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Cultural Agenda
Violinist Laura Vikman presents the final performance of this year's İstanbul Bach Days today at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum in Emirgan. Ticket price: TL 75
iDANS 03 İstanbul International Contemporary Dance and Performance Festival runs through Oct. 31 with performances at the Haliç Congress Center and Garajistanbul performing arts platform and film screenings at the Pera Museum. For full program: http://idans.info/idans03/en/performances.php
The Efes Pilsen Blues Festival runs through Nov. 21 in its 20th year, featuring 23 live performances by Shemekia Copeland, Terry Evans and Ray Schinnery in 20 cities. For full schedule, go to www.efesblues.com/#/program
EXHIBITIONS
Today is the last day to see photo artist Alexander Berg's portrait collection “One Shot İstanbul” at the Taksim metro station.
“Travelogue,” an exhibition by Cuban artist duo Guerra de la Paz, is on display through Oct. 31 at the Artane art gallery in İstanbul's Cihangir neighborhood. The gallery is open 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
İstanbul's Sakıp Sabancı Museum, in Emirgan, is home to an exhibition titled “Joseph Beuys and His Students: Works from the Deutsche Bank Collection” until Nov. 1. The museum is closed on Mondays.
The 11th International İstanbul Biennial runs through Nov. 8, exhibits works of art by around 70 artists are on display at the old customs warehouse, Antrepo No. 3 in Karaköy, the old tobacco warehouse in Tophane and the Feriköy Greek School in Şişli. Tickets can be purchased at www.biletix.com.
US-based Romanian artist Serge Spitzer's installation entitled “Molecular İstanbul” is on view at the Mayor Synagogue in İstanbul's Hasköy district on the Golden Horn through Nov. 11.
“Site,” an exhibition of installations by Turkish-born Armenian conceptual artist Sarkis Zabunyan, runs through Jan. 10 at İstanbul Modern. The museum's movie theater also offers a selection of films that influenced the artist's career.
The exhibition “Chagall: Life and Love” runs until Jan. 24 at İstanbul's Pera Museum, featuring a 160-piece collection of drawings, prints and paintings by the 20th century master. The museum is closed on Mondays.
Paris-based Turkish artist Yüksel Arslan's retrospective is on view at Santralİstanbul contemporary art center until March, offering more than 500 works by the artist.
FILM SCREENINGS
Boğaziçi University's Mithat Alam Film Center (MAFM) offers a program called New Turkish Documentaries from Oct. 26 to Nov. 5. For more information, visit the MAFM Web site at www.mafm.boun.edu.tr.
İstanbul's Pera Museum currently offers a weeklong film program titled “Out of Tracks,” featuring a selection of nine out-of-the-ordinary contemporary short and feature length films, through Oct. 29. For full program, http://en.peramuzesi.org.tr/
The Ankara Cinematheque Society screens arthouse and classic films in admission-free showings every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. as part of its weekly program, which runs throughout the year at the society's headquarters, located on Büklüm Sokak, No: 16 in Kavaklıdere.
A selection of 22 films by German directors is offered in a weekly film program that runs through December at the Goethe Institute in İstanbul. Admission is free of charge. Showings take place each Friday at 7 p.m.
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