Seminar Collections, Archives, and Their Users

What is the potential of collections and archives in rethinking how knowledge is accessed, interpreted, and shared?

Conversation Off the Record with ACT Music

ACT, an independent label shaping European jazz, is opening its doors to Istanbul! At the gathering taking place at taproomx on September 29, we will discuss the realities of sustaining an independent label, accompanied by selected vinyl records.

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 Art Collecting in Türkiye with Its Historicity and Problematics

2 June 2026 - Examining the cultural evolution of collecting from the 15th-century Ottoman Empire to the present, the seminar analyzes the ecosystem—spanning from the palace to the Republic, auction practices to digital transformation, and contemporary issues.

Seminar Creating and “Reading” Movement in Sculpture

1 June 2026 - How is movement constructed in art? In this visual journey from optical illusions to Futurism, and Rodin to Theo Jansen, we will analyze the perception of movement and secrets of form in sculpture.

Seminar Trends & Evolution of the Art Market and Its Position in the World Today

5 May 2026 - This seminar offers a unique opportunity to grasp the complexities of the international art world and its markets and provides on overview of its actors and how they interact.

Seminar Exhibition Planning: Risk Management and Artwork Insurance

1 April 2026 - In this session, we will discuss details such as risk management, insurance procedures, transportation, the responsibilities of the parties involved, and damage management as they pertain to exhibitions.

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.

Learning Program Material: Improvisation

January 19 - 22, 2026 / The learning program, which will examine the relationship and contradictions between contemporary art and ecology through the production practices of different artists each month, aims to introduce young artists to contemporary works and diverse perspectives through the concept of "material."

Learning Program Material: Mushroom

August 25 - 28, 2025 / The learning program, which will examine the relationship and contradictions between contemporary art and ecology through the production practices of different artists each month, aims to introduce young artists to contemporary works and diverse perspectives through the concept of "material."

Seminar Curating Live Art: Human and Process

16 June 2025 - This talk focuses on the concept of curating performance art and aims to examine the last 10 years of development of performance art in Turkey from a curatorial perspective.