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An archive for your thoughts
Archive signifies the closing of a chapter for Versus Art Project as they bid farewell to their iconic white cube gallery in Istanbul—a space distinguished by its apartment-like layout, soaring...
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Sine İçli’s Jittering Maps
‘making paste from rain/you may ask - how?/to dream long enough/for fermentation’ These lines, part of a poem by multidisciplinary artist Sine İçli, are positioned in the lower-left corner of the...
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A master of unease
Esra Özdoğan's solo exhibition The Ghost in the Machine, curated by Çağla Özbek, invites viewers into a world where the boundaries between life, death, and illusion are constantly shifting. The title,...
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On December 15 I attended a jazz concert by Hungarian musicians at the Beşiktaş Naval Museum. The performers were the pianist and song-writer Peter Sárik (the group’s leader), double-bass player Tibor...
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The poetry of bathing
This tile panel was originally located in the men’s hot room. The eight rectangular tiles are adorned with Persian couplets in nasta‘līq script from a poem highlighting the hamam's significance in...
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How the year began
Öktem Aykut Gallery Toygun Özdemir Unforced Errors, Coincidences and Lost Years January 10, 2025 – February 08, 2025 Unforced Errors, Coincidences, and Lost Years marked Toygun Özdemir’s fifth solo...
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The extraordinary career of İlyas Mirzayev
On January 11 2025 I attended a Coffee Concert at the Atatürk Cultural Centre in Taksim. These concerts take place on Saturday mornings in the downstairs foyer – where concertgoers go for...
View ArticleFrom misty Wales to a high Victorian salon in Istanbul
The 2nd Ceren Necipoğlu Istanbul International Harp Festival was held from 14th to 19th January 2025 with the participation of three internationally-acclaimed lady harpists: Sioned Williams, a former...
View ArticleA gem of purest ray serene
On February 18 I made my way to the ENKA compound on Katar Caddesi, the road that descends the hill from Maslak (north of Levent) towards İstinye (on the Bosphorus) in order to attend a concert by the...
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On March 13 I made my way to the Notre Dame de Sion French Lycée in Harbiye for yet another musical event put on by the school. This time, the performer was Denis Pascal, a pianist who is the father...
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