Cornucopia Magazine Events

Past events

Concert

Leon Hunt and Jason Titley

In concert
May 21, 2019 Tuesday, 7 for 7.30pm
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Lecture

The Power of Discretion:

Martial Law in the Late Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey
May 21, 2019 Tuesday at 6pm
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Exhibition

Queer Connections

A diverse art exhibition
May 17, 2019 – May 22, 2019 Launch night: Friday 17 May from 6pm
Exhibition runs May 17–22, from 10am to 6pm every day.
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Lecture

Turkey’s Middle East and Wider Foreign Policies

BIAA London Lecture with Sir David Logan
May 16, 2019 Thursday at 6pm
London
Contemporary Art Workshop

Why Are We Taking These Photos?

Anatomy of a Book
May 16, 2019 – May 24, 2019 6:30pm
Akbank Sanat Beyoğlu, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Lecture

Artists, Paintings and their Publics

Safavid Albums in the Seventeenth Century by Dr Massumeh Farhad
May 16, 2019 – May 21, 2019 Thursday, Friday, Monday and Tuesday at 19.00
Khalili Lecture Theatre, London
Talks

2019 ANAMED Fellows’ Symposium
May 15, 2019 – May 16, 2019 Wednesday, 9–4; Thursday, 9.30–17.30
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Talks and lectures

Storytelling

Hatzi-Yavrouda of Kos, an Exceptional Storyteller
May 14, 2019 – May 14, 2019 19.00
Lecture at the Swedish Research Institute, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Book launch

Cuthbert of Farne

Book launch with Katharine Tiernan
May 12, 2019 Sunday at 6pm
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Lecture

British Association for Turkish Area Studies Thirtieth Spring Symposium
May 11, 2019 10 am to 4:30 pm
Talks and lectures

FARIT Tour of the Feriköy Protestant Cemetery
May 11, 2019 10.00–13.00
Bomonti and Feriköy, Istanbul
Screening and Talk

Belonging and Companionship

Aykan Safoğlu
May 10, 2019 8.15 pm
The Pera Museum, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Concert

Borusan Quartet at Erimtan Museum
May 8, 2019 20.30–22.00
Erimtan Archaeology and Arts Museum, Ankara
Lecture

Tilemania

Collecting and Copying 'Persian' Tiles in the Late Nineteenth Century by Dr Melanie Gibson
May 2, 2019 Thursday at 6:30pm
Film Festival

Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival, 2019
May 2, 2019 – May 6, 2019
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Auction

Christie’s: Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds

Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets
May 2, 2019 Thursday from 10.30am
Christie’s King Street, London
Auction

Sotheby’s: Arts of the Islamic World
May 1, 2019 10.30 AM BST
Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London
Auction

Islamic and Indian Art

Bonhams, Spring 2019
April 30, 2019 Tuesday from 11am
London
Auction

Sotheby’s: The Orientalist Sale
April 30, 2019 12.30 PM BST
Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London
Forum

Scottish Borders Cultural Forum

Film-themed April Gathering
April 29, 2019 Monday 6.30 to 9pm
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Auction

Christie’s: Orientalist Art

Christie's London
April 29, 2019 Monday at 2pm
London
market

Handmade Istanbul Spring Market 2019
April 28, 2019 11.00–18.00
Tepebaşı, Istanbul
Group Exhibition

Works in Series
April 27, 2019 – May 18, 2019
artSümer, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Talk

Meditation East –Meditation West

Principles, Paths, Practices
April 24, 2019 Wednesday from 7–9pm
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Film Festival

London Turkish Film Week 2019
April 24, 2019 – April 30, 2019
London
Lecture

Travelling east via Burlington House

Orientalist painting at the Royal Academy
April 23, 2019 Tuesday at 6.30pm
United Kingdom
Gathering

Letters to the Earth

Readings and conversation
April 19, 2019 Friday at 6pm
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
solo exhibition

Instructions

Yağız Özgen
April 19, 2019 – May 19, 2019
Sanatorium, Karaköy, Istanbul
Lecture

Göbekli Tepe

A remarkable archaeological site from 11,000 years ago
April 18, 2019 Thursday at 6pm
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Lecture

30th Levantine Heritage Foundation talks gathering in London

Dinner gathering with guest speakers
April 17, 2019 Wednesday from 6–10pm
London
Exhibition

Boundaries

Ewen Macdonald
Paintings
April 13, 2019 – April 26, 2019 11am–4pm every day including Sundays
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
solo exhibition

Finis Terrae

Ali Kazma
April 12, 2019 – May 11, 2019
Galeri Nev Istanbul, Nişantaşı, Istanbul
concert

Istanbul Recitals: Stephen Kovacevich
April 12, 2019 20.00
The Seed (Sakıp Sabancı Museum), Emirgan, Istanbul
solo exhibition

Royal Jelly

Summer Wheat
April 11, 2019 – May 12, 2019
Dirimart Dolapdere, Dolapdere
Solo Exhibition

Cyprus Realism
April 11, 2019 – May 11, 2019
Pi Artworks London, London
film festival

38th Istanbul Film Festival
April 5, 2019 – April 16, 2019 Various times
ISTANBUL
Lecture

The Cacophonous History of the Ottoman Band of Jerusalem

Lecture by Michael Talbot
April 4, 2019 Thursday 4–5pm
British Museum, London
solo exhibition

Corpus

Burçi̇n Başar
April 4, 2019 – May 4, 2019
x-ist, Karaköy, Istanbul
contemporary art fair

Mamut Art Project 2019
April 3, 2019 – April 7, 2019
Küçük Çiftlik Park, Maçka, Istanbul
lecture

The Secret of a Good Story: The Byzantine Twelfth-Century Novel in Context

Lecture by Prof. Ingela Nilsson
April 3, 2019 17.00
Bosphorus University Byzantine Studies Research Center, Bebek, Istanbul
jazz

Nardis Jazz Club April 2019
April 1, 2019 – April 30, 2019 Various times
Nardis Jazz Club, Tünel, Istanbul
art residency

Nadas’a Bırak Spring Art Residency Programme
March 31, 2019 – April 7, 2019
NADAS Istanbul, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Symposium

Blood in Byzantium

The 52nd Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies – SPBS
March 30, 2019 – April 1, 2019
United Kingdom
exhibition

ARCHIVE: 1987–2018
March 26, 2019 – April 6, 2019
Galeri Nev Istanbul, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
solo exhibition

Don’t Abandon Me

Mehmet Ali Uysal
March 23, 2019 – May 11, 2019
Pi Artworks Istanbul, Karaköy, Istanbul
Symposium and Museum Tour

The Nomads Tent 2019

Silk Road symposium and NMS tour
March 22, 2019 – March 23, 2019
Edinburgh
Lecture

In the Age of Freedom, in the Name of Justice

Slavery and Emancipation in the Late Ottoman Empire
March 21, 2019 Thursday at 6.30pm
London
Talk

Women Carrying Memory

Stateless Figures
March 21, 2019 6 pm
Studio-X, Karaköy, Istanbul
Lecture

Dangers of Cinema

Films and Moral Discourse in the late Ottoman Empire
March 21, 2019 Thursday at 6pm
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
dinner

FARIT Annual Dinner
March 19, 2019 19.00
Beyoğlu, Istanbul
lecture

The Greek Dramatic Festivals of Roman Asia Minor

Lecture by Dr. Mali Skotheim
March 18, 2019 18.00
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, İstiklâl Caddesi, Istanbul
Poetry

Poetry Slam Istanbul
March 17, 2019 7 pm
Kadıköy, Istanbul
Connoisseur

Andromeda

Şenur Bicer, Renan Ertosun, Nilay Özenbay and Nilhan Yardımcı Çetinkaya
March 16, 2019 – March 30, 2019 Mon–Fri, 11:00 – 17:00
NG Artworks Gallery at the European School of Economics, London
Performance

Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra: Çanakkale Memorial Week
March 15, 2019 20.00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Performance

Istanbul Recitals: Goran Filipeç
March 13, 2019 20.00
The Seed (Sakıp Sabancı Museum), Emirgan, Istanbul
Festival

TURQUAZZ

Anatolian Jazz & Roots Festival
March 13, 2019 – March 30, 2019
London
Talk

A Swedish Girl in Turkey of the 1920s

SRII Lecture on Women's Voices by Carina Beckerman
March 12, 2019 19:00
Lecture at the Swedish Research Institute, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Lecture

The Byzantine Court on the Road

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Claudia Rapp
March 12, 2019 5pm
Performance

Alexandrov Russian Red Army Chorus and Dance Group
March 10, 2019 2pm and 8pm
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Seminar

Women Writers

In Celebration of International Women's Day 2019
March 9, 2019 Saturday 12 noon to 4pm
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Exhibition and talk

Bountiful Empire & Magnificent Spice Bazaar

Talk and photography exhibition
March 8, 2019 – March 22, 2019 Talk on Friday March 8 at 6pm.
Exhibition runs until March 22. 10am – 8pm Monday to Thursday, 10am – 6pm Friday
Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centre, London
exhibition

Archway Project

Barış Sarıbaş and Navid Azimi Sajadi
March 8, 2019 – April 28, 2019
Kare Gallery, Nişantaşı, Istanbul
film festival

Filmmor 2019
March 7, 2019 – May 7, 2019 Various times
TURKEY
Art

Artweeks @Akaretler
March 5, 2019 – March 17, 2019
Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
group exhibition

Within
March 1, 2019 – April 18, 2019
Orjin Maslak, Maslak, Istanbul
group exhibition

Walking Distance
March 1, 2019 – April 7, 2019
Mixer, Karaköy, Istanbul
solo exhibition

Four Seasons In May

Furkan Öztekin
March 1, 2019 – April 7, 2019
Mixer, Karaköy, Istanbul
Exhibition

Noday

Etem Şahin and Ilgın Deniz Akseloğlu
February 28, 2019 – April 27, 2019
Operation Room
solo exhibition

Three Or Profound Adventures Of Desolate Roads

Ali̇ Bi̇lge Akkaya
February 28, 2019 – March 30, 2019
x-ist, Karaköy, Istanbul
solo exhibition

Work

Zeyno Pekünlü
February 28, 2019 – April 7, 2019
Sanatorium, Karaköy, Istanbul
Lecture

Material Culture and Architectural Heritage in Medieval and Modern Aegean

A Lecture on the Bailo House in Chalcis-Euboea by Dr. Nikos Kontogiannis
February 28, 2019 6pm
film programme

ReelLife Film Programme
February 27, 2019 – May 22, 2019
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Lecture

Feminism as Transformative Politics

SRII Lecture on Women's Voices by Dr. Ayşe Gül Altınay
February 26, 2019 7pm
Downtown Istanbul (the European side), Istanbul
Film programme

SQIFF Film Shorts on Tour
February 23, 2019 Saturday 4–6pm
The Cornucopia Room
Shadow Puppets

Holiday Fun: Karagöz and Hacivat

Children's performance with Ada Burke
February 22, 2019 Friday at 3pm
Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centre, London
exhibition

Ses-li Harfler / Ses-siz Harfler

Özlem Günyol-Mustafa Kunt
February 20, 2019 – March 24, 2019
Dirimart Dolapdere, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Gülfem Kessler ‘Yeni Sen’/‘New You’
February 20, 2019 – March 23, 2019
Pilevneli, Dolapdere
Talks and lectures

ANAMED Library Talks: Spolia Reincarnated

Afterlives of Objects, Materials and Spaces in Anatolia from Antiquity to the Ottoman Era
February 19, 2019 6 pm
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Downtown Istanbul (the European side), Istanbul
Connoisseur, Talks and lectures

Effects of the Post on Everyday Life in Ottoman Times from 1840 Onwards

ARIT Lecture by Turhan Turgut
February 18, 2019 6pm
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Downtown Istanbul (the European side), Istanbul

A talk on the Ottoman postal services.
solo exhibition

Temporary Sameness

Zeynep Kayan
February 16, 2019 – May 4, 2019
Zilberman Gallery and Project Space, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
concert

Istanbul Recitals: Andrew Tyson
February 15, 2019 20.00
The Seed (Sakıp Sabancı Museum), Emirgan, Istanbul
Film screening

Letters from Baghdad

Gertrude Bell in the Middle East, Film screening
February 14, 2019 Thursday at 6.30pm. Doors open 6pm
London
Connoisseur, Talks and lectures

Women and Public Space in Turkey: Gender, Modernity and the Urban Experience

SRII Lecture on Women's Voices by Dr. Selda Tuncer
February 12, 2019 7pm
Downtown Istanbul (the European side), Istanbul
exhibition

Paper

A Selection of Turkish Contemporary Art
February 12, 2019 – March 24, 2019
Şişli
solo exhibition

Beach Upcycling

Tarık Bayazıt
February 9, 2019 – February 16, 2019
ECNP Galeri, Nişantaşı, Istanbul
Performance

Avant-garde Performances at the Sakip Sabanci Museum

Dreaming the Future Through Art and Design
February 9, 2019 5 pm
Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Emirgan, Istanbul
Concert

Sounds of the Silk Road

SOAS Silk Road Collective
February 8, 2019 Friday at 7.30pm
Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centre, London
solo exhibition

An Escalator Descending Towards Mysterious Time Machines

Basim Magdy
February 8, 2019 – April 20, 2019
artSümer, Karaköy, Istanbul
solo exhibition

Balkon

Photos by Orhan Pamuk
February 6, 2019 – April 27, 2019
Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
concert

Anatolian Folk Music

Anatolian Collective and guest artists
February 2, 2019 Saturday at 8pm (doors open 7pm)
London
jazz

Nardis Jazz Club February 2019
February 1, 2019 – February 28, 2019 Various times
Nardis Jazz Club, Tünel, Istanbul
solo exhibition

Cosmic Latte

Murat Morova
February 1, 2019 – March 16, 2019
Galeri Nev Istanbul, Nişantaşı, Istanbul
Call for Applications

A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in Byzantine Studies

Boğaziçi University
January 31, 2019
ISTANBUL
Tour

Turkmen Rugs: Status, Power, Wealth, and Fabulous Art

LARTA tour with Brian MacDonald
January 26, 2019 10.30 for 11am
Battersea Evolution, London
group exhibition

Speculative Spaces
January 25, 2019 – February 25, 2019
Kare Gallery, Nişantaşı, Istanbul
solo exhibition

Interrupted Cycle

Aylin Zaptçıoğlu
January 24, 2019 – February 23, 2019
x-ist, Karaköy, Istanbul
Talk/tour

Embroideries of the Ottoman Empire and the wider Islamic world

LARTA tour with Penny Oakley
January 24, 2019 Thursday at 4pm
Battersea Evolution, London
solo exhibition

Prisoners of Correct History

Naeem Mohaiemen
January 23, 2019 – April 28, 2019
SALT Beyoğlu, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Fair

LARTA 2019

At the Decorative Fair, Battersea Park
January 22, 2019 – January 27, 2019
Battersea Evolution, London

Textile art and exceptional weavings from around the world
group exhibition

Spotless
January 18, 2019 – February 23, 2019
Mixer, Karaköy, Istanbul

Events » Past Events

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Past events

Concert

In concert

The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Lecture

Martial Law in the Late Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey

Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London

Exhibition

A diverse art exhibition

The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Lecture

BIAA London Lecture with Sir David Logan

London

Contemporary Art Workshop

Anatomy of a Book

Akbank Sanat Beyoğlu, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Lecture

Safavid Albums in the Seventeenth Century by Dr Massumeh Farhad

Khalili Lecture Theatre, London

Talks

ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Talks and lectures

Hatzi-Yavrouda of Kos, an Exceptional Storyteller

Lecture at the Swedish Research Institute, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Book launch

Book launch with Katharine Tiernan

The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Lecture

Talks and lectures

Bomonti and Feriköy, Istanbul

Screening and Talk

Aykan Safoğlu

The Pera Museum, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Concert

Erimtan Archaeology and Arts Museum, Ankara

Lecture

Collecting and Copying 'Persian' Tiles in the Late Nineteenth Century by Dr Melanie Gibson

Film Festival

The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Auction

Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets

Christie’s King Street, London

Auction

Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London

Auction

Bonhams, Spring 2019

London

Auction

Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London

Forum

Film-themed April Gathering

The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Auction

Christie's London

London

market

Tepebaşı, Istanbul

Group Exhibition

artSümer, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Talk

Principles, Paths, Practices

The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Film Festival

London

Lecture

Orientalist painting at the Royal Academy

United Kingdom

Gathering

Readings and conversation

The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

solo exhibition

Yağız Özgen

Sanatorium, Karaköy, Istanbul

Lecture

A remarkable archaeological site from 11,000 years ago

Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London

Lecture

Dinner gathering with guest speakers

Ewen Macdonald
Paintings