Turkey

Artists, curators and gallerists may not be able to stop war, but we can tell those who rake its profits that the arts are not open for their business

The symbolism of a failed property development in Turkey 

In further news: painting stolen from New York’s Team Gallery; Harlem’s El Museo del Barrio pulls honour for right-wing socialite

Two London exhibitions by belit sağ address police and military violence committed against Kurdish people in Turkey

Zoe Leonard’s landmark poem revived following US midterms, Turkish arts workers arrested and union protests at MoMA PS1

From Egyptian surrealism to Parisian pissoirs: what to read this weekend

The Mayor of London launches a new arts initiative, while the Getty Foundation pledges to preserve Eileen Gray's iconic Villa E.1027

The patriarchal house of cards underlying the Turkish coup and Brexit

Part one of this week's Culture Digest focuses on a newly translated book tracing Turkey’s hazardous history

From Atatürk and Turkish nationalism in art to the enduring creepiness of Bruce Conner: what to read this weekend