Features
Is Political Protest a Collaborative Art Form?
Hyperallergic speaks to artist and academic Işıl Eğrikavuk about whether art can help keep the spirit of protests alive.
Turkey
News
A Looted Greco-Roman Statue Goes on Display Before Its Return
After a months-long legal battle, the sculpture is on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art ahead of its repatriation to Turkey, with newly added context about its provenance.
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.
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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
Ancient Stone Carvings in Turkey Could Be the World's Oldest Calendar
A new study interprets the symbols on pillars at the 12,000-year-old Gӧbekli Tepe complex in terms of a lunisolar calendar system.
News
Biennial in Southeast Turkey Faces Backlash on Opening Weekend
Critics accuse the Mardin Biennial of exoticizing the city’s multilayered cultural heritage and ignoring the local context.
News
Curator Cleared of Charges After Transporting 1,500 Scorpions Out of Turkey
Lorenzo Prendini of the American Museum of Natural History was accused of smuggling scorpions and spiders in his luggage.
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
Getty Museum Returns Ancient Roman Bronze to Turkey
The institution acquired the bust from a Swiss art dealer who has been linked with the looted antiquities trade at other US museums.
Opinion
Discovery of 8,600-Year-Old Bread Gives Rise to Half-Baked Claims
Turkey’s narrative surrounding “the world’s oldest bread” raises questions about how archaeological heritage is used for nationalistic ends.
Opinion
A Cleveland Museum’s Bad Bet on a Looted Roman Statue
The Cleveland Museum of Art took a gamble in 1986 that none of its peers in the museum field had been willing to take. Now payment has come due.
News
Turkey’s Top Court Upholds Life Sentence for Arts Philanthropist Osman Kavala
The international community has decried his sentencing as a violation of human rights.