ArtIstanbul Feshane, one of the historical places brought to the city after a comprehensive restoration process by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Cultural Heritage Department (IMM Heritage), meets art lovers with a new exhibition. At a press conference recently held for the event,
Artweeks Istanbul readies to take place between 3 and 16 November with the participation of 22 galleries from Turkey. The event, which takes place at Bilgili Holding venues at Akaretler will be hosting panels and art talks for two weeks. This year
High in the mountains above Lake Prespa that connects North Macedonia to Greece and Albania is the 12th century church of St George. The fresco paintings found inside offer interesting and rare examples of Byzantine art in the Balkan region and make
This year’s recipients of the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards were announced on Oct. 29 by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The 2023 Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Prize has given in different fields of the arts and science. The prize was
Artist Özge Topçu is opening the doors of her new studio in Lisbon with a preview of her installation “Re-deciphered Scripts,” consisting of terracotta sculptures she has produced over the past year. In this installation, where creativity meets a performative experience, the
A former coal cellar where the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo is thought to have hidden to escape from a furious pope will open to the public on Nov. 15, a museum in Florence . Michelangelo’s “secret room” is located inside the Museum
The new exhibition from the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation’s two institutions, Pera Museum and the Istanbul Research Institute, “On the Spot: Panoramic Gaze on Istanbul, a History” offers viewers a new look on Istanbul’s role in the global history of panoramic
A crucified Ronald McDonald clown, prayer mats adorned with stilettos and sketches by former Guantanamo prisoners take pride of place at a new museum in Spain devoted to previously censored art. The private Museum of Forbidden Art, which opened to the public
A 2,700-year-old Assyrian lamassu—a protective deity sculpture—was recently re-excavated in Iraq, astounding experts with its size and condition. The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) announced yesterday that the figure, depicting a human head and a body akin to bull
Pg Art Gallery present Cansu Sönmez solo exhibition, titled “Cynara” October 24th to November 18th, 2023. In the exhibition “Cynara,” Sönmez reconstructs the elusive connection with her childhood neighborhood, this time through the prism of the artichoke plant that grows in her
Matthew Perry, troubled star of the smash hit TV sitcom “Friends,” was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on Oct. 28. He was 54. First responders found Perry unconscious in a hot tub at his house and were unable to
Let us begin our conversation with a general introduction in the formal, aesthetic and conceptual matters of your work. It seems that in the current series, you stand at the threshold between painting, relief and sculpture. I am wondering how you came
