Film Oslo, August 31st (Oslo, 31. august)

4 September 2026 - In this session of the series "Conflicts: Breaking Points in Cinema," we will open a collective space for discussion around the film Oslo, August 31st (2011), which centers on the modern human’s search for meaning and individual alienation.

Film The Zone of Interest

14 August 2026 - In this session of the series "Conflicts: Breaking Points in Cinema," we will open a collective space for discussion around the film The Zone of Interest (2023), which strikingly portrays the banality of evil and collective denial.

Film Dogtooth (Kinodontas)

7 August 2026 - In the first session of the series "Conflicts: Breaking Points in Cinema," we will open a collective space for discussion around the film Dogtooth (2009), which unlocks the doors to a dystopian universe.

Conversation Akbank 44th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition Artist Talks - 4

As part of the "Akbank 44th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition", the artist talks continue with their fourth and final session on Tuesday, 21 July, at 18.30 at Elgiz Museum.

Conversation Akbank 44th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition Artist Talks - 3

As part of the "Akbank 44th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition", the third session of the artist talks will take place on Tuesday, 14 July, at 18.00 at Elgiz Museum.

Conversation Akbank 44th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition Artist Talks - 2

As part of the "Akbank 44th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition", the artist talks continue with their second session on Tuesday, 7 July, at 18.30 at Elgiz Museum.

Conversation Akbank 44th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition Artist Talks

As part of the "Akbank 44th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition", the artist talks will begin at 18:00 on 30 June at Elgiz Museum.

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.

Conversation Jazz Listening Club: The 60s: Jazz Out of Bounds

4 June 2026 - For the 16th session of the Jazz Listening Club we are thrilled to welcome Ahmet Ali Arslan—a musician known for his storytelling, velvet vocals, and deep instrumental landscapes.

Conversation Between Life and Death: Transience

3 June 2026 - According to Freud, the fact that something is bound to change does not decrease its value; on the contrary, it adds a unique "rarity value" to it. At the root of human resistance to accepting this rational truth lies the soul's difficult mourning mechanism. In this event, we will discuss transience by tracing this exact tension.

Conversation “Mom, Am I an Artist?” Guest: Miray Karabulut

20 May 2026 - Sometimes you watch a film, read a book, or stumble upon a song—and something stirs inside you. It feels as though something has begun. Maybe it’s the first time you ask yourself: “Could I be an artist too?” This talk series follows the traces of exactly those moments.

Conversation On the Borderline of Submission and Freedom: Love

6 May 2026 - In this talk, we examine the fragility of modern relationships through Zygmunt Bauman’s concept of Liquid Love. Is committing to someone a form of submission or the end of freedom?