The works of the Portuguese-British artist, Paula Rego, are now exhibited in Turkey for the first time. Curated by Alistair Hicks, the exhibition was planned with the participation of the late artist, ...

On June 8 I took a train on the Marmaray line to Söğütlüçeşme, the station in the valley behind Kadıköy through which the Kurbağalıdere Stream passes on its way to join the Sea of Marmara.

Readers of Cornucopia might think they need no introduction to the work of Monica Fritz. For the last decade she has been photographer at large for this magazine, returning from assignments with sharp ...

Setenay Alpsoy’s “Seen in a New Light” exhibition portrays the evolving face of Istanbul through her depictions of high-rise apartment buildings, capturing the city’s irregular growth and urban chaos.

This concert features jazz arrangements for big band by the multi-talented and highly experienced arranger, composer, pianist, conductor and pedagogue Emin Fındıkoğlu (1940-). On this occasion, he ...

These lines, part of a poem by the multidisciplinary artist Sine İçli, are positioned in the lower-left corner of the opening wall – an ode to clay and its transformative process. This poem introduces ...

This tile panel was originally located in the men’s hot room. The eight rectangular tiles are adorned with Persian couplets in nasta‘līq script from a poem highlighting the hamam's significance in ...

Ece Göksu began her musical career as a classical pianist, only later becoming a jazz singer. An album entitled Live in Assos, on which she is accompanied by trumpeter İmer Demirer and guitarist Eylül ...

This year’s İKSV Istanbul Music Festival, the 53rd in the series, is scheduled to run from June 11 to 26. Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı or ...

This concert features oboist Ayşin Kiremitçi (a member of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra) and pianist Serra Taşdelen in a selection of works by Baroque composers such as Pergolesi, ...

The inimitable Sibel Köse, dubbed ‘the Queen of European Jazz’, is a vocalist of outstanding talent. Last time I saw Sibel perform, I wrote: ‘Over the three-and-a-bit years since I last had the ...

‘After the revolution of 1821, some Greeks continued to serve Ottoman Sultans in such positions as doctor, banker or photographer to the Sultan, or as diplomats. The Ecumenical Patriarch, who had ...