The arts diary

Cornucopia’s choice: the pick of cultural events in Turkey and around the world

Barock Moscow Ensemble

Naval Museum, Beşiktaş, Istanbul December 22, 2024 20.30
Piano recital

Dina Ivanova plays Haydn, Liszt, Ravel & Schumann

Naval Museum, Beşiktaş, Istanbul December 24, 2024 20.30
Performance

Rossini’s Maometto Secundo (Mehmet II)
December 21, 2024 – December 25, 2024
Symphonic jazz arrangements

Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra Denizbank Concerts: New Year Concert

Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul December 27, 2024 20.00
Ney and piano recital

The Sound of Time: Burcu Karadağ (ney) and Güldiyar Tanrıdağlı (piano)

Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul December 28, 2024 11.00
Art

Three Doors

DEPO, Tophane, Istanbul September 27, 2024 – December 28, 2024
Jazz

Bova Jazz Club highlights December 2025

Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul December 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024 21.30 (doors open 21.00)
Solo exhibition

Alekos Fassianos: Sailing to Byzantium

Çinili Zeyrek Hamamı, Fatih, Istanbul October 24, 2024 – December 31, 2024
Verwegenheit: Paintings by Rahşan Düren

Tarhan Han, Beyoğlu, Istanbul October 15, 2024 – December 31, 2024
Art

Prinkipo Mon Amour

Büyükada's 19th-century photographs at The Splendid Palace Hotel

Splendid Palas Hotel, The Princes Islands, Istanbul September 19, 2024 – January 5, 2025
Art

Solo Botter: Komet

Casa Botter, Beyoğlu, Istanbul September 18, 2024 – January 12, 2025
Sorry to say but art is not a kodak photograph

The painter Avni Lifij's reborn photographs

1851. Gallery, Levent, Istanbul October 18, 2024 – January 18, 2025
A Collector’s Story: The Taviloğlu Collection from 1972 to the Present

ArtIstanbul Feshane, Eyüp, Istanbul October 19, 2024 – January 18, 2025
Memories of Turkey 1959-1960

Hybrid lecture by David Lane

Anglo-Turkish Society January 21, 2025 6pm London Time
Performance

HUMAN

Ankara State Opera and Ballet and Modern Dance Company (MDT)
January 18, 2025 – January 24, 2025
LARTA The London Antique Rug and Textile Fair

Save the date!

January 21, 2025 – January 26, 2025

Art

Beyond Words

Calligraphy from the World of Islam

David Collection, Denmark May 24, 2024 – January 26, 2025
Calculations and Coincidences

Algorithmic Art from the Central Bank of Hungary Collection

The Pera Museum, Beyoğlu, Istanbul September 19, 2024 – January 26, 2025
In Search of Vera Molnár

The Pera Museum, Beyoğlu, Istanbul September 19, 2024 – January 26, 2025
Elisa Zonaro’s Istanbul

Kazlıçeşme Sanat November 1, 2024 – January 31, 2025
Georg Baselitz: The Last Decade

Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Emirgan, Istanbul September 13, 2024 – February 2, 2025
Art

Designer’s Note

SALT Beyoğlu, Beyoğlu, Istanbul September 11, 2024 – February 2, 2025
Talks and tours

Istanbul: nexus of the Silk Roads

Bettany Hughes talk in person

British Museum February 8, 2025 11:30am - 12:30pm
Art

Your Unexpected Encounter

Istanbul Modern, Tophane, Istanbul June 7, 2024 – February 9, 2025
exhibition

Olafur Eliasson: Your unexpected encounter

İstanbul Modern
June 7, 2024 – February 9, 2025 Tuesday - Sunday 10am-6pm Fridays 10am-8pm
Art

Silk Roads

British Museum, London September 26, 2024 – February 23, 2025
Contemporary art

Yasemin Özcan: Wet Floor

Arter, Dolapdere September 19, 2024 – April 6, 2025
Seminar Announcement

Travellers in Ottoman Lands III

Call for Papers

ISTANBUL April 9, 2025 – April 12, 2025
Contemporary art

Chiharu Shiota: Between Worlds

Istanbul Modern
September 6, 2024 – April 20, 2025
group exhibition

Creatures of Comfort

OMM Odunpazarı Modern Museum Eskişehir

Odunpazarı Modern Museum September 8, 2024 – July 20, 2025 10 am - 6 pm
Contemporary Art

Doug Aitken: Naked City

Borusan Contemporary, Rumelihisarı September 14, 2024 – August 17, 2025