The world around us is forever changing. When we speak to those who have undergone major transformations in their own lives, what do they say and what is it that we hear? Hosted at 5th Base Gallery in Whitechapel, The Stories They Told is a new exhibition featuring the fragments of what four diverse...
A new exhibition by two award-winning Cypriot artists has opened today with a private viewing at the 12 Star Gallery in London. The work of Sümer Erek (pictured prepping for the exhibition) and Frixos Papantoniou will be on show to the public until 17 June. Called Of Time and Space, the two artis...
Well-known for his love and patronage of the arts, particularly music, calligraphy and poetry, Sultan Abdülaziz (1830-1876) was less known for his own drawings and paintings. This London exhibition is a rare opportunity to see the Sultan’s artistry, from sketches through to paintings. While the s...
Catch it while you can! A new Islamic art exhibition opens on the South Bank for just five days next week. Celebrating the Prophet Muhammed’s 1445th birthday, the public can see Love for the Prophet at the Oxo Tower from Wednesday to Sunday. The exhibition is based on the work of Turkish calligra...
Two contemporary artists – Iranian Azadeh Ghotbi and Turkish Cypriot jewellery-maker and sculptress Aida Bergsen – have combined their artistry to showcase the inherent beauty and wonder of nature’s cycle of life. The exhibition titled Living - Fading represents the artists' perceptions of aesthe...
There’s just eleven days left to sample 1970s Istanbul in a unique exhibition at London’s Somerset House. Inspired by the 2008 novel of the same name by Nobel prize laureate Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of Innocence tells the story of Kemal Bey, a wealthy socialite, and his obsessive love for Füsun throu...
This Friday, the Yunus Emre Institute is hosting an evening talk and demonstration on Ottoman calligraphy. And from April, the Institute will be re-running its popular introductory course to Hüsnühat – the highest form of Islamic art and writing. Those curious about the beautiful art of calligrap...
Conceptual artist Mustafa Hulusi has long been fêted in art circles. On a par with his better known Turkish Cypriot peers Tracey Emin and Hussein Chalayan, his work certainly deserves much wider recognition. Born in London in 1971 and a graduate of Goldsmiths College and the Royal College of Art,...
Calligraphy is the beautiful art of writing. This decorative art form combines visual aesthetics with the precision and functionality of hand-drawn letters created using pens or brushes. One of the most renowned forms is Islamic or hat (an Arabic word that means line) calligraphy, an artistic pra...
Visual artist Canan Tolon’s work is on display in her first major exhibition in a London institution. Titled Sidesteps, this grand scale solo exhibition at Parasol unit provides an in-depth insight of her works from 1986 to the present day. A mixture of abstract and organic, the exhibition includ...
