Cornucopia Magazine Events

Past events

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
Online lecture

Mothers and Children of the Early Turkish Republic

An online lecture by Eve Lacey
January 19, 2021 Tuesday, 21:00 – 23:00 GMT+3
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, 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 Lecture

The Lily and the Crescent: Louis XIV and the Ottomans, Culture, Commerce and Crusades

An online lecture by Philip Mansel
December 15, 2020 Tuesday, 18:00–20:00 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

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
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
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
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
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
Artist Talk

Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye and Ali Kayaalp: On Repetition
October 8, 2020 19:00, 60 min. approx.
Arter
Talks and tours

Exloring Istanbul: Sofos Cultural Tours October 2020
October 4, 2020 – October 31, 2020
ISTANBUL
Exhibition

Acts of Erasure
October 1, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Toronto
Online

In Companionship with Crafts

An Online Conversation on 'Guests: Artists and Craftspeople'
September 30, 2020 18:30
Istanbul Modern Temporary Space
Workshops

London Craft Week: Workshops by the Yunus Emre Institute
September 30, 2020 – October 10, 2020
Yunus Emre Institute in London, London
Online course

London Craft Week 2020

The traditional Ottoman art of illumination
September 30, 2020 – October 10, 2020
Yunus Emre Institute in London, London
Artist Talk & Creative Writing Workshop

Star Taking: Finding a Sense of Place

Led by Dr. Julia Whyde & Dr. Valerie Innella Maiers
September 27, 2020
NADAS Istanbul
Online Event

First Global Islamic Archaeology Showcase

Centre for Islamic Archaeology, University of Exeter
September 26, 2020
Performance

Antalya Akra Jazz Festival
September 26, 2020 – October 9, 2020
Akra Hotel, Antalya
Exhibition

Anke Eilergerhard: Resilience
September 24, 2020 – December 27, 2020
Anna Laudel, Karaköy, Istanbul
Online

‘Snow’ by Orhan Pamuk with translator Maureen Freely

Turkish Literature in Translation Reading Group
September 24, 2020 2:00 - 3:30 pm (US central time)
Kars
Concert

Talent Unlimited Showcase Concert
September 24, 2020 Thursday at 7pm
St James’s Piccadilly, United Kingdom
Auction, Online

Koller Carpet Sale (September 24, 2020)
September 24, 2020 17.30 (CET)
Koller Zurich, Switzerland
Online

Pioneering women in film

A webinar, timeline and presentations
September 23, 2020 7pm
Swedish Research Institute in Turkey, ISTANBUL
Exhibition

Lale Müldür: Milestone
September 22, 2020 – October 31, 2020
Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat
Virtual seminar

The Political Geography of Hartapu’s Kingdom

An Anatolian Studies Virtual Seminar with Michele Massa
September 22, 2020 17:00-18:30 (London UTC+1), 19:00-20:30 (Ankara UTC+3)
Online, Performance

27th Istanbul Jazz Festival
September 20, 2020 – October 20, 2020
Conference

The Sixth International Congress of Turkology

Studies on the Turkic World – Multidisciplinary Perspectives POSTPONED
September 18, 2020 – September 20, 2020
Warsaw
Performance

48th Istanbul Music Festival
September 18, 2020 – June 5, 2020
Greater Istanbul, Istanbul
Performance

International Solo Contemporary Dance Festival
September 18, 2020 – September 20, 2020 20.00
Ankara CerModern Arts Center, Ankara
Exhibition

Sandstorm - And Then There was Dust
September 17, 2020 – November 1, 2020 Daily 11:00 – 19:00, Closed on Mondays.
DEPO, Tophane, Istanbul
Performance

Set in China

Cinema
September 17, 2020 – September 27, 2020
Istanbul Modern, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Performance

Gülsin Onay, Erkin Onay, Çağ Ercan

Closing concert of the 17th International Gümüşlük Music Festival
September 15, 2020 21:00 (9 PM)
The Bodrum Peninsula
Connoisseur

Hüseyin Aracı: Mercy (Merhamet)
September 12, 2020 – October 10, 2020
x-ist
Exhibition

Ozan Atalan: ‘Force Quit’

Online Tour Now Available
September 12, 2020 – October 31, 2020 11.00 – 20:30
Mixer, Tophane, Istanbul
Connoisseur

Banu Birecikligil: Lathyrus’un Sabahı (The Morning of Lathyrus)
September 12, 2020 – November 14, 2020
artSümer, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Screening

Abate Berihun & ADDIS KEN Project
September 12, 2020 20:30 (8:30 PM)
The Bodrum Peninsula
Exhibition

Ahu Akgün: ‘Sebeb-i Ziyaret’

Online Tour Now Available
September 12, 2020 – October 31, 2020 12:00 - 18:00
Mixer, Karaköy, Istanbul
Performance

Kardeş Türküler featuring Tuluğ Tırpan, Elina Duni and the Andalusia Trio
September 10, 2020 20.00
Kuruçeşme, The Bosphorus, Istanbul
Exhibition

SARKIS: ‘Untitled’
September 10, 2020 – October 25, 2020
Dirimart Dolapdere, Dolapdere
Performance

Garden Summer Festival: Arpanatolia

Beethoven 250 Dede Efendi
September 9, 2020 20.30
Sakıp Sabancı Museum, The Bosphorus, Istanbul
Performance

Daniel Zamir at the Gümüşlük Festival
September 8, 2020 20:30 (8:30 PM)
The Bodrum Peninsula
Performance

Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet at the Gümüşlük Festival
September 6, 2020 20:30 (8:30 PM)
The Bodrum Peninsula
Performance

Jazz Exposé
September 6, 2020 – September 15, 2020 20.00
Ankara CerModern Arts Center, Ankara
Exhibition

Nuri Kuzucan: Open Space 2 at Galerist
September 4, 2020 – October 17, 2020
Galerist, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Performance

Talent Unlimited Lunchtime Recitals
September 4, 2020 – December 11, 2020 1 PM
St James’s Piccadilly, London
Exhibition

Alexis Gritchenko

The Constantinople Years
September 1, 2020 – November 1, 2020
Meşher, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Performance

Gümüşlük Music Festival: Can Çakmur, Deniz Şensoy, Jamal Aliyev
August 31, 2020 21:00 (9 PM)
The Bodrum Peninsula
Performance

Gümüşlük Music Festival: GFA Concert ‘Piano on Sand’
August 30, 2020 21:00 (9 PM)
The Bodrum Peninsula
Outdoor concert

Interstellar Duo

Live outdoor performance
August 29, 2020 Saturday at 3pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Online Seminar

The City of Hartapu: Results of the Türkmen-Karahöyük Intensive Survey Project

An Anatolian Studies Virtual Seminar with James F. Osborne
August 25, 2020 17:00-18:30 (London UTC+1) | 19:00-20:30 (Ankara UTC+3
British Institute at Ankara
Performance

Gümüşlük Music Festival: Jean-Marc Luisada
August 25, 2020 21:00 (9 PM)
The Bodrum Peninsula
Exhibition

Water

Paintings by Julia Sterland
August 24, 2020 – September 4, 2020 Monday to Saturday 11.30am – 5pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom
Festival

17th International Gümüşlük Music Festival
August 17, 2020 – September 17, 2020
The Bodrum Peninsula
Exhibition

Richard Bartle: Nomadic Tales
August 17, 2020 – September 20, 2020
United Kingdom
Exhibition

Miniature 2.0: Miniature in Contemporary Art
August 11, 2020 – January 17, 2021
The Pera Museum, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Online Master Class

History of Ottoman History: A Master Class
August 4, 2020 5-6 PM (GMT+3)
Online Course

Yunus Emre Institute: Online Oud Courses
August 1, 2020 – September 12, 2020 1-7 PM
Yunus Emre Institute in London
Online Exhibition

Nancy Atakan: Remembering the Future
July 30, 2020 – September 26, 2020
Pi Artworks London, London
Exhibition

Onur Hastürk: ‘Assimilation’
July 30, 2020 – October 30, 2020
Anna Laudel Düsseldorf
Online Webinar

Artists in Conversation: Bilen Işıktaş
July 28, 2020 6 PM (BST)
Yunus Emre Institute in London
Online Lecture

New Insights at Aphrodisias: Recent Research and Discoveries

A BIAA-ARIT Online Lecture by R. R. R. Smith (University of Oxford)
July 28, 2020 19:00-20:30 (Ankara UTC+3)
Virtual Seminar

Anatolian Studies: Diversity and Inclusivity in Archaeological Research and Publishing
July 21, 2020 17:00-18:30 (London UTC+1)
Online Webinar

Artists in Conversation: Ayesha Gamiet

via ZOOM
July 21, 2020 6 PM (BST)
Yunus Emre Institute in London

Events » Past Events

The arts diary

Past events

Exhibition

x-ist, ISTANBUL

Online

A lecture by Prof. Dr. Stefan Weber

Online

3rd Levantine Heritage Foundation online presentation with guest speaker Deniz Türker

Online lecture

An online lecture by Eve Lacey

Online Exhibition

Online lecture

An online lecture by Umberto Signori

Online, Talks and tours

Online lecture

An online lecture by Gönül Bozoğlu

Online Lecture

An online lecture by Philip Mansel

Online talk

via Zoom

Online, Talks and tours

A webinar by Dr Philip Mansel

Exhibition

ISTANBUL

Online Seminar

Online, Talks and tours

London

Connoisseur

C.A.M. Galeri, ISTANBUL

Online, Talks and tours

The Courtauld Gallery

Exhibition

Extended until January 15, 2021

x-ist, Karaköy, Istanbul

Online Course

Yunus Emre Institute in London

Weaving wool, weaving willow

Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Online Study Day

A Victorian Fascination with Egypt

Exhibition

An exhibition by Merve Ertufan

DEPO, ISTANBUL

Exhibition

artSümer, Karaköy, Istanbul

Online Conference

Catastrophes and Memory (500-1500 CE)

Art Fair

Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Auction

London

Online, Performance

Greater Istanbul, Istanbul

Exhibition

Pi Artworks Istanbul, Karaköy, Istanbul

Exhibition

Dirimart Dolapdere, Dolapdere

sale

for the Festive Season

Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, United Kingdom

Exhibition

Mixer, Karaköy, Istanbul

Short courses

Online Workshops

Leighton House Museum

Talks and tours

ISTANBUL

Auction

Christie’s King Street, London

Exhibition

Bozlu Art Project Şişli, Şişli

Auction

Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London

Auction

Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London

Auction

Bonhams New Bond Street, London

Virtual Fair

Anatolian Studies Virtual Seminar Series