Seminar Art History Readings & Semiotics

28 December 2023 - We will focus on the adventure of art history; The changing descriptions of art, theorists and art historians using different methods in art history constitute the main axis of our seminar.

Conversation Art History Readings and Semiotics Doç. Dr. Seda Yavuz

Seminar Art History Readings and Semiotics - Doç. Dr. Seda Yavuz

Seminar “The Roles of Museums in the Writing of Art History”

The significant roles that museums play in the writing of art history and the establishment of the canon are indisputable.

Seminar “Where are the Women in the Writing of Art History?”

Any attempt at writing a comprehensive history of modern art in Turkey, would require the telling of stories, either through figure, or landscape, or women.

Seminar “The Relationship between the Writing of Art History and the Nation-State”

The reform ideology that aimed to shape the society anew in the Early Republican period, also had charged the arts with a special mission, and thus, the newly established Republic of Turkey became a patron of the arts and artists.

Seminar The Aesthetics of Crime: Reflectionf of Violence And Forgery In Art

10 June 2025 - The seminar examines the relationship between art and crime. Drawing on important theft and forgery events in art history, it examines how works of art are stolen, copied, and how these situations find a response in the art world.

Exhibition Intensions 4

In collaboration by Open Dialogue Istanbul and Akbank Sanat, we have successfully completed yet another "Curating Contemporary Art an" Seminar Program. As we set sail for the fifth edition, we take great honor and joy in announcing that our alumni network has now reached sixty graduates. 

Exhibition Intensions 5

We are delighted to announce that we have successfully completed the fifth edition of the “Curating Contemporary Art” Seminar Program. The Seminar Program is organized by Open Dialogue Istanbul and Akbank Sanat.

Seminar An Analysis of Exhibition Models - II

22 January 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.

Program Contemporary Art and Ecological Experiments

Seminar An Analysis of Exhibition Models - I

9 January 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.