“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,…
Micheal League is one of the people that you are having trouble deciding where to start talking about him. He is a musician, an owner of a record company and a music festival and also a producer who works with pioneers of jazz, rock and funk industry. We will be seeing him this year, in…
At IMMA Dublin, there is a group exhibition of vague anxieties which are derived from plus to status quo of the world, effects of social media and turning into an art / production form: A Vague Anxiety is open until 18 August… Emerging mostly Irish and international artists, there are some views from İstanbul as…
Anyone who’s been to Fashion Week or appeared in person will know the spectacle and the hype of street style and everything that evokes. When we feel ourselves in the 21st century truly, with the period that we are in, people wear on the street draws more attention than the collections of designers, and they have…
M Music Presents will meet with Istanbul audience for the first time with activities covering different areas of art, and will bring together musicians who reinterpret electronic music with their innovative perspectives. During the events to be hold between 25-28 April, Rebolledo, Superpitcher, Terr, Fantastic Twins, Frankey & Sandrino, Sasse, ORDA, Terranova, ANII and Mind…
A therapy room… A exultant young woman, who have decided to speak with an expert as her last call… A nonplused therapist, facing with a brand new case despite of all his experiences… Milay Ezengin –a young scriptwriter- wrote the play ‘Terk’ and Oyku Karayel and Reha Ozcan are starrings… Floor is theirs for you…