkan and N. Müge Cengizkan, for the 50th anniversary of the Vehbi Koç Foundation. The research focuses on the structuring, modernization and the establishment
Jonathas de Andrade’s work O Peixe at old Antrepo, now Resim Heykel Museum, has virtually become the symbol of this year’s Istanbul Biennial. If the organizers at IKSV did a survey of all the works, it could have been chosen as the most
The abolition of talent exams for the Faculty of Fine Arts has stirred debate among the culture-arts and higher education milieus in Turkey and has been on the agenda for some time now. In October, the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) announced
Theatre is the stage of life. Finding and building her life around theatre, Yıldız Kenter died on November 17th 2019 at the age of ninety-one, leaving behind 100 works that she starred in and directed. A Star is “Born” As she passed away
Even though Comte is known for his flashy fashion photography, lately the artist has been producing works regarding the climate crisis. The journey in which photography remains in the background while multimedia works and installations on large surfaces, produced by the use
Recently, Yenişafak Newspaper brought a case about Chora Museum to the agenda. According to the newspaper’s report, an association called Permanent Associations Historical Monuments and Service for the Environment opened a lawsuit for the conversion of the Chora Museum, which is one
From your biography we learn that you were brought up by close relatives who worked in the theater world in Lithuania and that at the age of four you appeared on stage for the first time for the Madame Butterfly opera. First of