What would they have found if they had dug up the soil after centuries to find out what today's world was like? Imagine these are pieces from the '90s. Bugs Bunny or Super Mario toy, an Air Jordan sneaker, Walkman… These archaeological excavations come to life in the minimal sculptures of Daniel Arsham! Arsham, who…
A few days ago Turkish rapper Ezhel droped a bombshell: His new music video „Olay“ (English for incident) deals with political and societal happenings in Turkey and the world from which people were suffering. While Ezhel who is born and raised up in Turkey‘s capital and political center Ankara talks about how people get used…
THE NEED OF NOSTALGY OF DIGITAL AGE AND ARD GELINCK Michael Jacksons, each from three different time periods with at least ten yers of age gap are posing for the camera. It's like a modest family photo of a three-person nuclear family framed on the console. In another frame, there's Amy Winehouse, in her most…
You may have noticed with a quick calculation that it is something's 50th anniversary when you've seen the banner for a 99.99 lira t-shirt of a Spanish fast-fashion brand. Do not deny that you may be excited to see this poster with a special place in visual memories thanks to its naïve design; in a…
Did time create mankind or did mankind create time? says Henri Bergsen... What do we think about ‘time’? What does it look like, what does it sound like? Questions we might not answer... Pablo Dávila givesthe inspiration of many of these questions. The artis is here to create moods and to show how to feel…
“To challenge with the courage that I gather from the darkness or from joy and hope, to enter the room of life and existence that is filled with secrets which are hard to define, to be fragile while being strong…” This is how İnci Eviner, one of the best contemporary artists of Turkey, defines the process of…
Can hair be a medium for both art and politics simultaneously? Laetitia Ky spared us from the search for an answer. Spoiler alert: it’s a yes! Ivory Coast artist Laetitia has been braiding hair since she was five years old. She turned this interest in braiding into art, creating incredible hair sculptures that are both…
The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, is finally displaying its Victorian-era Peacock Room as the American artist James McNeill Whistler originally intended it to be seen; a piece of art in itself rather than a backdrop for displays of Asian ceramics. The Peacock Room is one of the most alluring attractions at…
For almost 125 years, the Venice Biennale is being as one of the world’s most respected and prestigious contemporary art exhibitions. La Biennale di Venezia has started with this year’s main exhibition is titled “May You Live in Interesting Times,” and will remain open until November 24. ‘May You Live In Interesting Times’ will be…
Frieze Art Fair as one of the world's most prestigious art fair includes nearly 200 galleries’ exhibitions from 26 countries took place in New York, Randall’s Island this year. For the Spotlight section, there are 33 galleries and 3 of them are from Turkey. Narcissus Garden, Victoria Miro & Yayoi Kusama,…