The Bova Jazz Club, towards the Taksim end of İstiklal Caddesi, regularly hosts some of Turkey’s finest jazz musicians. They organise events every day of the month, and are especially strong on modern ...

The Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab, declared ‘the coolest rock star in the world right now’ by ‘Uncut’ magazine, blends jazz, minimalism and South Asian traditions with avant-pop.Vulture Prince, her ...

Floating Islands Istanbul Modern’s ninth collection exhibition, “Floating Islands,” is spread across different areas of the museum, in addition to the exhibition hall. The exhibition presents a ...

Talk by Prof. Abdülhamit Kırmızı (Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Studies Association at the University of Toronto), and author of a book of the same title. The following is an account of Prof. Kırmızı’s ...

Sadly, sadly, Sunday is the final day of the London Antique rug and Textile Art Fair, (open from 11am to 8pm till January 25th). If you are in London come visit our stand in this wonderful fair full ...

On October 15 I made my way to Beyoğlu for the opening of an exhibition of paintings by the artist Rahşan Düren entitled Verwegenheit, which I believe means ‘audacity’ or ‘boldness’ in German. I had ...

Archive signifies the closing of a chapter for Versus Art Project as they bid farewell to their iconic white cube gallery in Istanbul—a space distinguished by its apartment-like layout, soaring ...

Towering monoliths in contrasting shades of black and white make for an intimidating atmosphere at the Pera Museum’s latest exhibition, Isabel Muñoz: A New Story. Spanning two floors of the museum, it ...

This recital of works by Schubert and Chopin features pianist Mehveş Emeç. Born in Istanbul in 1963 as the daughter of the celebrated journalist Çetin Emeç, she is currently a teacher at the Marmara ...

Just one of those days: the Galata Bridge seen through driving rain. Faik Şenol (1912–81), one of the heroes of early Republic photography, acted as Atatürk’s personal photographer, is the focus of ...

In this, another of the Türk Telekom Prime Coffee Concerts, harpist Çağatay Akyol and Bilgin Canaz, a player of the ney (a Turkish end-blown flute made of hollow cane or giant reed that is used ...

Not the grandest choice of Ottoman finds in this spring's Islamic sale at Christie's, But here are a couple of items that caught the eye in Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, including Rugs and ...