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Online Zoom talk

Tales from the Turkish newsroom:

Why Newspapers Sometimes Lie
by Andrew Finkel
April 15, 2021 Thursday at 6pm (GMT)
Online

Istanbul Unbound

Environmental Approaches to the City
April 8, 2021 – April 11, 2021
ISTANBUL
Conference

Rethinking Narratives of China and the Middle East
April 8, 2021 – April 10, 2021
Performance

Oboe and Piano Recital

Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi Wednesday Classics
April 7, 2021 18:00
Online

British Diplomatic Travellers in Eighteenth-Century Istanbul

A Lecture by Dr Gemma Masson
April 1, 2021 Thursday, 20:00 – 21:30 BST
Auction

Islamic art at Christie’s, Spring 2021

Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Oriental Rugs and Carpets, Spring 2021
April 1, 2021 11:00 AM BST
Christie’s King Street, London
Online, Talks and tours

Gareth Winrow: Whispers Across Continents: In Search of the Robinsons
April 1, 2021 19.00 Istanbul time
Friends of the American Research Institute Turkey (FARIT), ISTANBUL
Talks and tours

Mr Costa and the OCM Oriental Carpet Manufacturers

A webinar from the Royal Society for Asian Affairs with James Crowden
April 1, 2021 14.00 UK time
London
Auction

Islamic art at Sotheby’s, Spring 2021

Sotheby's Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets, Spring 2021
March 31, 2021 Wednesday, 10:30 AM BST
Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London
Auction, Connoisseur

Material Culture: Oriental Rugs from American Estates
March 31, 2021 17.00 (GMT +3)
Material Culture, USA
Auction

The Sotheby’s Orientalist Sale

Including works from the Najd Collection
March 30, 2021 15.00 (UK time)
Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London
Contemporary Art Fair

ARTANKARA 2021

Contemporary Art Fair
March 30, 2021 – April 1, 2021
Ankara
Auction, Connoisseur

Bonhams: Islamic and Indian Art, Spring 2021
March 30, 2021 11:00 BST
Bonhams New Bond Street, London
Auction, Online

Istanbul Müzayede: Anılar ve İmzalar II

Online auction
March 30, 2021 21,00 Istanbul time
Nişantaşı, Istanbul
Virtual seminar

Decoding the Milesian Agro-Pastoral Economy from Above: Remote Sensing and Metrology

An Anatolian Studies Virtual Seminar with Toby Wilkinson and Anja Slawisch
March 30, 2021 17.00–18.30
British Institute at Ankara, Southern Aegean
Online panel

The “Ottoman” Mediterranean
March 26, 2021 Friday, 12:30–14:00 EST
Online

Dr Matthew Kinloch: Character Systems and Cultural Solipsisms

Comparing the Histories of Doukas and Leonardo Bruni
March 25, 2021 17.00 (Istanbul time)
Bosphorus University Byzantine Studies Research Center, ISTANBUL
Talks and tours

Amit Bein: Not so distant neighbours

Turkey and the Middle East in the 1930s
March 25, 2021 16.30 (UK time)
The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, United Kingdom
Online art course

Online Art of Illumination Course

Complete beginners
March 22, 2021 – April 12, 2021
Yunus Emre Institute in London, London
Talks and tours

Cycling Anatolia: Three Weeks on the Sufi Trail
March 20, 2021 16.30 (UK time)
Cycling Anatolia: Three Weeks on the Sufi Trail, Central Anatolia
Online, Talks and tours

Berna Kamay: The “Frenkhâne” of Rossi

An Inheritance Story from a Port City, Smyrna
March 19, 2021
Online

Fine Antique Oriental Rugs XXIV

Auction
March 19, 2021
Online

Visiting the Cedars of Lebanon: from Gilgamesh to Edward Lear

A lecture by Paul Starkey
March 18, 2021 Thursday, 20:00 GMT
Film, Performance

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
March 18, 2021 – March 30, 2021
Connoisseur

Barış Doğrusöz: Locus of Power
March 15, 2021 – March 27, 2021
SALT Galata
Connoisseur

Ceylan Öztrük: Zintuhi
March 11, 2021 – April 3, 2021
Galeri Nev Ankara, Ankara
Group exhibition

Daydreams
March 5, 2021 – April 11, 2021
Galeri Nev Istanbul, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Online lecture

Feminist Art in the Middle East and Turkey

A British Institute at Ankara lecture
March 4, 2021 Thursday, 16:00 – 17:30 GMT
Solo exhibition

Oğuz Kaleli: Exit
March 3, 2021 – April 4, 2021 11.00–18.00
C.A.M. Gallery, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Online, Talks and tours

Magnet Talks: 19th-century Soldier Painters: The Primitives

19. Yüzyılın Asker Ressamları I: Primitifler
March 3, 2021 20:00 – 21:30
Online

Western European Merchants in the Eastern Mediterranean in 16th-17th century Islamic-Ottoman View

5th Levantine Heritage Foundation online lecture with guest speaker Dr Viorel Panaite
March 3, 2021 Wednesday, 18:00 GMT
Exhibition

Echos: “Defragmentology” by Mathias Hornung and “Assimilation” by Onur Hastürk
February 28, 2021
Anna Laudel, ISTANBUL
Online, Talks and tours

Turkish Foreign Policy in Flux

John Martin Lecture: Prof Ziya Öniş on Traditional Alignments with the West versus the New Eastern Orientation
February 27, 2021
Online

Rural Hinterlands of the Black Sea during the Fourth Century BCE
February 22, 2021 Monday, 16:00 – 17:30 GMT
online film

Istanbul Film Festival online screenings
February 17, 2021
Online

Belgium and the Ottoman Empire: ‘Transnationals’ and Diplomacy in an Age of Global Capital

4th Levantine Heritage Foundation online lecture with guest speaker Houssine Alloul
February 17, 2021 Wednesday, 18:00 – 20:00 GMT
Connoisseur

Leyla Emadi: Tidal Waves
February 16, 2021 – April 3, 2021
Exhibition

Alp İşmen and Yüksel Dal: Marvelous Correspondences, Subtle Resemblances
February 16, 2021 – April 3, 2021
Mixer, Tophane, Istanbul
Online

Gentile Bellini’s Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II: Lives and Afterlives of an Iconic Image

Book talk with Dr Elizabeth Rodini
February 16, 2021 Tuesday, 19:00 GMT+3
Connoisseur

İz Öztat: Watercolour on Paper
February 11, 2021 – March 23, 2021
Pi Artworks Istanbul, Karaköy, Istanbul
Online conference

The 1st Online Edinburgh Byzantine Book Festival
February 5, 2021 – February 7, 2021
Online

Early travellers’ contributions to the first reconstructions of Egyptian history

A lecture by Prof. Aidan Dodson
February 4, 2021 Thursday, 20:00 GMT
Online Book Launch

Pious Pilgrims, Discerning Travellers, Curious Tourists

Changing Patterns of Travel to the Middle East from Medieval to Modern Times
January 28, 2021 – January 29, 2021 Thu, 20:00 – Fri, 21:30 GMT
Textiles Fair

LARTA Virtual 2021

Online textiles fair
January 26, 2021 – February 14, 2021 Opens Tuesday 26 January at 14.00 (GMT) Ends Sunday 14 February
Exhibition

The Offline Viewing Room
January 25, 2021 – April 10, 2021 Tuesday - Saturday, 12:00 – 18:00
artSümer, ISTANBUL
Online Short Film Festival

Cut Short, Live Long
January 25, 2021 – January 30, 2021 06:00 GMT
Online

Ideology and symbolism in religious spaces

The case of Hagia Sophia
January 23, 2021 Saturday, 14:00 GMT
Online Conference

The Non-Local Museum
January 22, 2021 Friday, 16:00 – 17:30 GMT+3
Online Exhibition

Call for participation: 3rd Turkish Community Art Exhibition
Exhibition

Ansen: Reunion
January 21, 2021 – January 6, 2021 Monday – Friday, 12:00 – 18:00
x-ist, ISTANBUL
Online

The Museum of Islamic Art the Pergamon Museum: From the Ivory Tower to the Centre of Our Society

A lecture by Prof. Dr. Stefan Weber
January 21, 2021 Thursday, 5-6pm CET
Online

The Yıldız Palace and Sultan Abdülhamid II’s Flat-Pack Homes

3rd Levantine Heritage Foundation online presentation with guest speaker Deniz Türker
January 20, 2021 21:00 – 23:00 GMT+3
Exhibition

The People of Izmir, Bodrum and Aphrodisias by Ara Güler
January 5, 2021 – February 5, 2021 Monday – Friday, 12:00 – 19:00
Merkur Gallery, ISTANBUL
Exhibition

Hilal Polat: Ancient as Desire
December 22, 2020 – February 6, 2021 Tuesday – Friday, 12:00 – 18:00
Mixer, ISTANBUL
Online Exhibition

Contemporary Istanbul 2020
December 21, 2020 – January 6, 2021
Online lecture

The ‘Deserving Foreigner’: Venetian Protection in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

An online lecture by Umberto Signori
December 17, 2020 Thursday, 12:15 – 13:45 GMT+2
Online Performance

The Enlightened World of Beethoven
December 17, 2020 – February 17, 2021
Online, Talks and tours

Diana Darke: Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture shaped Europe
December 16, 2020 8pm Turkish time, 5pm GMT
Online lecture

Representing the Hidden Heritages of the Greek Communities of Istanbul

An online lecture by Gönül Bozoğlu
December 15, 2020 Tuesday, 16:00 GMT
Online talk

Artists in conversation: Murat Ferhat Yegül

via Zoom
December 14, 2020 Monday, 6pm GMT
Online, Talks and tours

Istanbul and Smyrna through the eyes of Levantine artists from Luigi Mayer to Fausto Zonaro

A webinar by Dr Philip Mansel
December 12, 2020 9pm Turkish time, 6pm GMT
Exhibition

Şeyh Hamdullah on the 500th Anniversary of His Death
December 10, 2020 – March 31, 2021 Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 – 16:00
Sakıp Sabancı Museum, ISTANBUL
Exhibition

Işık Güner: Botanical Illustration from Life
December 8, 2020 – January 9, 2021 Monday – Saturday, 11:00 – 19:00
ISTANBUL
Online Seminar

Istanbul’s Russian Moment, 1919-1923
December 7, 2020
Online, Talks and tours

Saving the wild camel from extinction: Lulu Lytle in conversation with John Hare

Wild Camel conversations
December 1, 2020 18.00 GMT / 21.00 Turkish time
London
Connoisseur

Sidar Baki: The Game Goes On
November 28, 2020 – January 10, 2021
C.A.M. Galeri, ISTANBUL
Online, Talks and tours

Precious and Rare: Islamic Metalwork from The Courtauld
November 26, 2020 14.00–16.00
The Courtauld Gallery
Exhibition

In situ / Ex situ

Extended until January 15, 2021
November 26, 2020 – January 15, 2021
x-ist, Karaköy, Istanbul
Exhibition

Şakir Eczacıbaşı: Selected Moments
November 25, 2020 – March 31, 2021
Istanbul Modern Temporary Space, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Online Course

Online Illumination Course
November 23, 2020 – December 14, 2020 6-8 PM (GMT)
Yunus Emre Institute in London
Festive Bazaar 2020

Weaving wool, weaving willow
November 23, 2020 – December 18, 2020 11am to 4pm every day including Sundays
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Online Study Day

Artists and Archaeologists

A Victorian Fascination with Egypt
November 21, 2020 Saturday 10am – 3pm
Exhibition

Waiting on a Scratch

An exhibition by Merve Ertufan
November 21, 2020 – January 10, 2021 11:00–19:00 GMT+3
DEPO, ISTANBUL
Exhibition

Threshold
November 21, 2020 – January 9, 2021
artSümer, Karaköy, Istanbul
Online Conference

4th Annual Late Antique, Islamic, and Byzantine Studies Conference

Catastrophes and Memory (500-1500 CE)
November 19, 2020 – November 21, 2020 1pm – 7pm GMT
Exhibition

Devrim Erbil: New Pictures - New Touches
November 19, 2020 – February 21, 2021 10:00-22:00
Ankara
Art Fair

Step Istanbul 2020
November 18, 2020 – November 22, 2020
Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Auction

Olympia Auctions: European and Asian Works of Art
November 18, 2020 11:00 AM (GMT)
London
Online, Performance

24th Istanbul Theatre Festival
November 14, 2020 – December 1, 2020
Greater Istanbul, Istanbul
Exhibition

Selma Parlour
November 13, 2020 – December 31, 2020
Pi Artworks Istanbul, Karaköy, Istanbul
Exhibition

Haymatlos
November 13, 2020 – January 17, 2021
Dirimart Dolapdere, Dolapdere
sale

Pure Silk Masks

for the Festive Season
November 9, 2020 – December 18, 2020 Monday to Friday 11am – 4pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Exhibition

Printed’20
November 7, 2020 – December 12, 2020
Mixer, Karaköy, Istanbul
Short courses

Winter Camp: Ancient Greece and Music
November 6, 2020 – November 11, 2020
Exhibition

Selma Gürbüz: This Place We Call World
November 5, 2020 – March 31, 2021
Istanbul Modern Temporary Space, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Online Workshops

Inspired by Islamic Art Workshops
November 4, 2020 – November 18, 2020 Wednesdays, 5-7 PM (GMT)
Leighton House Museum
Talks and tours

Strolling with Sofos (December 2020)
November 4, 2020 – November 30, 2020
ISTANBUL
Auction

Christie’s: Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds
October 28, 2020 10:30 AM (Lots 1-105) & 2 PM (Lots 110 - 229)
Christie’s King Street, London
Exhibition

I Am Still Alive
October 27, 2020 – December 26, 2020
Bozlu Art Project Şişli, Şişli
Auction

Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic World including Fine Rugs and Carpets Autumn 2020
October 27, 2020
Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London
Auction

Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
October 27, 2020 3:00 PM GMT
Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London
Auction

Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art, Autumn 2020
October 26, 2020 11.00
Bonhams New Bond Street, London
Virtual Fair

5th Istanbul Carpet Week
October 21, 2020 – October 23, 2020
Anatolian Studies Virtual Seminar Series

A Desolate Landscape? Mobility and Interaction in the Chora of Klazomenai during the Early Iron Age
October 20, 2020 17:00-18:30 (London UTC+1) | 19:00-20:30 (Ankara UTC+3)
British Institute at Ankara
Exhibition

Fool’s Paradise
October 16, 2020 – October 28, 2020
Galeri Nev Istanbul, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Exhibition

Stranger Than Paradise
October 15, 2020 – November 21, 2020
x-ist, Karaköy, Istanbul
Exhibition

5th Istanbul Design Biennial

Empathy Revisited: Designs for more than one
October 15, 2020 – November 15, 2020
ISTANBUL
Exhibition

Voyage
October 12, 2020
Exhibition

Homecoming: The De Morgan Collection Returns to Chelsea
October 10, 2020 – November 22, 2020
London
Exhibition

Open Spaces: The Art of Gabbeh

An exhibition at The Nomads Tent
October 10, 2020 – November 1, 2020 Opening hours: Tues–Sat 10:00 –17:00, Sundays 12:00 –16:00
The Nomads Tent, Edinburgh

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Past events

Online Zoom talk

Why Newspapers Sometimes Lie by Andrew Finkel

Online

Environmental Approaches to the City

ISTANBUL

Conference

Performance

Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi Wednesday Classics

Online

A Lecture by Dr Gemma Masson

Auction

Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Oriental Rugs and Carpets, Spring 2021

Christie’s King Street, London

Online, Talks and tours

Friends of the American Research Institute Turkey (FARIT), ISTANBUL

Talks and tours

A webinar from the Royal Society for Asian Affairs with James Crowden

London

Auction

Sotheby's Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets, Spring 2021

Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London

Auction, Connoisseur

Material Culture, USA

Auction

Including works from the Najd Collection

Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London

Contemporary Art Fair

Contemporary Art Fair

Ankara

Auction, Connoisseur

Bonhams New Bond Street, London

Auction, Online

Online auction

Nişantaşı, Istanbul

Virtual seminar

An Anatolian Studies Virtual Seminar with Toby Wilkinson and Anja Slawisch

British Institute at Ankara, Southern Aegean

Online panel

Online

Comparing the Histories of Doukas and Leonardo Bruni

Bosphorus University Byzantine Studies Research Center, ISTANBUL

Talks and tours

Turkey and the Middle East in the 1930s

The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, United Kingdom

Online art course

Complete beginners

Yunus Emre Institute in London, London

Talks and tours

Cycling Anatolia: Three Weeks on the Sufi Trail, Central Anatolia

Online, Talks and tours

An Inheritance Story from a Port City, Smyrna

Online

Auction

Online

A lecture by Paul Starkey

Film, Performance

Connoisseur

SALT Galata

Connoisseur

Galeri Nev Ankara, Ankara

Group exhibition

Galeri Nev Istanbul, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Online lecture

A British Institute at Ankara lecture

Solo exhibition

C.A.M. Gallery, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Online, Talks and tours

19. Yüzyılın Asker Ressamları I: Primitifler

Online

5th Levantine Heritage Foundation online lecture with guest speaker Dr Viorel Panaite

Exhibition

Anna Laudel, ISTANBUL

Online, Talks and tours

John Martin Lecture: Prof Ziya Öniş on Traditional Alignments with the West versus the New Eastern Orientation

Online

online film

Online

Why Newspapers Sometimes Lie
by Andrew Finkel