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Jennifer Hattam

Jennifer Hattam is a freelance journalist based in Istanbul, where she writes about arts and culture, environmental issues, food and drink, politics and society, travel, and urbanism.

Posted inArt

After Earthquakes, Art in Istanbul Takes on New Resonance

by Jennifer Hattam March 16, 2023March 17, 2023

Four exhibitions planned prior to the devastating earthquakes grapple with presciently timely themes of loss, healing and transformation.

Posted inNews

Art Orgs Mobilize Support After Turkey-Syria Earthquakes

by Jennifer Hattam March 5, 2023March 6, 2023

Artists and cultural organizations have been contributing to the post-disaster relief efforts despite their own needs for support.

Posted inNews

Turkey Targets Film Deemed “LGBT Propaganda”

by Jennifer Hattam December 20, 2022December 20, 2022

The Turkish Culture Ministry has demanded its funding back on an award-winning independent film after a smear campaign by conservative media.

Posted inPerformance

The Stage as a “Living Concept” in Turkey’s Performance Art

by Jennifer Hattam December 11, 2022December 9, 2022

While The 90s Onstage looks back to a dynamic moment in Turkey’s performance art scene, Ata Doğruel’s “Light Source” reflects on the present.

Posted inArt

Photographing History’s Silences and Gaps 

by Jennifer Hattam October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

A former journalist, Sim Chi Yin came to question the primacy of archival sources after realizing the deliberate decisions behind what gets included or excluded.

Posted inArt

A Kurdish Artist’s Creative Resistance From Behind Bars

by Jennifer Hattam June 22, 2021June 30, 2021

“Politics, war and oppression are a part of my life,” Fatoş İrwen explained of her current solo show, Exceptional Times.

Posted inArt

Walk With Me: A Performance Artist Adapts to the Pandemic

by Jennifer Hattam January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

For two weeks last fall, performance artist Alisa Oleva walked with 33 different women in Istanbul; sometimes for 30 minutes, sometimes for three hours, but always from 1500 miles away.

Posted inArt

Revisiting Photography’s First Road Trip

by Jennifer Hattam February 24, 2020February 24, 2020

Ten Turkish artists follow daguerreotypist Frédéric Auguste Antoine Goupil-Fesquet’s 180-year-old journey through the Eastern Mediterranean.

Posted inNews

Turkish Arts Philanthropist Acquitted, Then Detained Again

by Jennifer Hattam February 19, 2020February 20, 2020

Imprisoned since 2017, Osman Kavala was found not guilty of attempting to overthrow the government, but re-detained on new charges before he could even taste freedom.

Posted inArt

The Artist Walking Between Two Seas in Istanbul

by Jennifer Hattam February 13, 2020February 14, 2020

For years, artist Serkan Taycan has documented a nearly 40-mile route through the outskirts of Istanbul, which traverses rarely seen landscapes. He facilitates walks through the area, now at risk due to a proposed shipping canal.

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Controversy in Istanbul Underscores Rising Political Pressures on Turkish Art Scene

by Jennifer Hattam October 21, 2019October 24, 2019

A nationalist message from the head of the country’s biggest contemporary art fair stands in stark contrast to limits of expression on other segments of the Turkish art world.

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Weaving a New Future for a Traditional Turkish Craft

by Jennifer Hattam May 14, 2019May 17, 2019

A small group of fine artists are bringing renewed attention to the practice of weaving by incorporating it into their artworks.

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