Between 30 April 2022 and 5 August 2022, works by Görkem Dikel, Güliz Baydemir and Haydar Akdağ come together at the exhibition “The Awakening” thanks to the joint efforts of Art50.net and Swissôtel The Bosphorus, İstanbul.
The documentary “Crossroads”, directed by award-winning director Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun and produced by Bulut Reyhanoğlu and Vanessa Medini Arslan, focuses on 4 artists from Turkey.
The “Leonardo” series focuses on the extraordinary life of Leonardo da Vinci, who is considered a genius today, behind his world-famous works. Combining the known aspects of the artist’s life with fiction, the series does not reflect the real Leonardo da Vinci, but offers a different interpretation and perspective on the artist’s life.
“The Andy Warhol Diaries” opens a door to the inner world of Andy Warhol, one of the most important figures in art history. The series is based on the 1989 book of the same name, edited by Pat Hackett, who dictated the diaries. The mini-documentary series “The Andy Warhol Diaries” published by Netflix offers a […]
Aiming to add new meanings to his world with his own perspective, Oğulcan Arslan defines himself as a visual storyteller. Using photography as a means of making sense of his life and conveying his feelings that he cannot express verbally, Arslan’s works convey his momentary perception, the feelings he experiences there and then, through the […]
Written by writer Emre Caner, “Following the Footsteps of Lady Mihri Müşfik” tells the life story of Mihri Müşfik Hanım, one of the leading women in Turkish painting, that is built in a fiction parallel to her own life. The work, which tells the journey of the hero of the novel, Ulaş, following the footsteps […]
The Venice Biennale, which was postponed due to the pandemic after the last 2019 Biennial, will take place this year between 23 April – 27 November 2022. The 59th International Art Exhibition, titled “The Milk of Dreams”, takes its name from the book of British surrealist painter Leonora Carrington.
Chinese contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei’s new book “1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows” published in 2021 reflects both the artist’s own past and the legacy left behind by his father, Ai Qing, one of the most prominent poets of China, over the course of 100 years.
The effects of the ongoing pandemic can still be felt around the world as well as in the world of art and culture. On the other hand, many ambitious projects that actualized in 2021 show that the culture industry continues to develop despite the disruptions in the schedule.
Love… the strongest emotion the world revolves around. And it is accompanied by longing, passion, love, despair, and sometimes hope… Love is timeless and universal. Just like works of art. But what if lovers become the subject of artworks? Adam and Eve, Dido and Aeneas, Dante and Beatrice, Romeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, John […]