Art and Entertainment in Istanbul
Feride Yalav / September 23, 2012
Cirque du Soleil's Alegria: The Ultimate Visual Spectacle
Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria is more than entertainment. A manifesto toward what the human body is capable of, bodies fly through the air or contort into unimaginable shapes in a precise and synchronized ... Read More »
Aylin Tarlan & Yeşim Yemni / September 20, 2012
Inspiration Through Imperfection: Istanbul’s First Design Biennial
Many would say that we are now living in the era of design, that at no other point in history has design been so valued globally or permeated our lives so thoroughly as it does today. Therefore, it seems all ... Read More »
Eric James / September 12, 2012
Upcoming Fall Exhibitions
Istanbul’s art scene is starting to blossom as fall approaches. Some great exhibitions are on the way, ranging from classic to modern and just about everything in between. Thanks to dedicated artists an... Read More »
Melissa Caspary / August 16, 2012
Fifty Years of Urban Walls: A Burhan Doğançay Retrospective
Fifty Years of Urban Walls, the first full retrospective of Turkish artist Burhan Doğançay, reveals Doğançay’s lifelong fascination with urban society. The son of renowned Turkish painte... Read More »
Melissa Caspary / August 08, 2012
Katharina Grosse at Dirimart
In the stylish neighborhood of Nişantaşı, the contemporary art space Dirimart is showing a series of paintings by German artist Katharina Grosse. Based in Berlin, Grosse gained international attention in t... Read More »
Melissa Caspary / July 13, 2012
Cobra: 1000 Days of Free Art at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum
In the years following World War II, avant-garde artists in Northern Europe came together to form Cobra, a short-lived but powerful movement named for their capitals Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam. Lasti... Read More »
Melissa Caspary / June 29, 2012
Crossed Glances at the French Cultural Center
In the bustling Taksim Square, the French Cultural Center feels like a quiet oasis, where the current exhibition celebrates a century of cultural exchange through an unexpected medium: the comic. ... Read More »
Feride Yalav / June 14, 2012
Torna and the Independent Publishing Wave
The smell of Books. The slightly musty odor of those yellowing pages full of stories that are enough to make us feel things we never thought we would and allowing us to travel to places while standing complet... Read More »
Feride Yalav / May 31, 2012
New Exhibition at Baksı Museum
Baksı Museum’s shape rises out of the natural curvature of the Turkish countryside without a hint of intrusion. Sloping as carelessly as the peaks and dips of the hills that surround it, the museum is ... Read More »
Daniel Silva / May 29, 2012
Light in Babylon: The Best Street Music of Istanbul
We all sometimes get lost in the routine of our lives. We work day in day out to earn the money we need to support our lifestyles. Trapped in this vicious cycle where our dreams seem to disappear, we get very... Read More »
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