Arts

The Bernier/Eliades Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Italian Arte Povera pioneer Μarisa Merz, the movement's only female proponent, comprising paintings and sculptures that transform everyday materials like copper wire, clay and wax. Among the displays are many that featured in a retrospective on Merz at the Metropolitan Museum of New York last year.

A Roman-era mosaic has been sitting under a dumpster since its discovery two years in the northwestern province of Bursa's İznik district during municipal works due to a disagreement between the owner of the land and authorities. 

Missing fragments from one of Turkey's most striking ancient treasures, the haunting, wide-eyed "Gypsy Girl" mosaic, have returned home more than half a century after they were plundered and smuggled to the U.S.

An exhibit showcasing recently returned pieces of the ancient "Gypsy girl" mosaic opened in Turkey on Dec. 8.

Two documentaries and a fictional film on the subject of photography will be screened at Thessaloniki's Stavros Tornes Cinema over three days as part of the northern port city's PhotoBiennale 2018, running from December 9 to 11.

THIS is the secret African island inhabited by super aggressive "monster'" chimps all freed from a US testing laboratory, writes the Sun.

The apes -who are infected with contagious diseases- were abandoned on the Liberian river island after being released by their captors.

A Star Wars-inspired house has been put on sale in Turkey's Istanbul. Click through for the story in photos...

Missing pieces of the famed "Gypsy Girl" mosaic arrived in Turkey from the U.S. on Nov. 27 via flag carrier Turkish Airlines.

A picture of French Impressionist Renoir was stolen from a Viennese auction house, the Austrian police reported. The painting worth about 160,000 euros. Today it has to be put on action. 

The picture is a landscape and has been taken off unnoticed by the wall where it was on display prior to the sale.

So far, there is no more information about the crime.

Kale Group, as part of their 2018 art project, supports artist Elif Uras's new site specific installation. The installation "The Source" proves Uras's singular vision of the complex, ever-changing relationship between Western modernity and traditional features of Eastern art and culture.