Seminar A space for art; Designing for Exhibitions - Ayşegül Çinici Yazıcı

Each exhibition has a spatial setup and a storytelling in this sense. This story is essentially based on the message that the curator wants to convey to his audience. The other rperson who should absorb the content of this message as much as the curator of the exhibition is, the designer who will create for the visual identity of the exhibition.

Seminar Sources of curating: grand exhibitions and evolution

Curatorship has been rapidly evolving since the 2000s and the origin of the word possesses two meanings: a custodian and the act of curing. The understanding saying that curatorship has replaced the artist lately is a phenomenon debated extensively. But is the curator also an agent of cure?

Seminar Galleries and Exhibitions in the Istanbul Art Scene

The presentation will offer not only a chronological but also a critical study of the substantial changes.

Conversation Book That Spark Thinking on Production: “Five Cities” - Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar

16 June 2026 - In this gathering, together with Burçak Bingöl, we turn our focus particularly to Istanbul, taking Tanpınar’s Five Cities as our point of departure.

Seminar Stylessness and Dissolution of the Monograph

22 April 2026 - In this talk, the artist will examine the phenomenon of stylistic formation that became dominant with modernism. Drawing on examples from both his own work and from contemporary artists who produce without manners, the talk will focus on the anxiety produced by change and the dissolution of style.

Seminar Dead Can Dance: Afterlife of Art

13 April 2026 - This presentation reflects on fifteen years of Protocinema exhibitions, alongside a proposal in-progress titled Dead Can Dance: Afterlife of Art which considers the everyday practice of mutual exchange and sustaining one another, and the ways that the living and the dead coexist.

Seminar Trusting the Process

26 March 2026 - Since 2023, independent curator and writer Fatoş Üstek has served as the curator of Frieze Sculpture. In this discussion, she will be joined by Burçak Bingöl, an artist whose work will feature in the 2025 edition.

Seminar Co-Action Device

23 February 2026 - Co-Action Device is a long-term project that seeks pedagogical and artistic responses to the loss and destruction caused by political tensions and social ruptures. It understands art, education, and practices of thinking together as a shared transformative field.

Seminar Organising in the Field of Art in Turkey

2 February 2026 - The seminar, which will examine examples of art organization and activism from around the world, will feature a presentation discussing the past and present history of art organization in Turkey and offering suggestions for possible models.

Seminar Inside a Global Gallery: How Lisson Shapes Artistic Narratives Across Markets

15 January 2026 - This talk will offer an insider perspective on how one of the world’s leading contemporary art galleries operates across its international locations.

Seminar Different Methods in Curatorship and Exhibition Practices

8 January 2026 - This session will address different curatorial methods and working practices.

Seminar An Analysis of Exhibition Models - II

17 December 2025 - In this seminar, Prof. Dr. Marcus Graf will present and analyze various exhibition models. The participants will learn about different exhibition models to apply them in their future projects.