Oktay Ince, a longtime video activist fighting to retrieve an archive worth 20 years of his work, was held in police custody and accused of terrorist propaganda after he chained himself to a pole outside the culture ministry in Ankara.
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Posted inArt
Aesthetic Interference: On Those Photos from Ankara
I don’t just see the images as documents of atrocity. I also see them as aesthetic, and that doesn’t sit easily. Indeed, it feels immoral. It feels wrong.
Posted inIn Brief
Russian Ambassador to Turkey Assassinated at Art Opening in Ankara
Ambassador Andrey Karlov was killed by an off-duty police officer who, after firing the fatal shots, shouted, “Don’t forget Aleppo. Don’t forget Syria.”
Posted inNews
Museum Insiders Behind Massive $250M Turkish Art Heist
A new report in the newspaper Hurriyet has revealed that museum staff participated in a $250 million art heist of 302 works in their own institution between 2005 and 2009.
