Akbank Sanat

ABOUT AKBANK SANAT BEYOĞLU

In 2023 Akbank Sanat is celebrated its 30th year. The Center is supporting the development of contemporary arts in Turkey and hosting many international projects in different artistic fields, giving special attention to empowering young artists by creating opportunities for their artistic development.

Akbank Sanat with the mission of being "the place where change never ends", organizing more than 700 events throughout the year and hosts a wide range of events such as exhibitions, modern dance performances, concerts, panel discussions, children's workshops and film screenings.

Akbank Sanat which is located on Istiklal Avenue, at the heartland of Istanbul, composed of six floors.

Entrance Floor and First Floor - Contemporary Art Gallery:

Hosted 200 exhibitions since 1993, the Contemporary Art Gallery is showcasing various projects throughout the year. Within the context of gallery’s exhibition program; Akbank Sanat organizes exhibitions of world renowned artists and hosts "Akbank Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition" in order to support emerging artists.

The Second Floor - Multi-purpose Hall:

125-people capacity Hall have hosted hundreds of concerts so far. In addition to music events, the Hall showcases Akbank Short Film Festival's screenings; plays performed by Akbank Children's Theatre; and various discussion panels, Master classes and talks.

The Third Floor - The Contemporary Art Studio:

The studio works to support contemporary art's theoretical and practical fields and to create a thought platform relating to contemporary art. Thematic workshops on cinema, photography, philosophy, art history, literature, contemporary art and events like talks and discussion panels with the participation of the writers, poets, directors and critics are organized in The Contemporary Art Studio.

The Studio hosts workshops for children organized by expert trainers such as; "Toy Sculpture", creative drama, and linoleum printing which are contributing to the artistic development of the children.

The third floor is used also as a Serigraph / Lithography Studio.

The Fourth Floor - Library and Café

Established to offer visionary works across all artistic areas within the framework of “contemporary art” and serve as the best supporter of contemporary art in Turkey, Akbank Art Library features the works published by Akbank Sanat Publications and encompasses a wide range of other publications including modern art, art history, cinema, photography, painting, architecture, music, psychoanalysis, sociology, philosophy, etc. The library of Akbank Sanat is open between 2 PM and 7 PM everyday (except for Sundays and Mondays), serving as a reference resource with its ever-growing list of new publications and also café is open between 10.30 AM and 7.30 PM everyday (except for Sundays and Mondays).

Akbank Sanat Library open from Tuesday to Saturday between 14:00 and 19:00.

The Sixth Floor - The Dance Studio:

Open rehearsals, workshops coordinated by guest choreographers, dance classes for adults and children, technical lectures given by local / international trainers are organized at the Dance Studio.

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22 MAY MON
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23 MAY TUE
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17:00

Film Invisible to the Eye

Akbank Sanat

18:30

Conversation Talk: Zeynep Dadak + Çiçek Kahraman

Akbank Sanat

24 MAY WED
2

18:30

Seminar “Postgraduate Students Represent: Our Stage Music from the Tanzimat to the 1990s”

Akbank Sanat

19:00

Conversation Jazz Listening Club“Creative Guitar in Jazz from Past to Present!”

Akbank Sanat

25 MAY THU
1

20:30

Dance Contemporary Dance Performance: "Meeting"

Akbank Sanat

26 MAY FRI
1

20:30

Dance Contemporary Dance Performance: "Moment"

Akbank Sanat

27 MAY SAT
2

15:00

Workshop From Text to Stage

Akbank Sanat

18:30

Film Video Essay: Absorbing Ignorance: Experiential Illusions (41’44’’)

Akbank Sanat

28 MAY SUN
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29 MAY MON
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30 MAY TUE
2

16:30

Film Big Big World

Akbank Sanat

18:30

Conversation Talk: Reha Erdem + Florent Herry

Akbank Sanat

31 MAY WED
4

11:00

Kid Out There - Dance Theatre for Babies

Akbank Sanat

12:30

Kid Out There - Dance Theatre for Babies

Akbank Sanat

14:00

Kid Out There - Dance Theatre for Babies

Akbank Sanat

18:30

Seminar Machinima: Future Of Storytelling

Akbank Sanat - Multi Purpose Hall

01 JUN THU
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02 JUN FRI
3

13:00

Film Big Big World

Akbank Sanat

15:00

Film Video Essay: Absorbing Ignorance: Experiential Illusions (41’44’’)

Akbank Sanat

16:00

Conversation Talk + Curatorial Tour: Lara Kamhi

Akbank Sanat

03 JUN SAT
5

11:00

Kid Out There - Dance Theatre for Babies

Akbank Sanat

12:30

Kid Out There - Dance Theatre for Babies

Akbank Sanat

14:00

Kid Out There - Dance Theatre for Babies

Akbank Sanat

15:00

Workshop Stanislavsky Theory of Acting

Akbank Sanat

19:00

Conversation Talk: “Synesthesia” by Ali Mahmut Demirel

Akbank Sanat

04 JUN SUN
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05 JUN MON
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06 JUN TUE
3

10:00

Workshop Emrecan Tanış Masterclass

Akbank Sanat

17:00

Film Phases of Matter

Akbank Sanat

18:30

Conversation Talk: Deniz Tortum + Alican Çamcı

Akbank Sanat

07 JUN WED
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08 JUN THU
1

18:30

Seminar Getting Out of the Anthropocene: Bernard Stiegler's Analysis of Contemporary Crisis - Emre Şan

Akbank Sanat

09 JUN FRI
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10 JUN SAT
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15:00

Workshop Movement of Sound

Akbank Sanat

11 JUN SUN
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