Art
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.
Turkey
In 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."
News
Organizers Cancel Turkish Biennial Amid Fears of Government Crackdown
On Monday, the organizers of the Çanakkale Biennial canceled the exhibition's fifth edition, which was due to open on September 24.
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In Brief
Cheery Skeleton Mosaic Found in Turkey Says, "Enjoy Your Life" [UPDATED]
Reclining by a wine jug and a portion of bread, a cup in one bony hand, the skeleton on a 3rd-century BCE mosaic discovered in Turkey has a simple message for its viewers: "Be cheerful, enjoy your life."
Art
Fighting the Banality of Moderates: An Artist’s Vision for a Peaceful Turkey
When violence is celebrated, evil consumes good and insurgency turns into a kind of distortion of civilization. We have to find a way to break this vicious cycle.
Art
Digitally Sewn Photographs that Extend Our Depth of Vision
Turkish photographer Aydın Büyüktaş describes his surreal photographic series Flatland as a “multidimensional romantic point of view.”
News
Prominent Members of Turkey's Arts Community Released After Arrest at Peace March
After days in detention, leading members of the arts community in Turkey, and members of the peace initiative “Barış İçin Yürüyorum (I Am Walking For Peace),” were released following their December 31 arrest in Sur, Turkey.
Art
Gathering Gossip and Parsing Truth at the Istanbul Biennial
ISTANBUL — “Gossip,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is “trifling or groundless rumour.” I actually like to think of it as knowledge, but the kind that’s not considered true or rational — at least not yet anyway.
In Brief
Turkish Officials Discover Locals Dumping Trash in 2,400-Year-Old Tombs
Turkish officials recently discovered that locals in the town of Fethiye were using ancient tombs as storage units.
In Brief
A Terra-cotta Antiquity that Arrived at a Turkish Museum by Mail
On August 26, the Antalya Museum in Konyaaltı, Turkey, received an unexpected package from Vienna.
In Brief
Artist Who Got Turkish President Fined Now Facing Four Years in Jail
Sculptor Mehmet Aksoy may have scored a victory earlier this year, when the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was fined about $3,800 for calling his unfinished "Monument to Humanity" a "monstrosity," but now the artist is facing 56 months in prison for insulting the president.
Art
A Rebuilt Installation of Barbed Wire and Blurred Reality
There is a contemporary preoccupation that our culture — global, Western, 'modern' — will not survive.