For centuries, Turkish culture has encompassed a wide range of art forms, such as calligraphy (hüsn-i hat), paper marbling (ebru), illumination (tezhip), miniature, Turkish ceramic (çini) and batik. A new month-long London exhibition, The Noble, will showcase these traditional Turkish arts, displaying the works of eleven contemporary artists regarded as masters in their respective field. […]
Better known as a vocalist from chart-topping British electronic dance band The Prodigy, Maxim’s career as a contemporary artist is also blossoming. His stunning new solo exhibition, Infinite Drama, is being hosted by the Miart Gallery London, a spectacular 500 sqm modern art centre located in the heart of Mayfair and owned by Irem Deniz. […]
A new group exhibition curated by British Turkish Cypriot Mustafa Hulusi is opening at Pi Artworks London at the beginning of September. Called “Everywhere was nowhere, and nowhere everywhere”, it features the works of 18 artists that explore the sensory experience outside of language, as they challenge our modern era of techno-science driven functionality that […]
If you’re looking to discover and support Turkish creative talent outside of London, then head to theUrban Arts Studio in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, where works by painter and tapestry weaver Ayten Nightingale are currently on display as a group exhibition. From September, even more of Nightingale’s art works will be on show at the […]
Fresh from the success of its Beyond Borders I and II shows, the series returns to London’s Miart Gallery with a new collective exhibition showcasing the works of ten Turkish artists: Ahmet Yeşil, Dicle Çiftçi, İskender Giray, Jülide Günce, Koray Erkaya, Laura Margarita, Oben Yilmaz, Ramazan Tilki, Sebnem Unlu and Yiğit Dündar. According to the […]
London is set to get its first major contemporary Turkish art exhibition, TA London, which opens at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery with a VIP preview evening on Tuesday 26 October. The week-long exhibition features 19 internationally acclaimed Turkish artists from Turkey, Cyprus, Azerbaijan and around the world, and 2 international guest artists. Organised by Renko […]
Artist Nagihan Seymour returns to The Lightbox with a new solo exhibition ‘The Four Elements’, which runs for a fortnight from Monday, 25 May. Through artworks that include paintings and ceramics, Seymour explores the classical elements of Earth, Water, Air and Fire, which were believed by the ancient Greeks to explain the nature and complexities […]
The Yunus Emre Institute in London’s annual Turkish Community Art Exhibition is now truly embedded in the British Turkish community’s social calendar. Now in its third year, the event is bigger than ever before, showcasing 88 art pieces from 51 artists, whittled down from “a great selection of over 140 artworks from over 70 artists.” […]
If you are an artist of Turkish heritage that is based in Britain, the organisers of the annual Turkish Community Art Exhibition would like to hear from you! Now in its third year, and jointly organised by the Yunus Emre Enstitüsü – London and the Turkish Consulate in London, the exhibition “aims to bring together […]
The Royal Academy of Arts presents a landmark exhibition bringing together for the first time the work of acclaimed British artist Tracey Emin RA (b.1963) and the Norwegian Expressionist Edvard Munch (1863-1944), two internationally renowned artists born 100 years apart. Long fascinated and inspired by Edvard Munch’s work, Tracey Emin has chosen a selection of […]
