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

Exhibition

I Am Still Alive

Cengiz Çekil

Arter February 9, 2023 – September 24, 2023
Performance

Ayvalık Music Festival 2023

Ayvalık June 8, 2023 – September 24, 2023
Exhibition

Welcome
July 14, 2023 – September 29, 2023
photography

Nuri Bilge Ceylan: In another place

Istanbul Modern, Tophane, Istanbul June 20, 2023 – September 30, 2023
Art

Always Here

Istanbul Modern, Tophane, Istanbul July 8, 2023 – September 30, 2023
Exhibition

Picturing a Lost Empire

An Italian Lens on Byzantine Art in Anatolia, 1960-2000

ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations August 12, 2022 – October 1, 2023 Tuesday - Sunday 10:00-19:00
Online presentation

Peerless among Princes

The Life and Times of Sultan Suleyman

Anglo-Turkish Society October 2, 2023 6 pm (UK time)
Solo exhibition

Relative Points of View

Belkıs Balpınar

Anna Laudel Düsseldorf, Germany August 19, 2023 – October 6, 2023
Group exhibition

Oh Holy Simplicity

x-ist September 7, 2023 – October 7, 2023
Performance

Akbank Jazz Festival

September 23, 2023 – October 8, 2023
International Conference

Poland and the Turkic World

Poland October 19, 2023 – October 20, 2023
Group exhibition

FLAGS FOR FUTURE

Greece September 2, 2023 – October 22, 2023
Workshop

ONE Body Ritual

Nazlı Gürlek Hodder
September 10, 2023 – October 25, 2023
Exhibition

No Further Records

Reşad Ekrem Koçu and Istanbul Encyclopedia Archive

SALT Galata, Beyoğlu, Istanbul May 24, 2023 – October 29, 2023
Solo exhibition

The Rebirth of Venus

Ekin Su Koç

Anna Laudel Bodrum, Bodrum September 9, 2023 – October 29, 2023
Talks and tours

Life and work of David Barchard

Memorial Event

London November 2, 2023 2-6 pm (UK time)
Photo exhibition

Ara Güler: A Play of Light and Shadow

Netherlands June 23, 2023 – November 8, 2023

Art

Aziz İstanbul (Cherished Istanbul)

Paintings from the Athanasios and Marina Martinos Foundation (AMMF) Collection and chattels from the Sadberk Hanım Museum

Galata Greek Primary School / Galata Rum İlkokulu, Beyoğlu, Istanbul July 19, 2023 – November 12, 2023
Talks and tours

Beirut and the Levant: Connections and Contrasts

1st Levantine Heritage Foundation Symposium in Beirut, Lebanon

Lebanon November 27, 2023 – November 18, 2023 9am - 8pm
Art, Contemporary art

International Textile Biennial
September 2, 2023 – November 24, 2023
festival

27th Istanbul Theatre Festival

ISTANBUL October 25, 2023 – November 25, 2023
Hybrid presentation

Power, Pleasure and Scholarship

The Grand Tour in the Levant, from Athens, via Constantinople and Aleppo, to Cairo

Anglo-Turkish Society December 12, 2023 6 pm (UK time)
Group exhibition

In the Shade of the Sun

London September 6, 2023 – December 22, 2023
Exhibition

Occupied City

Politics and Daily Life in Istanbul, 1918–1923

Istanbul Research Institute January 10, 2023 – December 26, 2023
Exhibition

Turkish Painting: In the Pursuit of Modernism

Sakıp Sabancı Museum September 16, 2022 – December 31, 2023
Solo exhibition

Passage

Nuri Kuzucan

Arter June 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023
Exhibition

Might and Memory: The Art of Power
January 23, 2023 – December 31, 2023
Contemporary art

Refik Anadol: Unsupervised

New York November 1, 2022 – December 31, 2023
Solo exhibition

ENDLESS

Sarkis

Arter May 4, 2023 – February 4, 2024
Exhibition

Walls of Israel

Burhan Doğançay

Switzerland September 23, 2023 – February 11, 2024
Exhibition

The Odyssey of Byzantine Studies in Turkey

ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations June 23, 2023 – March 31, 2024
Art, Contemporary art

Floating Islands

Istanbul Modern, Tophane, Istanbul July 8, 2023 – May 31, 2024
Art, Contemporary art

Turkey Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia

Gülsün Karamustafa

Venice April 20, 2024 – November 24, 2024

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