SARKIS

Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin opens its 2026/2027 season on 4 September with a site-specific installation by Sarkis . Developed in collaboration with the Kantor...

Sarkis’s first solo exhibition in London Stays Together opened at Dirimart's London gallery on 25 November 2025.

Dirimart Dolapdere opened the season on 3 September 2025 with Sarkis’s exhibition titled Five Icons Framed in Edirne-style Wooden Ornamentation.

Sarkis participates in the Biennale d’Autun with his work L’atelier d’aquarelle dans l’eau (Watercolour in Water Workshop), on view from 18 July to 10 August 2025.

Dirimart is pleased to announce its participation in Art Düsseldorf 2025 from 11 to 13 April at Areal Böhler, Düsseldorf, with the group presentation titled Nature Reconfigurated.

The artist talk by Sarkis, titled ‘Sarkis’ Exhibitions with and for Children from 2000 to the Present’, was recently held at Dirimart Dolapdere as part of his fifth solo exhibition at the gallery, Children’s Rain Call with the Colours of the Rainbow.

Dirimart is pleased to announce Sarkis’ fifth solo exhibition at the gallery, Children’s Rain Call with the Colours of the Rainbow.

On 3 July 2024, at 5.00 p.m., 23.5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory hosts a special presentation of new stained-glass artwork by Sarkis, dedicated to the memory of Hrant Dink, and his talk titled ‘Approaching Hrant Dink’s Stained Glass from an Art History Perspective’.

Dirimart is pleased to announce its participation in Art Düsseldorf, at Areal Böhler, Germany between 12 and 14 April 2024.

Curated by Ali Akay, the 6th Mardin Biennial titled Further Away showcases 41 artists, including Ayşe Erkmen, Güçlü Öztekin, İnci Eviner, Nasan Tur, Sarkis, and Yüksel Arslan, exploring the theme of transcending societal limits.

The Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden extends its comprehensive solo exhibition of the world-renowned conceptual artist Sarkis.

Sarkis’ solo exhibition 7 Tage, 7 Nächte (7 Days 7 Nights) meets the audience at Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden on 27 October 2023.

Sarkis’ book titled 100. Munch’tan Sonra | After Munch is now released within the context of the exhibition titled 85 Screams: After Munch held at Dirimart Dolapdere between 2 September and 15 October 2023.

Dirimart hosts two new solo exhibitions by Sarkis. Titled 85 Screams: After Munch and Sarkis’ Films respectively, the exhibitions meet the audience simultaneously at Dirimart’s Dolapdere and Pera galleries, where the exhibited works address the interactions and time lapses across the artist’s past artworks and exhibitions.

Sarkis created contemporary stained-glass windows for Jean de Bourbon Chapel of the Cluny Abbey, which will reopen to the public on 6 July 2023 after a long restoration process under the supervision of Frédéric Didier, the Chief Architect of the National Historic Monuments.

Dirimart will participate in the second edition of CI Bloom at Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Sarkis’ new solo exhibition ENDLESS will be on view as of 4 May 2023.

Dirimart is at Art Basel Hong Kong 2019 with a strong selection of artists from different generations, representing contemporary art. Dirimart has been attending the fair since 2012.

Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kontor gets Polish dramatist, writer, painter, stage designer, theater director Tadeusz Kontor and Sarkis together with the Sarkis-Kontor exhibition.

Dirimart is pleased to announce its participation in the 57th edition of Art Cologne from 7 to 10 November 2024 with a selection titled Echoes of Conflict.

Dirimart’s art publishing continues with the English edition of the comprehensive Sarkis monograph as a joint project with Hatje Cantz.

Dirimart participates in the Abu Dhabi Art Fair in November 16–20. Selection of works of Yüksel Arslan, Âbidin Elderoğlu, Ayşe Erkmen, İnci Eviner, Seçkin Pirim, Sarkis, Canan Tolon, Nasan Tur, and Fahrelnissa Zeid can be visited at Dirimart’s booth no. A1.

Dirimart participates in Contemporary Istanbul organized through September 19–22, with a selection of 32 works by 26 artists living and working in Istanbul and major centers of contemporary art such as Berlin, London, New York, Paris,Seoul and Istanbul.

Sarkis meets with children at the “Watercolor in Water” workshops held at Paris Center Pompidou in July 11–30.

Yüksel Arslan and Sarkis’ works are meeting the audiences at Arter in the group exhibition titled Locus Solus curated by Selen Ansen.

Sarkis’ installation titled 14 lustres des Ateliers Brulés de Sarkis depuis 1956 is on display in the group exhibition titled Hypernuit at Base sous-marine.

Sarkis monography authored by Anne Marquez has been published.

Art historian Philippe Piguet conducted an interview in French with Sarkis for Art Interview. Please click here to access the text covering the practice and works of the artist from various decades.

The group exhibition titled Ex-Africa is on view at the Musée Quai Branly. Sarkis participates in this exhibition curated by Philippe Dagen with five works.

Sarkis’ work titled 19380-19920-20200 (1992-…) is on a long term loan; and works titled Flares!? (2017) and Red Stained Glass Series no: 8 (2020) are permanently included the collection of the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art.

Artists in Their Time, collection exhibition of the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, which was on view in 2015–2018 can be visited online.

Arter published books titled Ayşe Erkmen: Whitish and Sarkis: Çaylak Sokak in conjunction with the exhibitions.

SARKIS, au commencement le retable d’Issenheim brings together Sarkis’ various works emerged in relation to the Issenheim Altarpiece, the masterpiece of German Renaissance painter Mathias Grünewald.

Pera Museum presents for the first time in Turkey a selection that brings together all periods of the versatile, multicultural visual world of renowned director Sergey Parajanov, master of poetic cinema.

As part of the European Culture Organization’s 2018 program, series of events are organized focusing on the theme “The Art of Sharing.” Honouring the European Heritage Days organizations, an installation by Sarkis, The Measure of the Light, is exhibited at the Jacobin Convent, Toulouse.

Sarkis' stained glass journey embraces the refined ancient stained glass technique whose roots go ba

Le Musée des Pêcheries hosts Sarkis' big size experimentations of the art of stained glass that comb

Sarkis’ exhibition 100 Cries After Munch will be on view until April 9 at galeri de zaal Delft.

For Art Basel Hong Kong 2017, Dirimart will exhibit a strong selection of artists from different gen

Sarkis’ exhibition Angel Rainbow opened at the Warsaw National Gallery of Art. The exhibition will b

Sarkis' L'Atelier since 19380 re-opened on April 11 at Museum of Modern Contemporary Art Genève four

The Sarkis episode of the TV program “Benim Sanatım” (“My Art”) produced and presented by Zuhal Demi

The Treasure Chests of Mnemosyne: Selected texts on memory theory from Plato to Derrida is published

Placing the theory of memory at the core of his practice, SARKIS’ timeless works from different peri

Dirimart participates in the 18th edition of Contemporary Istanbul, taking place between 28 September and 1 October 2023 at Tersane Istanbul, Golden Horn.