18.03.2026, 10:30–12:00 // Talk ‘Directed Live Composition, Curation and Energetic Conduction in Hybrid Artistic Practices’ by Christophe Fellay at mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. The talk will explore the parallels between musical conducting and curating in contemporary art. Drawing on the artist’s own practice, it examines how both conducting and curating…

14.01.2025–17.02.2025 // Curated by Basak Senova, Soil & Water: Mediterranean Crossing brings together international artists exploring soil and water as material, ecological, cultural, and political agents. Through sculpture, performance, and research-based practices, the exhibition examines how soil and water shape landscapes, environments, histories, and lived experience. Situated in the Mediterranean, a region shaped by centuries…

01.11.2025–19.04.2026// Soil & Water, curated by Basak Senova and Johan Thom with curatorial input from Benji Liebmann and the NIROX Team at NIROX Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa features works by over 50 international artists including Abri de Swardt, Alet Pretorius, Atang Tshikare, Atul Bhalla, Barbara Putz-Plecko, Caroline Le Méhauté, Christophe Fellay, Coral…

28.10.2025–01.05.2026 // The Ground Beneath Our Feet: Diane Victor exhibition, curated by Basak Senova and Johan Thom, takes place at The Bridge Gallery, Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria. The School of the Arts in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria presents this solo exhibition by Diane Victor curated by…

29.09.2025, 14:00–17:00 // Lecture and Conversation: ‘On Research-based Curatorial Projects, Discussing Curating and Conducting’ with the participants of Curators’ Agenda / VIENNA 2025 at Das Weisse Haus Studio, Vienna. Conducted by Basak Senova, the conversation is held with Ahmad Darkhabani, João Victor Dieb Dias, and Trinity Mesimé Njume-Ebong, accompanied by Elena Blum, organised by BLOCKFREI…

04.09.2025, 12:00–14:00 // Conversation: ‘Research in Progress: Conducting and Curating’ with Graduate Students at the School for Curatorial Studies, Venice. Conducted by Basak Senova, the conversation is held with Amshula Prakash, Clemente Micicchè, Devanshi Shah, Ghazala Raees, Sara Neves, Thais Domingues, and Yusuf Essop, accompanied by Aurora Fonda and Francesca Fialdini. The conversation, conducted in…

12.08.–02.09.2025 // The Mirror Project curated by Basak Senova & Jonatan Habib Engavist, takes place at Teatro Pirandello under the coverage of Agrigento Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2025, realised in collaboration with the PEEK-FWF Project, The Atlas (of Creative Mechanisms): [Curating–Conducting]. From both a conceptual and structural perspective, the project adopts an experimental framework, reimagining…

20.–27.06.2025 // Cristiana De Marchi’s solo exhibition ‘A Repertoire of Constant Restarts’ at Kunstraum Flat1 presents a body of work in her first solo exhibition in Austria, developed over the past five years. Curated by Basak Senova, the exhibition spans a range of media, including textiles, video, and performance. Through a careful and often playful…

21.–22.05.2025 // ‘International Conference: “Pavilions and Perspectives’ in Bucharest, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest Basak Senova will discuss and compare two national pavilions she curated—Turkey at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009) and Macedonia at the 56th Venice Biennale (2015)—focusing on their differing conditions, curatorial frameworks, and working dynamics.

16.05.2025, 17:00–19:00 // Seminar & Conversation: ‘The Atlas Project: Excerpts from a Curatorial Research’ with the participants of Seminar Programme of Curating Contemporary Art, Akbank Sanat: Abdülkerim Karaoğlu, Ali Eren Kaya, Aslı Ayşe Işıklar Çetin, Beyza Turak, Burcu Egene, Dilan Domanic, Duygu Toprak Önder, Duygu Yaman, Ekin Coskuner, Emel Gülşah Akın, Fırat Dağlı Duman, Mehtap…