Art exhibitions

Türkiye will be represented by "Open Work" by artist Melek Zeynep Bulut at the London Design Biennale to be held between June 1 and 25.

The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as scheduled at the beginning of September, Luca Zaia, the governor of the region around the Italian city said on May 24 as the spread of the new coronavirus in the country slows.

As the novel coronavirus continues to take its toll on lives and forces many countries to impose quarantines, many major events, such as the Venice Biennale and Coachella, have been postponed. 

No big event in Turkey has been postponed yet, as it has one coronavirus-positive case confirmed so far.   

The Mamut Art Project returns for its eighth edition from April 1 and 5 at Küçükçiftlik Park, bringing a pool of undiscovered, emerging and creative talent to Istanbul.

Romania has a privileged place in terms of visibility at La Biennale di Venezia (Venice Biennale), Romanian Culture Minister Bogdan Gheorghiu said on Tuesday. "Here, I have two arguments. One would be the visitor inflow, which is a huge one. For instance, last year over 600,000 people visited the Arts Biennale, and two years ago, almost 300,000 persons visited the Architecture Biennale.

The Bulgarian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale was visited by over 17,200 people - our goal is to create an up-to-date image of Bulgaria in the field of contemporary visual arts, Culture Minister Boil Banov said in response to a question from BSP MP Ivan Chenchev regarding a journalistic investigation into illicit funding of the Bulgarian participation in the Venice Biennale, Focus News

The 16th Istanbul Biennial - a contemporary art exhibit held every two years since 1987 - opens on Sept. 10 with the title, "The Seventh Continent."

The remains of the worst known Mediterranean migrant shipwreck, in which up to 900 people died, will be exhibited at the prestigious Venice Biennale art fair this week.

Danica Dakic, the first woman artist to represent Bosnia at the Venice Biennale, has taken the drastic social and economic changes in the old industrial town of Zenica as her inspiration.

The winner of the contest of the Ministry of Culture for Bulgarian participation in the 58th edition of the International Art Exhibition - Venice Biennale is the installation "How We Live" with curator Vera Mlechevska and authors Radka Bukova and Lazar Lyutakov.