Pera

Within the scope of the "Istanbul Today" exhibition, the Suna and Inan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum is hosting an interdisciplinary performance that brings documentary theater, sound installation, visual arts and live music together.

Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has inaugurated the Beyoğlu and Başkent Culture Road Festival in Istanbul during its launch ceremonies in Istanbul and Ankara on the weekend.

The event in Istanbul opened with a photomarathon event joined by 1,500 photographers.

Spring is the time for surprises. You wake up one morning and suddenly its spring, the season of festivals! Like spring itself, the International Istanbul Film Festival is suddenly upon us, mingling with the proverbial April showers. But they won't dampen your spirits in the least, as everything from film and theater to music, even jazz, rains down upon you.

The 15th Istanbul Biennial, titled "A Good Neighbor" and curated by the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, will take place from Sept. 16 to Nov 12. 

The biennial will be located in the heart of Istanbul, and can be visited free of charge at six venues within walking distance of each other.

We all remember that day: Saturday, March 19, at 10:55 in the morning. The center of Istanbul was shaken by a horrific bomb blast in the most popular and busy cosmopolitan area of Beyoğlu, formerly known as Pera.

Istanbul's historic district of Beyoğlu under Mayor Misbah Demircan has set a custom that suits Istanbul's history well by starting the "Beyoğlu Conversations."

Istanbul's Pera Museum opened a new exhibition on May 25 centered on the art of Mario Prassinos, who was born in Istanbul into an Ottoman Greek family and began his avant-garde artistic career in early 20th century Paris. 

Pera Fest, to be organized under the theme of "art against discrimination," will open on March 21 at Istanbul's Tiyatro Pera. Poems and songs addressing discrimination will be performed during the night. 

The 14th edition of the event will host three panel discussions, three short and three feature film screenings and a theater play until March 27. 

The British Council will organize a meeting of celebrated writers from the United Kingdom and Turkey with their readers. 

The first of these meetings will bring together Hanif Kureishi, the screenwriter of the movie "My Beautiful Laundrette," which was nominated for an Oscar award, and Murathan Mungan, another venerated writer, at the Pera Museum on Feb. 18.  

The 15th "Communicating the Museum," the world's leading conference in museum communications, has started in Istanbul's Hagie Eirene Museum.