Art
Istanbul Biennial Asks, Can We Talk?
Spread across a dozen venues, with 500 contributors from almost 30 nations, the Biennial aims to draw in a public estranged by politics and two years of pandemic lockdowns.
Ayla Jean Yackley
Ayla Jean Yackley writes about politics, the economy and culture, and her work has appeared in the Financial Times, The Art Newspaper, Al-Monitor, Foreign Policy and Reuters. Follow her on Twitter: @aylajean
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Theater Ensemble Targeted in Turkey for Kurdish Performances; Accused of “Terrorist Propaganda”
“The government views us as political because we believe that the almost 20 million Kurds living in Turkey have the right to experience theater in their own language,” said actor Cihad Ekinci.
Art
A New Art Museum in Turkey Looks Beyond Istanbul
Odunpazari Modern Museum, Turkey's first purpose-built modern art museum, has opened in a college town hours from Istanbul, but can it shift the center of gravity in a country seeing a wave of new art museums?
Art
Once Forgotten, the Work of an Illustrious Princess Painter Returns to Istanbul
A look at the work of the royal Fahrelnissa Zeid, a story overshadowed by tragedy and rootlessness.