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Cultural Agenda
The Datça International Cinema and Culture Festival is marking its first year through Sept. 9 in the holiday resort town of Datça on Turkey’s southwestern tip.
The Seventh Gümüşlük International Classical Music Festival runs through Wednesday in the southwestern holiday resort town of Gümüşlük, near Bodrum, with recitals at the old Eklisia Church. www.gumuslukfestival.org
Six Turkish rock acts, including Moğollar, Duman and Ogün Sanlısoy, will take to the stage at the Rock Tatili Olympos mini outdoor music festival on Sept. 9-10 in Antalya. Tickets can be purchased via Biletix.
The Mexican Embassy in Ankara is this month organizing a festival marking the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. The festival will get under way on Sept. 13 and offer film screenings, an art exhibition and a concert as well as culinary treats.
The 10th Side International Culture and Art Festival will continue until Oct. 29 in the Mediterranean town of Side, near Antalya, featuring live performances by Turkish and foreign pop acts, international classical music ensembles and folk dance groups. For the full program, visit www.sidefestival.com.
EXHIBITIONS
Today is the last day to see the exhibition “Renk, Işık ve Görkem: Milli Saraylar Tablo Koleksiyonundan Seçmeler” (Color, Light and Splendor: Selected Paintings from the National Palaces Collection) at the Dolmabahçe Palace Art Gallery in İstanbul’s Beşiktaş district.
A selection of cartoons from the “100 pour 100” (100 Percent) exhibition, unveiled in January in France as part of the Angoulême International Comics Festival, is on display until Sept. 13 at the French Cultural Center in Taksim.
Cer Modern, Ankara’s newly opened modern art museum in Sıhhiye, is hosting two new shows, “interactive,” by Gülay Alpay, and “ID’s Please!” through Sept. 15 and 17, respectively. Visiting hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
“Yol” (Way), a series of photographs by Turkish artist Murat Germen, is on display until Sept. 19 at İstanbul Modern’s photography gallery. The museum is closed on Mondays.
“Starter,” a selection from the contemporary art collection of the Vehbi Koç Foundation (VKV) featuring more than 160 works of art by 87 artists from Turkey and abroad is on view through Sept. 19 at the ARTER art space in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district. Visiting hours: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 12 p.m.-8 p.m. from Friday through Sunday.
The Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) in İstanbul’s Emirgan district is hosting the exhibition “Legendary Istanbul -- From Byzantion to İstanbul: 8000 Years of A Capital” until Sept. 26, offering artifacts that chronicle an 8,000-year period of İstanbul’s history. The museum is closed on Mondays.
The Pera Museum in İstanbul hosts two exhibitions from Japan, “Ikuo Hirayama: Turkey, a Crossroad of Culture between West and East” and “Japan Media Arts Festival,” until Oct. 3. The museum is closed on Mondays.
The İstanbul Modern is home to a selection of fashion collections, art and film projects created between the years 1994 and 2009 by famous Turkish Cypriot fashion designer Hussein Chalayan until Oct. 24.
FILM SCREENINGS
The Pera Museum in İstanbul opens its 2010-2011 film schedule with a program called “Anime Films,” offering 18 feature films and eight shorts from Japan. The program runs until Oct. 3 on the sidelines of the museum’s “Japan Media Arts Festival in İstanbul-2010” exhibit.
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