Arts

A new book by Hürriyet Daily News writer Niki Gamm has been published by Çitlembik Publications. Titled ?White Plume,? the book describes the story of 12-year-old Charles Henby.

Coming-of-age drama "Boyhood" emerged triumphant Jan. 11 at the Golden Globes, Hollywood's first major awards show, where celebrities vowed solidarity with France after the Paris attacks.        

The 14th !f Istanbul Independent Films Festival will run between Feb. 12 and 22 in Istanbul and between Feb. 26 and March 1 in Ankara and ?zmir. The opening film of the festival will be master director Tim Burton?s latest film ?Big Eyes,? which will make its premier in Turkey.

SALT Beyoğlu has devoted three entire floors to a major survey exhibition by Akram Zaatari, featuring a 16-year oeuvre of the Lebanese artist's work.

A “shimmering” Paul Cezanne painting of the Mediterranean with a castle in the background is expected to attract the big-money buyers at a February auction that includes works by Modigliani, Giacometti and Picasso, Christie’s has said.

BELGRADE - The 8th international film and music festival Kustendorf will be held in Drvengrad on Mokra Gora from January 21 to 26.

The competitive programme will comprise 17 movies from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Holland, Iceland, Romania, Israel, Croatia, Germany, Belgium, France, Hungary, Egypt, Russia, the USA and Serbia and the awards will bew the gold, silver and bronze eggs.

An ongoing exhibition at Istanbul's Salt Galata titled "Rainbow in the Dark" brings together a group of works that tackles issues related to religious rituals, gender politics and spirituality.

BELGRADE - The reconstruction of the National Museum in Belgrade, which has been closed to the public since as far back as 2003, began on Saturday.

Serbian Minister of Culture Ivan Tasovac visited the museum, announcing that the country's oldest museum institution will reopen in the spring of 2016.

An exhibition of works by Pablo Picasso will be one of the central events in the 2015 cultural calendar organized by the Cervantes Institute and the Spanish Embassy in Sofia.

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BELGRADE - ‘No One's Child' (Nicije dete), a debut film by Serbian screenwriter and director Vuk Rsumovic, has won an Audience Award at the REC Tarragona International Film Festival in Spain.