“What Byzantinism Is This in Istanbul!”: Byzantium in Popular Culture Exhibition Tour
Emir Alışık

Curator's Tour

January 18, 2022 / 19:00
February 24, 2022 / 19:00
March 3, 2022 / 19:00

Istanbul Research Institute’s exhibition at the Pera Museum called “What Byzantinism Is This in Istanbul!”: Byzantium in Popular Culture navigates through the eclectic presence of Byzantium in popular culture. Within the scope of the exhibition, an exhibition tour will be held with a limited number of participants, accompanied by the curator of the exhibition Emir Alışık.

About Emir Alışık
Project Manager at the Suna and Inan Kıraç Foundation Istanbul Research Institute Byzantine Studies Department and a member of the Editorial Board of YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies, Emir Alışık completed his master's degree in the Department of Comparative History: Interdisciplinary Medieval History at Central European University, with a thesis on  political thought in the late Byzantine period. While continuing his doctoral studies with his thesis on the appearance of Byzantine thought in Italian Renaissance art in the Department of Art History at Istanbul University, he also continues his research on the manifestations of Byzantium in speculative fiction through various art mediums.

The tour will be in Turkish. Admission: 50 TL (Free admissions for Friends of Pera Museum.)
To join the tour, you can buy a ticket from Biletix or make a reservation via the e-mail address
reception@peramuzesi.org.tr. Places are limited.

Temporary Exhibition

“What Byzantinism Is This in Istanbul!”

Istanbul Research Institute’s exhibition at the Pera Museum called “What Byzantinism Is This in Istanbul!”: Byzantium in Popular Culture, curated by Emir Alışık, navigates through the eclectic presence of Byzantium in popular culture. 

“What Byzantinism Is This in Istanbul!”

Bosphorus at the Orientalist Paintings

Bosphorus at the Orientalist Paintings

The Bosphorus, which divides the city from north to south, separates two continents, renders Istanbul distinct for western painters, offers the most picturesque spectacles for western artists.

Bruce Nauman Look At Me!

Bruce Nauman Look At Me!

The exhibition Look at Me! Portraits and Other Fictions from the ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection examines portraiture, one of the oldest artistic genres, through a significant number of works of our times. Through the exhibition we will be sharing about the artists and sections in Look At Me!.

A Photographer’s Biography Guillaume Berggren

A Photographer’s Biography Guillaume Berggren

Berggren acquires the techniques of photography in Berlin and holds different jobs in various European cities before arriving in İstanbul. Initially en route to Marseille, he disembarks from his ship in 1866 and settles in İstanbul, where he is to spend the rest of his life.