Cornucopia Magazine Arts Diary

Kitsch has a troubled history. The term was initially coined as a response to the proliferation of art forms concurrent with the industrial revolution, and the awareness that mechanical reproduction had caused artworks to lose their aura. What was the meaning of an artwork when it was reproduced thousands of...

Posted in Critical Eye, Modern Art

Çatalhöyük reaches London

Showing the way for future archaeology exhibitions

By Cornucopia UK | October 16, 2018

It caused excitement when it was discovered by the late James Mellaart in 1958, and Çatalhöyük is causing excitement today, with a hi-tech exhibition to mark the end of the recent 25-year research project at the Neolithic site. Sponsored by ANAMED (Koç University Research Centre for Anatolian Civilisations), The Curious...

Posted in Archaeology, Modern Art

Turquoise beauty

By Victoria Khroundina | August 14, 2015

If you want to get up close and personal with Turkey’s Mediterranean coast there’s no better way to do so than by boat. You can stay in a town such as Fethiye, Kaş, Kalkan or Antalya, and take daily boat trips or, better still, hire your own boat and spend...

Posted in Modern Art, Photography, Travel