Now you hear it, now you don’t
A concert by players from the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded on April 8, was streamed online on June 13. Conducted by Cem Mansur, they played works with a retro flavour by Ligeti,...
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On June 27, a concert by the Borusan Quartet that had been recorded on March 31 was put online. In the interests of speed, I will review this concert only briefly, as any delay in getting my piece to...
View ArticleThe magnificent four
On June 27, a concert by the Borusan Quartet that had been recorded on March 31 was put online. In the interests of speed, I will review this concert only briefly, as any delay in getting my piece to...
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This is festival week at Borusan, and a large number of concerts by the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, plus three performances by the Borusan Quartet, have appeared on their website. To...
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Two Istanbuls
The National Geographic and award winner photographer Izzet Karibar has released his latest tribute to Istanbul, poetically documenting the city as it was before these last decades of great change....
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This week marks the last opportunity to catch Impossible Homecoming, a show of the work by the artist and writer Etel Adnan at the Pera Museum. Adnan’s work, shown here for the first time at a major...
View ArticleLittle Amal - The Walk
Seeing a 3.5 meter tall puppet of a little girl, making her way down the street, or out of the window of a car on the way to work, would certainly turn heads. Thus is the goal of Joe Murphy and Joe...
View ArticleThe Art of Weights and Measures
Measurements and the tools used to complete them are woven into the fabric of myths. This exhibition explores , weighing and measuring, as it exists in the physical realm and beyond. From the tools...
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Portrait of a house in Sanaa
Nestled in the back streets of Sanaa's Turkish quarter is Marco Livadiotti's stunning home, a homage to Yemen's beauty by an Italian aesthetic. Hard to believe almost 30 years have passed since I've...
View ArticleThe cat’s whiskers
On Wednesday August 25 I went to Emirgan for a concert on the ‘Fıstıklı Teras’ (Pine Tree Terrace) of the Sakıp Sabancı Museum. It was a balmy summer evening and outside the Atlı Köşk – the main...
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Murmuration, a concept
This Arts Festival now in progress is organised and curated by Sabine Küper-Büsch and Thomas Büsch of the Diyalog Derneği Istanbul and partly sponsored by the German Consulate of Istanbul and the...
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One warm evening in September, four of Turkey’s most talented jazzmen – people who had not played together for over ten years – had a musical reunion that I was privileged to attend (Above: Quartet...
View ArticleThe Golden Horn is alive with art
The last day of Contemporary Istanbul. Don't miss it. And do get there as soon as you read this, so that you can grab coffee and a bail of straw by the water, the Golden Horn's smartest ringside pew....
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A snapshot
We came back from the Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair yesterday feeling tired and pleased having spent a week emersed in art, hearing stories and new proposals, making new friends and many new...
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Ultimate cool: Mughal emerald-tinted specs and the real Roxelana
This week is Islamic Sales Week in London, with wonderful curiosities being auctioned at Sotheby's, Bonhams and Christie's. Lots 213 and 214 in the Sotheby's Arts of the Islamic World & India on...
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Robert Chenciner (1945–2021)
In media res, the curtain rising on the action in full flow, might seem an odd eulogy to recite over the memory of a dear friend, but Robert Chenciner was someone in perpetual motion and even now it...
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The architect, the church and the city
A very easy and magical escape from the overwhelming crowds of Galata square is on a side street, through a large steel door and into a small churchyard. Paolo Girardelli, professor of art history at...
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Cornucopia Profile:
Dylan Ware lives in a picturesque, quiet, top floor walk-up apartment in downtown Kurtulus filled with unexpected delights. Several balconies that look more like jungles, an avairy including birds...
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Love LARTA
January 25–30 is LARTA time! LARTA (London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair) is the jewel in the crown of London's best love antiques and decorative arts fair, the Decorative Fair, in Battersea. Best...
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30 years on and going strong
In celebration of Cornucopia's 30th year we would like to pull out a selection of beautiful spreads and graphics by our art director Clive Crook. Above is the Yeşil Mosque with it's 'Turkish...
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