American artist Taryn Simon, who has showcased her works at her photography works at MoMA, claims she is never inspired by other art works. “As an artist I take inspiration from reality and fantasy,” she said during an interview. Taryn is investigating and researching all the time. Her discoveries led her to create her the […]

German performance artist Jürgen Fritz believes that a performance artist struggles with questions of how to express themselves during their performances. “A performance artist deals with questions and how he or she defines himself as a human being,” he said. Performance art is a good medium to explore those questions, according to Fritz, who will […]

Adana has received a major boost thanks to its decision to welcome shooting for the latest James Bond flick, “Skyfall,” with many excited about greater tourism numbers and others happy at the production team’s contributions to the local economy. Preparations for the film’s shooting started in early March, leading locals to rush to see the […]

The increasing urge to view contemporary art has aroused a new trend in shopping malls. Turkey’s shopping malls, which are a part of the urbanization model, are now beginning to showcase contemporary art Light installations, oil on canvas works, sculptures and performance art all have a new, rather unexpected place to be showcased rather than […]

Renowned American artist Hunt Slonem is visiting Turkey for an exhibition at Istanbul’s Mabeyn Gallery. The exhibition, titled ‘Pillow Game II,’ features his magical tropical world. Slonem’s main inspiration is his birds As an artist Hunt Slonem draws tropical scenes of birds, gardens, and flowers, depicting a magical place that survives in daily life. Some […]

The 43rd Art Basel fair will once again host art galleries from all over the world, while its parallel event ‘Solo Projects,’ organized at St Jakobshalle, will host two galleries from Turkey, namely C.A.M and the Çağla Cabaoğlu Art Gallery Two galleries from Istanbul, C.A.M Gallery and Çağla Cabaoğlu Art Gallery will attend “Solo Project” […]

Closing the city theaters, which have a history of 100 years, is a kind of a murder, according to Haldun Dormen, one of the most significant stage actors and directors in Turkey. Privatizing the state theaters is another thing that will not solve any problems in the country’s theater scene, according to the director and […]

As a curator, Defne Ayas likes to add her own experiences and her background to the shows that she curates. Currently director of the Witte de With – Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam, she will soon curate the 11th Baltic Triennial with Benjamin Cook, Director of LUX in London. The 11th edition of the […]

Turkish artist Can Altay’s work is on display at the Frieze Projects East art event in London, part of the cultural activities taking place in the east London boroughs where 2012 Olympics were held. Altay’s artwork can be found distributed across key buildings in Waltham Forest. Over 20 large, mirror-ball like sculptures have been placed […]

German-Turkish artist Viron Vert is a man of discovery. He likes to discover religions, ideologies and more without any prejudice present. His current exhibition at Galerist, which opens today, is part of his lifetime quest for discovery. Yet this time, rather than discovering other things, he has worked to discover himself and the exhibition is […]