Cornucopia Magazine Events

Past events

Talks and lectures

Rewilding

A Hope for the Future
July 15, 2019 Monday at 5.30pm
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Performance

Jazz Boat 2019
July 14, 2019 11.00–15.30
Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Film screening

Letters from Baghdad

with Tilda Swinton as the voice of Gertrude Bell
July 12, 2019 Friday at 8pm
United Kingdom
Film screening

Tomorrow [Demain]

Films for Change
July 9, 2019 Tuesday at 6.30pm
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Lecture

The Silk Roads: Arts, History and Exploration

A Royal Asiatic Society Summer School
July 8, 2019 – July 11, 2019
Royal Asiatic Society, London
Workshop

Intuitive Drawing

Day workshop with Elly Deutschmann
July 7, 2019 Sunday 10am to 4pm
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Performance

Uşşak Faslı & Turkish Soundtracks

Classical Turkish Music Choir
June 30, 2019 19.00–21.00
London
Textiles Tour

HALI Tour 2019

Great British Collections
June 30, 2019 – July 7, 2019
United Kingdom
concert

Terry Klein

In concert
June 30, 2019 Sunday, doors 7pm
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Performance

Birlikte Güçlü Sesler Chorus
June 29, 2019 20.00
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Performance

Weekend Classics

Golden Horn Brass Ensemble
June 29, 2019 11.00
Galata Tower, Galata, Istanbul
Film Screening

Screening of Mustang

Films on the Green
June 28, 2019 8.30pm
New York
Music Performance

Human Requiem
June 28, 2019 – June 29, 2019 21.00
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Performance

Over and Over Again
June 27, 2019 19.00
SALT Beyoğlu, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Connoisseur

HALI London 2019
June 24, 2019 – June 30, 2019
United Kingdom
Book Launch

Pierre Loti’s Collection of Oriental Arms and Armour

Book Launch
June 24, 2019 18.00–20.00
London
Symposium

Fifth International Sevgi Gönül Byzantine Studies Symposium

Byzantine Anatolia: Spaces and Communities
June 24, 2019 – June 26, 2019
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, İstiklâl Caddesi, Istanbul
Book Talk

Feast of Ashes: The Life and Art of David Ohannessian

Book Talk with Sato Moughalian
June 21, 2019 17.00–19.00
London Middle East Institute at SOAS, London
Talk

The Fann

Oral Poetry in the Alawi Community in the Hatay Province by Mahmut Ağbaht, Uppsala University
June 18, 2019 18.00
Lecture at the Swedish Research Institute, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Lecture

A Conversation about Approaches to Intangible Cultural Heritage in Turkey and China
June 14, 2019 19.00–20.30
Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centre, London
Talks and lectures

The Voice of Haghia Sophia / Ayasofya’nın Sesi

Screening
June 12, 2019 19.00
DEPO, Tophane, Istanbul
Lecture

Ottoman Sultanic Mosques and the Critical Public in Early Modern Istanbul

Islamic Art Circle Lecture
June 12, 2019 19.00
Khalili Lecture Theatre, London
Talk

To Save An Empire

Talk and Book Signing with Author Alan Gall
June 11, 2019 18.00–19.30
Washington DC
Connoisseur, Performance

The 47th Istanbul Music Festival

Darkness of Being, Lightness of Being
June 11, 2019 – June 30, 2019
ISTANBUL
Lecture

The ‘Art’ of Government

Reading Turkey’s Raison d’etat through Novels and Short Stories on Dersim 1937–38 by Pinar Dinc, Lund University
June 11, 2019 19.00
Lecture at the Swedish Research Institute, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art Workshop

Miniature Painting
June 9, 2019 10.00–16.00
New York
Tour

Ancient Alcohol

A Taste of Bygone Booze Tour and Beer Tasting
June 5, 2019 18.30–20.00
Penn Museum
Book Talk

Reading the Late Byzantine Romance
June 3, 2019 18.00
Lecture at the Swedish Research Institute, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art Workshop

Introduction to Ebru
June 3, 2019 7pm–9pm
San Francisco
Festival

Istanbul International Arts & Culture Festival Rome 2019

Arts & Culture Festival
June 1, 2019 – June 2, 2019
Rome
Exhibition

Nomads Tent Road Show

Tribal arts and more...
June 1, 2019 – June 12, 2019 Every day from 11am to 4pm.
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Jazz

Nardis Jazz Club June 2019
June 1, 2019 – June 30, 2019 Various times
Nardis Jazz Club, Galata, Istanbul
Concert

New Sounds

Rudan's Coffee Break
May 31, 2019 20.00
The Pera Museum, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Group Exhibition

Art Market II
May 30, 2019 – July 11, 2019
Anna Laudel, Karaköy, Istanbul
Talk

Bauhaus Fabrics: Front and Reverse Sides

Judith Raum talks about the Bauhaus Space
May 30, 2019 17.30
Istanbul Modern Temporary Space, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Lecture

Landscapes of Reform

Ottoman Palace Gardens of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century with Dr Deniz Turker
May 30, 2019 6:30pm
solo exhibition

Desire to Survive

Gülay Semercioğlu
May 29, 2019 – June 29, 2019
Pi Artworks Istanbul, Karaköy, Istanbul
Solo Exhibition

Under one lamp by day and billions by night

Pablo Dávila
May 29, 2019 – July 13, 2019
Fener and Balat, Istanbul
Lecture

Writing the Ottoman Mystery Novel

Storytelling with Jenny White
May 28, 2019 19.00
Lecture at the Swedish Research Institute, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Guided Tour

Islamic Art in London

Art Historical London event
May 25, 2019 – June 12, 2019 Saturday, May 25, 11am to 12.30; Wednesday, June 12, 11am to 12.30
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Talk

Notes from the Underworld

A talk by Janet Bowers
May 25, 2019 Saturday, 2–4pm
The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Solo Exhibition

Culebra
May 25, 2019 – June 30, 2019 Tuesday–Saturday 10:00–19:00; Sunday 12:00–19:00
Dirimart Dolapdere, Dolapdere
Solo Exhibition

Neither Flat, Nor Round

The World is a Cylinder
May 24, 2019 – July 13, 2019
artSümer, Karaköy, Istanbul
Group Exhibition

Fragments of a Hologram Rose
May 24, 2019 – June 29, 2019
Sanatorium, Karaköy, Istanbul
Photo Exhibition

Ara Güler Travelling Exhibition
May 23, 2019 – July 10, 2019
Japan
Solo Exhibition

(applause)

Bora Akıncıtürk
May 22, 2019 – July 6, 2019
Pilevneli, Dolapdere
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
Solo Exhibition

Living Inside a Tale And There Only
May 14, 2019 – July 5, 2019
Zilberman Gallery and Project Space, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Group Exhibition

I’m An Eye, A Mechanical Eye
May 14, 2019 – July 5, 2019
Zilberman Gallery and Project Space, 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
Solo Exhibition

A Rough Wind Was Circling the Square

Serkan Yüksel
May 9, 2019 – June 15, 2019
x-ist, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Exhibition

Traces

10 Years at Plato Sanat
May 9, 2019 – June 3, 2019
Fener and Balat, Istanbul
Concert

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

Seesaw

Sinan Demirtaş
May 7, 2019 – June 15, 2019
Bozlu Art Project Şişli, Şişli
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
solo exhibition

Guest Room

Ömür Tokgöz
May 2, 2019 – June 1, 2019
ECNP Galeri, Nişantaşı, Istanbul
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
solo exhibition

Innocence

Pınar Tınç
April 27, 2019 – May 31, 2019
Arthouse Istanbul, Arnavutköy
group exhibition

In Between Pilgrim
April 25, 2019 – June 14, 2019
Orjin Maslak, Maslak, 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
Group Exhibition

The New Human Agenda
April 13, 2019 – May 25, 2019
Akbank Sanat Beyoğlu, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
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
group exhibition

Printed ‘19

Multiple Choice
April 11, 2019 – June 1, 2019
Mixer, Karaköy, Istanbul
solo exhibition

Royal Jelly

Summer Wheat
April 11, 2019 – May 12, 2019
Dirimart Dolapdere, Dolapdere
group exhibition

Tapestry: Woven Tales
April 11, 2019 – May 24, 2019
Anna Laudel, Galata, Istanbul
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
Call for applications

Contemporary Levant

2019 Prize for Best Article
art residency

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

Events » Past Events

The arts diary

Past events

Talks and lectures

A Hope for the Future

The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Performance

Beşiktaş, Istanbul

Film screening

with Tilda Swinton as the voice of Gertrude Bell

United Kingdom

Film screening

Films for Change

The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Lecture

A Royal Asiatic Society Summer School

Royal Asiatic Society, London

Workshop

Day workshop with Elly Deutschmann

The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Performance

Classical Turkish Music Choir

London

Textiles Tour

Great British Collections

United Kingdom

concert

In concert

The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Performance

Zorlu Performing Arts Centre, Beşiktaş, Istanbul

Performance

Golden Horn Brass Ensemble

Galata Tower, Galata, Istanbul

Film Screening

Films on the Green

New York

Music Performance

Zorlu Performing Arts Centre, Beşiktaş, Istanbul

Performance

SALT Beyoğlu, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Connoisseur

United Kingdom

Book Launch

Book Launch

London

Symposium

Byzantine Anatolia: Spaces and Communities

ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, İstiklâl Caddesi, Istanbul

Book Talk

Book Talk with Sato Moughalian

London Middle East Institute at SOAS, London

Talk

Oral Poetry in the Alawi Community in the Hatay Province by Mahmut Ağbaht, Uppsala University

Lecture at the Swedish Research Institute, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Lecture

Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centre, London

Talks and lectures

Screening

DEPO, Tophane, Istanbul

Lecture

Islamic Art Circle Lecture

Khalili Lecture Theatre, London

Talk

Talk and Book Signing with Author Alan Gall

Washington DC

Connoisseur, Performance

Darkness of Being, Lightness of Being

ISTANBUL

Lecture

Reading Turkey’s Raison d’etat through Novels and Short Stories on Dersim 1937–38 by Pinar Dinc, Lund University

Lecture at the Swedish Research Institute, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Art Workshop

New York

Tour

A Taste of Bygone Booze Tour and Beer Tasting

Penn Museum

Book Talk

Lecture at the Swedish Research Institute, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Art Workshop