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Weekend gallery guide
Each Thursday on the Cornucopia blog we share our pick of exhibitions in Istanbul to visit over the coming weekend. Bomontiada is the place to be this summer. The former beer factory exudes an energy...
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Weekend gallery guide
Each Thursday on the Cornucopia blog we share our pick of exhibitions in Istanbul to visit over the coming weekend. This weekend we recommend a visit to one of the museums in Istanbul, the Sakıp...
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Weekend gallery guide: grids, rings and a lost empire
Istanbul can feel a bit barren in the summer. That feeling was amplified this year by the constant construction in Beyoğlu and the shuttering of countless shops on İstiklâl Caddesi. Yet a few cultural...
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Weekend gallery guide: late capitalism, meaningful architecture and genuine...
Autumn is upon us, bringing with it a plethora of exhibition openings. This weekend we’re sticking close to Karaköy and Tophane for three shows that have opened in the past week. They range from...
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Going big at the Venice Film Festival
Described by David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter as ‘a thick Freudian soup of sibling love and parental denial’, Big Big World (Koca Dünya) – the only Turkish film in competition at the 73rd Venice...
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Weekend gallery guide: digital detritus and youthful encounters
The Pera Museum is not afraid to play around. The two exhibitions that opened last week illustrate the museum’s desire to look towards the future and have some fun in the process. In Katherine Behar:...
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Lycian hideaway
When I think of lazy summer days spent lounging by the seaside, I immediately conjure up images of Çıralı. This small town, located on the southern coast of Turkey, is home to a sand-and-pebble beach...
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Weekend gallery guide: in situ street art
Street art should be seen on the streets. So as much as I love galleries, I suggest taking advantage of the cooler temperatures in Istanbul this weekend to get outdoors and catch a glimpse of some...
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Weekend gallery guide: Istanbul Gallery Weekend
We can all agree that it’s been a rough year in Turkey. Yet despite rampant uncertainty about the future and the overall gloomy mood, the inaugural Istanbul Gallery Weekend has given us something to...
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The cream of the film festival crop
It’s no Cannes or Sundance, but Filmekimi may be the next best thing. Unlike these major film festivals, or even the annual Istanbul Film Festival, with its focus on competitions for both foreign and...
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A Mancunian moment
On Tuesday 15 July 1867, the Sultan of the Turkish Empire, Abdülaziz, and his attendants were resting in the guest rooms at Buckingham Palace during the first-ever state visit to Britain paid by an...
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Rewarding reads: September 2016
‘Rewarding reads’ is a new feature on the Cornucopia blog. At the end of each month, we’ll highlight some of our favourite Turkey-related articles and news titbits that we read over the course of the...
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Weekend gallery guide: behind closed doors
No artist is an island. Open Studio Days Istanbul (Açık Stüdyo Günleri), which runs from October 7–9, makes certain of that. The three-day event creates an opportunity for the denizens of Istanbul to...
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Magic carpet ride
‘Come on down!’ bellowed the exuberant MC at last week’s Istanbul Carpet Conference. It was at this moment, which came after the slick opening video and intervals of thumping music, but before any...
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Ottoman blues
Islamic Sales week is underway in London, with the doors open for viewing at Sotheby's, Christie's and Bonhams. Unsurprisingly, given the economic climate in Turkey, it seems a quieter affair than...
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A flurry of jazz
The 26th Akbank Jazz Festival is underway, with events ranging from concerts by big name jazz performers, like the Grammy award-winning bassist Ron Carter, to talks about jazz in all its forms, and...
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That poster!
Last week was the 241st anniversary of the US navy – ‘Tough, bold, and ready’ declared the poster, though it omitted to say that the navy was originally set up to fight Britain in the early months of...
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Art in the flesh
Imagine leaning in close to a work of art, inspecting it intently, only to find it staring right back at you. This is the disarming effect of performance art, where a relationship is formed between...
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Weekend gallery guide: voluptuous vessels and loss in all forms
The big news of the Istanbul art world is the opening of the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial this weekend. While there is certainly much to say about the large-scale, research-heavy biennial – be on the...
View ArticlePandelli’s plight – mayday in the Mısır Çarşısı
’The country needs Pandeli,’ Adnan Menderes, Turkey’s charismatic prime minister in the 1950s, is said to have remarked in 1955 when he heard that Pandeli Çobanoğlu, the ethnic Greek owner of the...
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