A bibliophile’s haven #1: BU Library
I was away. I have been neglecting the blog. It got me exhausted. No! “When in april, the sweet showers fall/ that pierce March’s drought to the root and all/ and bathed every vein in liquor that has...
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A treat at Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamam– a hamam by Sinan the architect. My reading list for summer: Again Istanbul… Zeynep Çelik’s The Remaking of Istanbul: Portrait of an Ottoman City in the 19th Century. My...
View Article“Chubby Women” in Istanbul
In August, Istanbul hosted the chubby women of Xu Hongfei, the Chinese artist. Chubby women adorned the streets of Nişantaşı -only Nişantaşı (and Cevahir mall) probably for the fear of possible...
View ArticleIstanbul Biennial
The city has been charged with art in the past two months– the 14th Istanbul art biennial, which was contextualized on the concept of the salt water. Which is quite relevant when the location of...
View ArticleIstanbullites: Contemporary Artist Kezban Arca Batıbeki
I met contemporary artist Kezban Arca Batıbeki at a Soho House event last summer. She cordially hosted us in her beautiful studio in Sant’Antonio apartments. We had the great opportunity to meet her in...
View ArticleA Bibliophile’s Haven #2 SALT Research Library
One of those places that makes me feel at home… Some of my friends know where to find me if I have disappeared for a while: No, it is not a guest house on the Aegean, it is a library in the city....
View ArticleInterview: Özge Samancı on her graphic novel; Dare To Disappoint, Growing up...
Some people are damn good with words! You experience similar things, but they happen to have the knack for interpreting your feelings when your words would fall short. Özge Samancı is one of those...
View ArticleAn Istanbulite: Zonaro
The famous, mystical Constantinople description the Italian travel writer Edmondo de Amicis pinned into the world literature in 1878 have undoubtedly dragged many adventurers into the city since then....
View ArticleArt and the City
Summer has gone by. Considering the amazing exhibitions held this summer, it is hard to say the city has put art on hold.
View ArticleKapı Çalana Açılır
Bu seneki 15. İstanbul Bienali’ne paralel düzenlenen etkinlikler arasında sanırım en çok ilgi göreni Abdülmecid Efendi Köşkü’ndeki ‘Kapı Çalana Açılır’ başlıklı sergi oldu.
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