Visual arts

The exhibition of Japanese prints "Celebrities in the Floating World", opened on Friday, at the National Museum of Romanian Literature, proves once again that the interest in Japan was a part of our modernity, said Academician Razvan Theodorescu, Vice-President of the Romanian Academy. "There is this phenomenon which proves that the interest in Japan was a part of our modernity.

The unique mosaics in the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, one of the world's largest mosaic museums located in Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep, are being cleaned by an expert team with the utmost care and precision to protect them for future generations.

St. Michael Church in a Black Sea coastal town in northeastern Turkey will become a museum that welcomes domestic and foreign tourists in 2021, according to officials.

The historical building in Akçaabat town of Trabzon province has been restored and will be used in social and cultural activities by Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry.

For his first solo show in Athens, London-based artist Luke Edward Hall has drawn inspiration from Greek culture, history and mythology, presenting a series of drawings, paintings and ceramics.

Ancient games, statues, and masks were also found

The Necmi Asfuroğlu Archaeology Museum, which has the museum-hotel concept and displays artifacts belonging to five different periods, has welcomed 22,500 visitors since its opening last year.

Mamluk style handmade carpets woven by women in Turkey's eastern Iğdır province are adorning homes in Japan.

In a joint project by the Turkish Employment Agency and Iğdır University, Turkish carpets were exported to Japan by women who are new to the profession.

Ramazan Yumuşak is the last representative of a family who has been repairing "antique carpets with antique carpets" for three generations in Istanbul, which is noted as one of the well-known carpet and rug centers of the world. He wants to keep the tradition alive by passing his 36-year profession, which he started at the age of 11, to future generations.

The fine art of selfie

Every moment and every movement you see in the animation has to be commanded by onboard computers