Türkiye hosts several major festivals showcasing its cultural diversity, including the International Istanbul Opera and Ballet Festival, International Ephesus Opera and Ballet Festival, and others. The country's tourism industry benefits from these events. Restoration work is underway at Ephesus Ancient Theater, led by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, to improve performance conditions. This year's festival program features seven productions with nine performances in total, catering to audience interest.
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/world-famous-artists-to-gather-once-again-in-ephesus-207252The "Nureyev & Friends - A Ballet Gala Tribute" featured an eclectic programme with famous and lesser-known pieces, including some choreography by Rudolf Nureyev himself. The performers included dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Ballet, and Mariinsky Ballet, with Charles Jude as artistic adviser, David Makhateli as artistic director, and Lam Chun-wing as project manager. The event showcased star ballerinas Mathieu Ganio and Dorothée Gilbert in a duet from Swan Lake.
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3303591/mariinsky-ballets-maria-khoreva-dazzles-rudolf-nureyev-tribute-hong-kong-festival?module=top_story&pgtype=sectionThe city of Springville is introducing "Art Loops: Downtown," a series of themed routes designed for different experiences. The routes include a family-friendly section, an urban adventure route, and a longer, more artistic route ideal for history buffs, book lovers, and art enthusiasts. A literary art walk will be installed between the museum and library on 100 East, while a youth art section featuring children's artwork will cover 200 East, leading to an elementary school.
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/03/24/springville-receives-t-mobile-grant-to-revitalize-downtown-through-public-art-walking-routes/The Garden is Open features oil paintings, wooden frames, and ceramic sculptures by Tsaih, showcasing a semi-abstracted figure in harmony with botanicals. The artwork, characterized by blues and purples, aims to evoke feelings of peace and stability. Tsaih's process-oriented approach seeks to tap into her inner self, mirroring the meditative quality of being in gardens. Her goal is for the work to provide refuge and a reminder of inner strength, offering clarity and grounding.
https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/sculpture/the-garden-is-open-jocelyn-tsiah-hashimoto-contemporary-nyc/In China's entertainment industry, the punk music scene is adapting to censorship and changing societal values. Performers like Wang Lixing from Labor Glory and Zedd from System Chaos are creating lyrics that focus on themes of depression, pessimism, and apathy, as young people seek relief from modern pressures. The band's music serves as a coping mechanism for the emotional struggles faced by many in China, where strict regulations limit artistic expression.
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2025/03/23/china039s-evolving-punk-scene-draws-a-new-generation-of-fansThe installation view of "Queering Digital" at the Pacific Design Center features artworks by Devin Wilson that explore how trans narratives are disseminated through social media and technology. The exhibition includes custom-built software, paintings, photography, sculpture, multimedia installations, and a video game. Two notable works, "Where's Everybody Going?. Bingo?" and "Bedrotting," combine to create a teenage bedroom scene with a TV displaying the start screen for Resident Evil and a plush blanket featuring Powerpuff Girls imagery, highlighting prominent genderqueer characters in these franchises, such as Morpheus from Resident Evil and HIM from The Powerpuff Girls.
https://hyperallergic.com/997553/rewriting-digital-art-in-nonbinary-code-pacific-design-center/A new exhibition, "Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo," has opened at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, showcasing the lesser-known work of French writer and illustrator Victor Hugo, best known for his novels "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Miserables."
https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/03/24/news/national/exhibit-spotlights-victor-hugos-drawings/2078252The Rocky sculpture by Kadlec has been incorporated into the Sculptures in the Streets festival in Klatovy, Czech Republic, as part of a broader exhibition exploring the intersection of media and culture. The event honors the legacy of Hugo Demartini, a sculptor at Prague's Academy of Fine Arts in the 1990s, to which Kadlec was a student. The exhibit features VHS tapes, an artistic medium used by Italian artist Lorenzo Durantini in his collection "2,216 VHS Tapes," which included structures made from videos and rooms filled with unspooled tape.
https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/yo-adrian-czech-gallery-unveils-rocky-made-out-of-50-000-vhs-tapesKarla is a well-rounded individual with a strong musical background. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice from the University of the Philippines College of Music, and furthered her studies in Opera Interpretation at the Academia Internazionale della Arti (AIDA) in Rome, Italy.
https://www.manilatimes.net/2025/03/23/the-sunday-times/arts-awake/meet-classical-artist-karla-gutierrez/2078228