Sponsored
Announcement
Borusan Contemporary Presents Edward Burtynsky: Shifting Topography
Curated by Marcus Schubert, Edward Burtynsky’s first major solo exhibition in Türkiye brings together works from the past 30 years with new commissions.
Istanbul
Art
The Material Is the Message in States of Earth
A group exhibition in Istanbul asks whether art can help us find ways of forging more equitable, less exploitative ways of coexisting with the environment.
News
Turkey’s Queer Art Community Walks a Thin Line
Amid the country’s ongoing crackdown on LGBTQ+ people, queer artists and curators are caught between creative resistance and self-censorship.
Sponsored
Announcement
Borusan Contemporary Presents Doug Aitken’s First Solo Exhibition in Türkiye
Curated by Jérôme Sans, Naked City brings together artworks that create a journey through the architecture of Istanbul’s Haunted Mansion.
News
Istanbul Church Reopens as Mosque With Medieval Mosaics and Frescoes Intact
After a four-year wait, the Chora Church reopened as the Kariye Mosque with its treasured works of Christian art open to public view.
Art
Larissa Araz Unearths Turkey’s Hidden Pasts
The artist’s exploration of counter-narratives in Turkey plays with the tension between representation and manipulation that is inherent in image creation.
News
Pro-Erdoğan Protesters Target Istanbul Exhibition Deemed “LGBT Propaganda”
The Artİstanbul Feshane venue was briefly forced to shut its doors after conservative groups decried artworks containing nudity and imagery seen as critical of the state.
Art
Making Art 10 Years After Turkey’s Gezi Protests
In Berlin, where many artists settled after the protests that shook Turkey a decade ago, an exhibition grapples with the political repression and exile that followed.
News
How Turkey’s President Is Weaponizing Culture
Known for persecuting artists and cultural figures, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government is being accused of “artwashing” ahead of critical elections.
Art
After Earthquakes, Art in Istanbul Takes on New Resonance
Four exhibitions planned prior to the devastating earthquakes grapple with presciently timely themes of loss, healing and transformation.
Performance
The Stage as a "Living Concept" in Turkey's Performance Art
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.
Art
Photographing History’s Silences and Gaps
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.