The arts diary

Art

Not Yet Gone at Shiva Zahed Gallery

Seven Iranian Fine-Art Photographers

Shiva Zahed Gallery September 18, 2026 – November 7, 2026

group exhibition

Labour of Love

Galerist celebrates 25 years

Galerist September 16, 2026 – November 7, 2026

Exhibition

Ugo Rondinone: The Sun and the Mountain

Dirimart Dolapdere, ISTANBUL September 2, 2026 – November 8, 2026

EXHIBITION

It’s So Difficult to Love You!

Exhibition of Work by Mehtap Baydu

Arter, Dolapdere July 6, 2026 – November 15, 2026

Seminar

TRAVELLERS IN OTTOMAN LANDS: Salonica, Rumeli and Beyond…

Call for Papers

Exhibition

Imprints on the Century: The Koç Group and the Arts

Exhibition at the Yapı Kredi Cultural Centre, Galatasaray, Istanbul

Talks and tours

The Uses of Oppression: Greek Newspapers in the Ottoman Empire 1830-62

In-person presentation by the Hellenic Centre & the Anglo-Turkish Society

London December 3, 2026 7.00pm - 8.00pm (UK time)

Retrospective

Yoko Ono: Insound and Instructure

Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Emirgan, Istanbul June 25, 2026 – December 27, 2026

EXHIBITION

Atlas 1/137,035999

Exhibition of Work by Tayfun Erdoğmuş

Arter, Dolapdere July 6, 2026 – January 3, 2027

EXHIBITION

All Phanar Is Here

Household, Neighborhood, Court, and the City

ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, ISTANBUL June 28, 2026 – January 24, 2027

Art

Frank Bowling: Creation and Destruction

With Interruptions by Francis Bacon and Victor Willing

The Pera Museum, Beyoğlu, Istanbul September 29, 2026 – January 31, 2027

Exhibition

Orientalism: Between Fact and Fantasy

The Metropolitan Museum, New York June 12, 2026 – February 28, 2027

EXHIBITION

The Sky Was Candy

Group Exhibition Around the Notions of ‘Home’ and ‘Homeland’

Arter, Dolapdere July 25, 2026 – March 27, 2027

Art

Ars Apodemica

The art of travel: From the Sadberk Hanım and Ömer Koç Collections

Meşher, Beyoğlu, Istanbul May 8, 2026 – May 23, 2027