Panorama Talks

“Panorama Talks” is a new talk series bringing together photography and contemporary art. Accompanying “Panorama: Dreams and Places” exhibition held in Istanbul Modern’s first-floor exhibition galleries, the program aims to create a platform for dialogue on contemporary photography and lens-based art in Türkiye by opening space for artists and curators to share and discuss their thinking, production processes, and exhibition practices with audiences.

The 2026 program focuses on the works of artists featured in “Panorama: Dreams and Places,” centering on practices that engage with the present through imagined landscapes, alternative visual geographies, and the realm of dreams.

Panorama Talks I

Speakers: Larissa Araz, Ece Gökalp, Cansu Yıldıran
Moderator: Çelenk Bafra
Date: Friday, February 20, 2026
Time: 18.00
Venue: Istanbul Modern, Event Room 1

Panorama Talks II

Speakers: Hasan Deniz, Metehan Özcan, Cemre Yeşil Gönenli
Moderator: Demet Yıldız Dinçer
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026
Time: 18.00
Venue: Istanbul Modern, Event Room 1

Panorama Talks III
Speakers: İlgen Arzık, Umut Erbaş, Ege Kanar
Moderator: Serdar Darendeliler
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2026
Time: 18.00
Venue: Istanbul Modern Event Room 1

Panorama Talks IV
Speakers: İrem Sözen, Kerem Uzel
Moderator: Refik Akyüz*
Date: Thursday, June 11, 2026
Time: 18.00
Venue: Istanbul Modern Event Room 1

Panorama Talks V
Speakers: Emre Baykal, Begüm Yamanlar
Moderator: Orhan Cem Çetin
Date: Thursday, September 3, 2026
Time: 18.00
Venue: Istanbul Modern Event Room

Panorama Talks VI
Speakers: Zeynep Kayan, Yusuf Sevinçli, Selim Süme
Moderator: Çelenk Bafra
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Time: 18.00
Venue: Istanbul Modern Event Room

Panorama Talks VII
Speakers: Diane Dufour, Dr. Oluremi C. Onabanjo
Moderator: Demet Yıldız Dinçer
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Time: 18.00
Venue: Istanbul Modern Auditorium

The event is free of charge.
The talk is held in Turkish.

Image:
Begüm YamanlarAkifer
The Aquifer
2026
Video, sound
3’04”
Sound: Can Bora Tanzer
Courtesy of the artist and Öktem Aykut Gallery