Events

The arts diary

Cornucopia’s choice: the pick of cultural events in Istanbul and around the world

What’s on in Turkey

Distilled from Scattered Blue

The curator Károly Aliotti's latest group exhibition sings the blues at Galerist

Galerist , Beyoğlu, Istanbul September 24, 2024 – November 2, 2024

TEV Turkish Virtuosi with pianist Birsen Ulucan

Süreyya Opera House , Moda, Istanbul October 31, 2024 20.00
solo exhibition

Hubris by Serkan Sarıer

PİLEVNELİ Dolapdere
October 3, 2024 – November 9, 2024
exhibition

Şakir Gökçebağ: As it Seems

Arter

Arter , Dolapdere April 5, 2024 – November 10, 2024 11am - 7pm
Group exhibition

Critical Shifts

Barın Han
October 3, 2024 – November 30, 2024

Prinkipo Mon Amour

Büyükada's 19th-century photographs at The Splendid Palace Hotel

Splendid Palas Hotel , The Princes Islands, Istanbul September 19, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Georg Baselitz: The Last Decade

Sakıp Sabancı Museum , Emirgan, Istanbul September 13, 2024 – February 2, 2025
Contemporary art

Chiharu Shiota: Between Worlds

Istanbul Modern
September 6, 2024 – April 20, 2025
Contemporary Art

Doug Aitken: Naked City

Borusan Contemporary , Rumelihisarı September 14, 2024 – August 17, 2025

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The adventure of The Adventure: The Case of the Missing Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Zoom Lecture

35th Levantine Heritage Foundation

Layered Levantine Identities: The Glavany Family’s Networks and Built Legacy in the Ottoman Empire and Beyond
October 29, 2024 6 pm U.K. time

Silk Roads

British Museum , London September 26, 2024 – February 23, 2025

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Online Events

35th Levantine Heritage Foundation

Layered Levantine Identities: The Glavany Family’s Networks and Built Legacy in the Ottoman Empire and Beyond

October 29, 2024

City and architecture. The contribution of the Greeks

Online lecture: Smyrna in its transition from the 19th to the 20th century, through the work of Greek architects and engineers

November 12, 2024

Connoisseur

Hubris by Serkan Sarıer

PİLEVNELİ Dolapdere

October 3, 2024 – November 9, 2024
Bedrim Rahmi Eyübolğlu and Eren Eyüboğlu

Tutkulu İki Yürek

Mustafa Ayaz Museum, Ankara

September 21, 2024 – November 17, 2024
Turkey Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia

Gülsün Karamustafa

Venice

April 20, 2024 – November 24, 2024

Prinkipo Mon Amour

Büyükada's 19th-century photographs at The Splendid Palace Hotel

Splendid Palas Hotel, The Princes Islands, Istanbul

September 19, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Georg Baselitz: The Last Decade

Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Emirgan, Istanbul

September 13, 2024 – February 2, 2025
Silk Roads

British Museum, London

September 26, 2024 – February 23, 2025

Talks and Lectures

Trieste and the Levant

Institute of Languages Cultures and Societies

November 27, 2024
Travellers in Ottoman Lands III

Call for Papers

ISTANBUL

April 9, 2025 – April 12, 2025

Performance

Bora Çeliker Quartet: ’Tis Autumn

Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul

October 23, 2024
A Musical Gift: The Borusan String Quartet

Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul

October 23, 2024
Bach In Istanbul: Pierre Hantai plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations

Harpsichord Recital

Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul

October 23, 2024

İlyun Bürkev, İbrahim Yazıcı & Pera Philharmonic Orchestra

Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul

October 30, 2024
TEV Turkish Virtuosi with pianist Birsen Ulucan

Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul

October 31, 2024

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