Cornucopia Magazine Events

Past events

Jake Michael Singer’s Ten Thousand Things
October 3, 2022
Talks and tours

Diplomatic Baggage: Brigid Keenan in conversation with William Dalrymple
September 29, 2022 7pm
Daunt Books Marylebone, London
Book launch

George Galdies: Smyrna on my Mind
September 28, 2022 19.00
Film Festival

Queer Borders Film Festival 2022

LGBT Film Festival
September 24, 2022 Saturday from 11am to 9pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
Online, Talks and tours

Silk Road Literary Festival
September 17, 2022
Art Fair

Contemporary Istanbul 2022
September 17, 2022 – September 22, 2022
Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Connoisseur

Nira Pereg – The script remains the same
September 15, 2022 – September 28, 2022
DEPO, Tophane, Istanbul
Performance

Bread and Puppet Theater’s Istanbul Parades
September 14, 2022 – September 17, 2022
Greater Istanbul (Europe), Istanbul
Connoisseur, Online

The Magnificent Sanguszko Carpets
September 9, 2022 6pm UK time
Performance

2nd International Chamber Music Festival
September 6, 2022 – September 23, 2022
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Connoisseur, Performance

Tonedmelisma Music Festival

Arter's Sevgi Gönül Auditorium
September 3, 2022 – August 4, 2022 Saturday at 7pm Sunday at 3pm
exhibition

Everywhere was Nowhere and Nowhere Everywhere

Pi Artworks London
September 1, 2022 – September 17, 2022
Concert

Duo Corde InCanto

Luca Villani classical guitar, Silvia Mirachi soprano
August 27, 2022 6.30 doors for 7pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
Piano recital

Rose McLachlan, piano

Talent Unlimited recital
August 24, 2022 Wednesday at 1pm
St James’s Piccadilly, London
Screening

Didem Pekün: two films

'Araf' and 'Disturbed Earth'
August 24, 2022 Wednesday at 5.30pm
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Riverwoods

Presented by Films for Change
August 15, 2022 Monday, 6.30 for 7pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
in-person talk

The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu: Scientist and Feminist

Anglo-Turkish Society presents a talk by Jo Willett
July 13, 2022 Wednesday at 6pm
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Performance

Gümüşlük Music Festival 2022
July 10, 2022 – September 14, 2022
Bodrum
Exhibition

Mellerstain

Charles Fletcher, oil paintings
July 9, 2022 – August 12, 2022 Monday to Saturday 11.am – 4pm
ARTIST'S RECEPTION
Friday 12 August, from 6pm
All welcome
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
Connoisseur, Performance

Kalamış Summer Festival!
July 1, 2022 – August 30, 2022 9 pm
Art Fair

Bodrum Art Fair
June 28, 2022 – August 29, 2022
Bodrum
Screening

Honeyland

A film by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska
June 27, 2022 Monday 6.30 for 7pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
Book talk

Enno Maessen on ‘Representing Modern Istanbul’
June 9, 2022 18.30
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Festival

IKSV 50th Music Festival
June 6, 2022 – June 24, 2022
Greater Istanbul, Istanbul
Live screening with Q&A

Kiss the Ground

Films for Change
May 30, 2022 Monday 6.30 for 7pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
Online

The Braidwood Visiting Scholar Lecture

Douglas Baird, the head of excavations at Boncuklu Höyük
May 26, 2022 19.00 (EST)
The Oriental Institute, North America
Concert

Talent Unlimited Showcase Concert
May 21, 2022 Saturday at 7pm
London
Recital

Başar Can Kıvrak: Les Preludes
May 21, 2022 20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Auction

Nuances de Bleu. Empires et Artisans

Laure Soustiel: Arts de l'Islam et de l'Inde
May 17, 2022 14.00
Hotel Drouot, Paris
Connoisseur

Özgür Demirci: Anthology of Promises
May 14, 2022 – June 18, 2022
Pilot, Cihangir, Istanbul
Exhibition

David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy 2020
May 11, 2022 – July 29, 2022
Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Emirgan, Istanbul
Talk

The Grand Tour in the Ottoman Empire:

Power, Pleasure and Ruins: A talk by Philip Mansel
May 10, 2022 Tuesday at 6pm
The Nomads Tent, Scotland
Lecture

Constantinople through the Eyes of Travelers: 14th and 15th centuries
May 10, 2022 19.00 Istanbul time
Swedish Research Institute in Turkey, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Connoisseur

Cİ Bloom

Contemporary Istanbul's spring fair
May 10, 2022 – May 14, 2022
The Golden Horn, Istanbul
Exhibition

About the Town

Jacoba Paulus, oil paintings
May 7, 2022 – May 28, 2022 Monday to Saturday 11.am – 4pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
Illustrated talk

Traditional Palestinian Costumes: The cultural richness of memory

Illustrated talk by Dr Janet Starkey
May 4, 2022 Wednesday at 6pm
The Nomads Tent, Scotland
Connoisseur

Flóra Borsi: Part of Me
May 3, 2022 – June 15, 2022
Anna Laudel Bodrum, Bodrum
Connoisseur

Belkıs Balpınar: Micro-Macro
April 26, 2022 – June 10, 2022
Anna Laudel, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Performance

Anglo-Turkish Concert

Chamber Ensemble of London directed by Peter Fisher with Turkish music introduced and conducted by Emre Araci.
April 20, 2022 19.30
Conway Hall, London
Talk

The English Consul: Chief of British Intelligence in the Aegean

Levantine Heritage Foundation Zoom lecture with guest speakers Tom Rees, Noël Woolrych and George York
April 20, 2022

How Lieut. Cdr Noël C Rees OBE RNVR, born into a wealthy Levantine family became a high-level spy during WWII in the Mediterranean.
Exhibition

And Now the Good News

Works from the Nobel Collection
April 13, 2022 – August 7, 2022
The Pera Museum, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Solo exhibition

Bülent Demirağ

Figures depicting Sufis, Dervishes, Modern Busts, grouped figures, animals, etc
April 11, 2022 – May 15, 2022
The Protecting Veil

Paintings by Benet Haughton
April 9, 2022 – April 27, 2022 Opening event Friday 8 April from 6pm
Scotland
Exhibition

A Paradise Rug for Today

The Kincardine Castle Garden Carpet
April 8, 2022 – May 1, 2022
The Nomads Tent, Scotland
Lecture

Disentangling Alchemy
April 7, 2022 17.00 (EDT)
Auction

Christie’s Spring 2022 Auction
March 31, 2022 – March 31, 2022 10.30 GMT
Christie’s King Street, London
Piano recital

Istanbul Recitals: Alim Beisembayev
March 31, 2022 20.00
The Seed (Sakıp Sabancı Museum), Emirgan, Istanbul
Performance

Ottoman Concert
March 30, 2022 19.00
London
Auction

Bonhams Spring 2022 Auction
March 29, 2022
Bonhams New Bond Street, London
Auction

Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic World including Fine Rugs and Carpets, Spring 2022
March 29, 2022 – March 30, 2022
Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London
Lecture

Ankara Tumuli

Pursuing the Remnants of a Historical Landscape in Maps and Aeriel Photographs
March 29, 2022 19.00 (UTC+3)
in-person talk

The Engendering of ‘Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey’

A talk by Peter Alford Andrews
March 28, 2022 Monday 6–8pm
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), United Kingdom
Conference

Hermogenes and Hellenistic-Roman Temple Building in Greece and Asia Minor

Messon – Teos – Magnesia – Sardis
March 26, 2022 9:00 am to 5:00 pm DST (eastern US)
North America
In person talks

Reivers Festival 2022: Genealogy talks

In Person events
March 26, 2022 Saturday 12 noon and 2pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
Connoisseur, Online

The Byzantine Aegean: A Connecting Sea

A Lecture by Alkiviadis Ginalis
March 23, 2022 7 pm (UTC + 3)
Online Lecture

The Greek Turkish Relations and the Volunteers from Istanbul in WW2
March 22, 2022 18.00 (UK time)
exhibition

Crystal Art Exhibition in Nevmekan

Yasemin Aslan Bakiri
March 21, 2022 – May 29, 2022 10 am to 10 pm
Piano recital

Istanbul Recitals: Momo Kodama
March 18, 2022
The Seed (Sakıp Sabancı Museum), Emirgan, Istanbul
Jazz

Sibel Köse Quintet at Nardis
March 12, 2022 21.30–23.50
exhibition

Sanatorium - Art Dubai’22

Art Dubai Digital
March 11, 2022 – March 13, 2022
online talk

The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs

A SOAS webinar
March 8, 2022 5:30 pm GMT
exhibition

LENS ‘22 Change of Plans

Photography at Mixer
March 5, 2022 – April 9, 2022
Connoisseur

Medina Irak’s Solo Show

Simbart Projects Gallery
March 3, 2022 – April 30, 2022 12pm - 6pm
Connoisseur

The Pause of Space

Zilberman Gallery Istanbul
March 1, 2022 – April 30, 2022 11am to 6:00pm
Piano recital

Birsen Ulucan
February 26, 2022 20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi
exhibition

Ani Çelik Arevyan - Transparent Shell

Galeri Nev
February 25, 2022 – April 2, 2022 11am to 6:30pm
Book launch

Conversations with a Forest

Book launch
February 25, 2022 Friday 7–9.30pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
Jazz

Ayşe in Paris

Ayşe Sicimoğlu in performance
February 25, 2022 21.00
Touché, Downtown Istanbul (the European side), Istanbul
Avant garde music

Gülşah Erol Quintet
February 25, 2022 20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Talks and tours

William Kynan-Wilson: Frames and Fashion

Ottoman Costume Books as Material Texts

The Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies, United Kingdom
Group Exhibition

13 Metrekare

From The Inside and Persistent
February 24, 2022 – April 16, 2022
DEPO, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Jazz

Selen Gülün Quartet
February 23, 2022 21.30–23.50
Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Online

Introduction to the Sumerian Language, Script, and Culture

Online Class at the Oriental Institute
February 22, 2022 – April 26, 2022
Online

Prof Robert Ousterhout: The architecture of the Caucasus in the Global Middle Ages
February 20, 2022 18.00 Turkish time (UTC + 3)
Live event

A Celebration of Shetland:

in poetry, music and image
February 19, 2022 Saturday 4 –6.30pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
Online Talk

Levantine-Polish Contacts in Late Ottoman Istanbul
February 17, 2022 18.00 (UK time)
exhibition

The Lightness of Being

Muse Contemporary Gallery
February 17, 2022 – March 17, 2022 by appointment
Exhibition

Recess
February 15, 2022 – April 24, 2022
SALT Galata, Galata, Istanbul
Workshops

The Funeral Ghosts

Collaborative workshops
February 13, 2022 Sunday at 11am and at 3pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
Group Exhibition

Farazi
February 10, 2022 – March 10, 2022
Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Online

An Empire Besieged

The Last Ottomans
February 10, 2022 18,00 (UK time)
Lecture

Rethinking Economic Sources of Hamidian

The American Research Institute in Turkey
February 10, 2022 7 pm
exhibition

Lal Batman - Exposé

Anna Laudel Gallery
February 10, 2022 – March 27, 2022
Performance

Istanbul Recitals 2021–2022: Christian Blackshaw
February 10, 2022 20.00
The Seed (Sakıp Sabancı Museum), Emirgan, Istanbul
Exhibition and book launch

The Cockatrice’s Egg

Perceptions of Shetland,
by Joy Parker and Robert Leach
February 7, 2022 – February 25, 2022 Monday to Saturday 11am – 4pm
Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland
exhibition

Where is (your) home

360 Degrees Love Festival
February 4, 2022 – February 28, 2022
Online Talk

Islamic Ceramics: Archaeology, the Art Market and the Creation of Taste

Talk by Scott Redford
February 1, 2022 17.00 (GMT)
exhibition

Yavuz Tanyeli

C.A.M. Gallery
January 29, 2022 – February 27, 2022 2pm-6:30pm
Roundtable

Domestic Priorities and Global Impacts: Turkish Television Explained
January 28, 2022 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online Talk

Orientalism, Moral Imagination and Ottoman Jews

Voices of Emerging Scholars
January 26, 2022 20.00 (Istanbul time)
Online Talk

The Classical Greek Shipwreck at Tektaş Burnu, Turkey

Lecture by Deborah Carlson
January 26, 2022
Online Talk

The Life of Hüseyin Kavalali
January 25, 2022 18.00 (UK time)
Fair

LARTA 2022

Textiles Fair
January 25, 2022 – January 30, 2022
Battersea Evolution, United Kingdom
Auction

Aix Luberon Enchères Sale

Iznik Tile
January 22, 2022
Online Talk

Double Book Talk

The ANAMED Talks Series
January 20, 2022 18.30 (Turkish time)
Online Talk

Subjects and Agents of Orientalism in 19th Century Romania

Carol Popp de Szathmary and Theodor Aman
January 19, 2022 19.00 (Turkish time)
Piano recital

Istanbul Recitals: Laure Favre-Khan
January 14, 2022 20.00
The Seed (Sakıp Sabancı Museum), Emirgan, Istanbul
Exhibition

Healing Rhythms
January 13, 2022 – February 26, 2022
Millî Reasürans Art Gallery, Downtown Istanbul (the European side), Istanbul
Online Talk

Medieval Fortifications in Cilicia
January 11, 2022 18.00
Discussion

The Friends of Aphrodisias: Working with the Statues of Aphrodisias
January 11, 2022 7pm
Daunt Books Marylebone, London

Events » Past Events

The arts diary

Past events

Talks and tours

Daunt Books Marylebone, London

Book launch

Film Festival

LGBT Film Festival

Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland

Online, Talks and tours

Art Fair

Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Connoisseur

DEPO, Tophane, Istanbul

Performance

Greater Istanbul (Europe), Istanbul

Connoisseur, Online

Performance

Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

Connoisseur, Performance

Arter's Sevgi Gönül Auditorium

exhibition

Pi Artworks London

Concert

Luca Villani classical guitar, Silvia Mirachi soprano

Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland

Piano recital

Talent Unlimited recital

St James’s Piccadilly, London

Screening

'Araf' and 'Disturbed Earth'

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Presented by Films for Change

Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland

in-person talk

Anglo-Turkish Society presents a talk by Jo Willett

Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London

Performance

Bodrum

Exhibition

Charles Fletcher, oil paintings

Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland

Connoisseur, Performance

Art Fair

Bodrum

Screening

A film by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska

Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland

Book talk

ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Festival

Greater Istanbul, Istanbul

Live screening with Q&A

Films for Change

Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland

Online

Douglas Baird, the head of excavations at Boncuklu Höyük

The Oriental Institute, North America

Concert

London

Recital

Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul

Auction

Laure Soustiel: Arts de l'Islam et de l'Inde

Hotel Drouot, Paris

Connoisseur

Pilot, Cihangir, Istanbul

Exhibition

Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Emirgan, Istanbul

Talk

Power, Pleasure and Ruins: A talk by Philip Mansel

The Nomads Tent, Scotland

Lecture

Swedish Research Institute in Turkey, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

Connoisseur

Contemporary Istanbul's spring fair

The Golden Horn, Istanbul

Exhibition

Jacoba Paulus, oil paintings

Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland