Published in Hürriyet Daily News On Sept. 16 Istanbul witnessed a creative new project. German artist Christian Schnurer traveled inside his sculpture “Argonaut Mathilda.” He left Munich in September 2010, crossing 10 European borders, finally arriving in Istanbul, where he crossed the Bosphorus to the Asian side – to a new continent. This was the […]

The Guardian’s weekend supplement published a story about Andy Warhol works, but it was more than this. The main subject was a scandalous fraud in the contemporary art world. In 1962 just after creating his famous soup cans, Warhol began work on 100 wooden sculptures of packing containers: Brillo boxes. However, what was done in […]

Hatice UtkanPublished in City Brief The bridges of Istanbul stand with their large columns, going deep into the Bosphorus. They have important significations for locals. They are the main transport facility of the city. They bind Asia and Europe. However, considering that everything in life has two aspects, or two sides, such as negative and […]

 Istanbul, at the middle of Europe and Asia, holds great potential in terms of diversified cultures. The city collects every kind of people.     It is clear, when we consider the last 10 years, that the city has developed and enlarged with pop culture.     While tourism has played one of the most important roles in the […]