“Spelling Mistakes,” Aslı Biçer’s first solo exhibition, is showing at Lucca Art in Bebek. Biçer’s works stand as forms of a bold, contemporary style of drawing heralding a new aesthetic style. In her work Biçer has tried to combine the stories of her life with a surprising use of imagery. The result of this enjoyable […]

As the starting bell rang last Thursday afternoon, 20 women from across the city seated themselves around a long rectangular table to discuss the latest selection of the Kuzguncuk district’s book club. It was around 1:30 p.m. when Sevin Okyay, a Turkish writer and translator, entered the room. She sat at the head of the […]

Details of Istanbul are revealed in a new photographic exhibition at Gama Art Gallery with graphic design-oriented images portraying the urban identity of the city by focusing on the smaller aspects of the landscape’s buildings and other forgotten details of the city. Hakan Kürklü’s new exhibition “Wall Paper” opened in July and combines his longtime […]

STARTING POINT: Listening to Istanbul premier of Fazıl Say and BIPOFont Size: Larger|SmallerSaturday, January 1, 2011 Hatice UtkanSay performed the songs ‘Nirvana Burning,’ ‘Istanbul Symphony’ and ‘Nasreddin Hoca’ while other compositions were performed at the festival by the Borusan Quartet and other talented musicians. Say performed the songs ‘Nirvana Burning,’ ‘Istanbul Symphony’ and ‘Nasreddin Hoca’ […]

Monday, January 3, 2011ISTANBUL-Hürriyet Daily News January 7 – 29 The new exhibition of Selahattin Yıldırım at the Casa Dell’Arte has an exclusive way to communicate with viewers. Glancing at Yıldırım’s drawings on white canvass, they might not attract attention at first, but the use of technique and emotion changes the whole scenery while looking […]

Jan 7- Feb 15Friday, January 7, 2011ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News Sanatorium is hosting the works of Yağız Özgen, a student at Marmara University’s Fine Arts Faculty, who is charting a distinctive path in Turkish contemporary art with works that reveal the use of technology through various forms. In his first solo exhibition “C:/still_life,” Özgen […]