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Fatih TAN
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Fatih TAN

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September 15, 2026

Fatih Tan: Between 2019 and 2023, he regularly wrote for Gazete Duvar about Kurdish cultural and artistic production, including music, contemporary art, cinema and books. His writings have appeared in outlets including T24, Kitap24, Kürd Araştırmaları Dergisi, Le Monde Diplomatique Kurdî, Zarema, Argonotlar, Mimesis and Felsefeciler Derneği. More recently, he continued publishing articles on Kurdish artistic production in Sanatatak magazine. Tan has also written texts for art catalogues, and some of his writings have been translated into French, Italian and English. In Unlimitedrag magazine, he published two series: “Kayıt Dışı Metinler”, focusing on the history of literature, art and thought, and “Kayıt Dışı Cinayetler”, placing major painters from art history at the centre of fictional criminal investigations. Together with Mahsum Çiçek, he published the monographs Walid Siti: Babil’in Gölgesinde Dağların Peşinde and Mahmut Celayir: Gölgenin İzinde as part of the avestART series at Avesta Publishing.

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THE AESTHETICS OF GAMBLING: ON THOMAS HIRSCHHORN’S EX-VOTO-TOMBOLA

Alfonso Artiaco Gallery in Naples is hosting EX-VOTO-TOMBOLA, the sixth solo exhibition of Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn, whom the gallery represents, from September 4 to October 31, 2026. Thomas Hirschhorn stands out today as one of the m...

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CINEMA’S THREE-SCENE REGIME

Cinema’s Three-Scene Regime: Aesthetic Appearance, Phenomenal Transition, and Epistemic Depth Written by Fatih TAN for FIREZZ.