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

Uskudar's flea market is one, or maybe even the last, of the bazaars in Istanbul where a bargain is still to be found. On a Saturday afternoon the empty shops and busier workshops have a sleepy ...

DEO is a non-profit arts operative promoting contemporary art on the lovely island of Chios, or Sakız Adası, as it is called in Turkish. Facing the breezy Çeşme Peninsula, it is famed for producing a ...

Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Gümüşsuyu Mah., Mete Cad. No 2 (i.e., Taksim Square), Beyoğlu, 34437 Istanbul In the first half, the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, under ...

The first artworks were created by our ancestors, touching their palms onto the walls of caves. Later, tapestries and wall hangings came to occupy a similar context. Created often by female artisans, ...

These lines, part of a poem by the multidisciplinary artist Sine İçli, are positioned in the lower-left corner of the opening wall – an ode to clay and its transformative process. This poem introduces ...

The works of the Portuguese-British artist, Paula Rego, are now exhibited in Turkey for the first time. Curated by Alistair Hicks, the exhibition was planned with the participation of the late artist, ...

Readers of Cornucopia might think they need no introduction to the work of Monica Fritz. For the last decade she has been photographer at large for this magazine, returning from assignments with sharp ...

The 2nd Ceren Necipoğlu Istanbul International Harp Festival was held from 14th to 19th January 2025 with the participation of three internationally-acclaimed lady harpists: Sioned Williams, a former ...

We write with great sadness of the sudden death of Briony Llewellyn, a dear friend to many and a notable contributor to Cornucopia. Briony's lifelong work on British artists in the Near and Middle ...

In this, another of the Türk Telekom Prime Coffee Concerts, harpist Çağatay Akyol and Bilgin Canaz, a player of the ney (a Turkish end-blown flute made of hollow cane or giant reed that is used ...

Asa-Khai Jazz Club, Asa-Khai Jazz Club, Khai Karaköy Hotel, Bereketzade Mah., Bankalar Cad. No 2/1, Karaköy, Beyoğlu, 34420 Istanbul Vocalist Brenda Berin, trained in the USA, performs songs by Stevie ...