Art in Istanbul in 2025 is all about reflection and conversation, with exhibitions exploring everything from memory and ...

At the inauguration of the Contemporary Istanbul art fair this year, its chairman Ali Güreli expressed confidence that Turkey would soon become one of the top five major art hubs in the world, ...

Collective Memory: IBB Collections: At ArtIstanbul Feshane, a century of art from the Ottoman era to the Republic comes ...

What are the ramifications of the protests for the artistic community in Istanbul and, by extension, the arts in Turkey? News cycles report on explosions, but the messy aftermath is a far more ...

“We didn't want to cancel Contemporary Istanbul this year,” said Ali Güreli, chair of Contemporary Istanbul art fair, at the launch of the 11th edition in November. “This is the year of Turkish ...

Collectors from across Europe, the US and Turkey converged at the opulent Tersane Istanbul complex—a restored Ottoman shipyard overlooking the Golden Horn—for the opening of Contemporary Istanbul (CI, ...

From the Marmaray underpasses to the erased slogans in Gezi Park, Irem Guler has spent two decades documenting Turkey’s graffiti and street art, tracing how it is made, claimed and erased.

Ramazan Bayrakoğlu, “Sleeping Man” (2010) (photo by Ozan Çakmak) (all images courtesy Odunpazari Modern Museum) ESKİŞEHIR, Turkey — Turkey’s first purpose-built modern art museum has opened in a ...

The first-ever show in Turkey of artwork by the late Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov illustrates both the challenges and necessity of cultural exchange across closed borders. More than 45,000 art ...

When the Turkish lira went into free fall this August, dealer Moiz Zilberman was disappointed but not surprised. The gallerist, collector, and businessman has also studied economics, and so he was ...

A historic Ottoman-era shipyard on the shore of the Bosphorus makes a distinctive setting for the 18th edition of the Contemporary Istanbul art fair (on until 1 October 2023). Featuring 67 galleries ...

Major museums are opening, and the Istanbul Biennial is underway. Just don’t ask about politics. By Alex Marshall ISTANBUL — A museum that opened in Turkey this month became the talk of the art scene ...