“I Like to Create Works that are Calm, Fluid and Rhythmic” Defne Tesal
An interview by Selin Tamtekin with artist Defne Tesal regarding her upcoming exhibition ‘Hesitation’ at Pilevneli Dopladere Gallery,...
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“I Wish to Celebrate Our Existence” Queer-Feminist Artist Şafak Şule Kemancı
An Interview by Selin Tamtekin with the artist regarding their current exhibition ‘all the birds would come to...
ISTANBUL BIENNIAL REVEALS CURATORIAL VISION FOR ITS 17TH EDITION
The 17th Istanbul Biennial, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) with the support of its sponsor...
On emotional symbiosis: Notes from the 5th Design Biennial
by Matt Hanson November 2020 The essence of time is organic. While the terms for measuring the passage...
Creations from a Polluted Lagoon: The Pool’s debut show on Heybeliada
by Matt Hanson There is a house on a hill, overlooking the urbanized sweep of high-rises across the...
Ahu Akgün’s ‘A Reason to Visit’: An Artist’s Moving Account of the Covid-19 Pandemic
by Selin Tamtekin Interviewing Ahu Akgün, my first question is how she came up with the title for...
Neriman Polat’s Breaking the Seal: ‘A Valuable Exhibition of Our Times’
by Selin Tamtekin Neriman Polat can be regarded as a cult figure in Turkey’s contemporary art scene. She...
Co-existing with the Seventh Continent: Artistic and Curatorial Concerns and Strategies in the 16th Istanbul Bienal
by Lewis Johnson At the opening press conference of the 16th Istanbul Bienal in the Osman Hamdi Room...
Curator of The Seventh Continent – An Interview with Nicolas Bourriaud
A conversation on the collapse of hierarchies established by our ways of thinking about the world, and how...
ISTANBUL DESIGN BIENNIAL UNVEILS THE CURATOR OF ITS 5TH EDITION
The 5th edition of the Istanbul Design Biennial will be curated by architect and curator Mariana Pestana and...