8th Biennial · 1 – 30 April 2026
Programme
Workshops, talks and stage performances run alongside the exhibitions at every biennial. The 2026 programme took place from 1 to 30 April, mostly at Müze Gazhane, and every event was free.
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1April Wednesday
2April Thursday
3April Friday
4April Saturday
5April Sunday
6April Monday
7April Tuesday
8April Wednesday
9April Thursday
10April Friday
11April Saturday
- 11:00
Workshop
The Green Ants Zero Waste Board Game
7-9 yaşFree - 12:00
Performance
Mutlu Besteler / Müziği Çiziyorum
CancelledLiseFee information is not specified. - 12:30
Workshop
The Colours of Breath
12+Free - 13:00
Performance
No Barriers to Dance
Ages 13-18Free - 14:15
Talk / panel
“Everyone Is the Architect of Their Own Life”
14 ve üzeri herkesFree
12April Sunday
- 12:00
Workshop
Philosophy Circle
11 -15 YaşFree - 13:00
Talk / panel
Karikatürist İhsan Canıtez ile Söyleşi
Tüm Yaş GrubuFee information is not specified. - 13:00
Workshop
“Look, Snap, Smile!” Polaroid Photography Workshop
Ages 4-6Free - 14:00
Performance
Do You Need a Cape to Be a Superhero? Little Paws, Big Footprints: In the Light of Türkan Saylan
9+Free
13April Monday
14April Tuesday
15April Wednesday
16April Thursday
- 10:30
Workshop
From Parts to Whole: Assemblage
10-12 yaşFree - 11:30
Workshop
Instrument of Kings: A First Breath on the Trumpet
9-15 yaşFree - 12:00
Talk / panel
An Interactive Conversation on Continuity in Creativity and Originality in Art
Ages 10+Free - 14:30
Workshop
Ideas in the World of Entrepreneurship
Ages 18+Free - 16:00
Workshop
Hermes’ Dreams of Play
3-12 yaş grubuFree
17April Friday
- 10:30
Workshop
Tezhip (Illumination) in Practice: A Journey
7 - 17 yaş grubuFree - 10:30
Workshop
Journey to the Museum of Happiness
7-9 Yaş /10-12 YaşFree - 12:30
Workshop
A Journey into Writing: Workshop
AdultsFree - 13:00
Workshop
One Story, One Question: What Is Happiness?
7- 10 yaşFree - 14:00
Workshop
Emergency Pedagogy: Working with Children in the Aftermath of Disasters
18 ve ÜzeriFree - 15:00
Workshop
Becoming a Team with Lego
18+ yaş grubuFree - 16:30
Workshop
Studio Visit and Experimental Making Programme with Artist Pınar Bora
öncelik Lise Grubu OrtaokulFree
18April Saturday
- 11:00
Talk / panel
The Role of Children’s Literature in Safeguarding Cultural Heritage
YETİŞKİNFree - 11:00
Workshop
Industrial Music Workshop
Ages 7-9Free - 11:30
Performance
My Desk and Me
Primary schoolFree - 11:30
Workshop
Designing Stools from Waste Cardboard with Makedo
Ages 7-9Free - 12:30
Workshop
Ebru (Paper Marbling) Workshop
12-16 Yaş GrubuFree - 13:00
Workshop
STRUCTURAL FASHION: From Architecture to Wearable Art
15-20 yaşFree - 13:00
Workshop
Emotions Workshop
4-6 yaşFree - 14:00
Talk / panel
Let’s Discover the Art of Ballet
9 Yaş üzeriFree - 15:00
Performance
Nurhak Children and Youth Library Music Ensemble
Tüm yaş grubuFree - 15:40
Performance
Nurhak Çocuk ve Genç Kütüphanesi HE-KA-TE Dance Group
All agesFree - 16:15
Performance
Nurhak Çocuk ve Genç Kütüphanesi HE-KA-TE Dans Topluluğu
10-16 YaşFee information is not specified.
19April Sunday
20April Monday
- 11:00
Performance
Mutlu Yarınlar
CancelledTüm yaş grubuFee information is not specified. - 11:00
Workshop
Flat Tyre Masters
7-12 YaşFree - 12:40
Performance
The Bureau of Lost Feelings
İlkokul OrtaokulFree - 13:00
Workshop
Professor Bolt and His New Invention
7-12 YaşFree - 13:30
Workshop
Remembering Climate Change
Ages 13-18Free - 14:00
Workshop
Hayalden Gerçeğe: Mutlu Gelecekler VR (Sanal Gerçeklik) Atölyesi
12-16 Yaş Çocuk GençFee information is not specified. - 14:00
Performance
Happy Lines with Music
All agesFree - 15:00
Performance
Müzikle Mutlu Çizgiler
Tüm yaş grubuFee information is not specified. - 16:00
Performance
Müzikle Mutlu Çizgiler
Tüm yaş grubuFee information is not specified. - 19:00
Workshop
Parenting That Supports a Child’s Process of Discovery
ParentsFree
21April Tuesday
- 10:30
Workshop
“Hands That Leave a Mark: From Form to Feeling”
11-13 yaşFree - 11:00
Workshop
Where the Artwork Meets the Garment in Textiles
9-10 yaşFree - 11:00
Workshop
ENÇOKK Board Game Workshop
10-15 YaşFree - 12:00
Performance
An Instrument for Every Child / Junior Band
All agesFree - 13:00
Workshop
The Place of Happiness
7-11 yaşFree - 13:00
Performance
Happy Lines with Music
All agesFree - 14:00
Performance
Müzikle Mutlu Çizgiler
Tüm yaş grubuFee information is not specified. - 14:00
Workshop
The History of Collage
9-13 YAŞFree - 14:30
Workshop
Ideas in the World of Entrepreneurship
Ages 18+Free
22April Wednesday
- 10:30
Performance
Happy Lines with Music
All agesFree - 10:30
Workshop
Cubetto the Cute Robot Visits the Museum
5-7 YAŞFree - 11:15
Performance
Müzikle Mutlu Çizgiler
Tüm yaş grubuFee information is not specified. - 12:00
Performance
Müzikle Mutlu Çizgiler
Tüm yaş grubuFee information is not specified. - 12:30
Workshop
New Ways of Seeing with Talat Alkan
High schoolFree - 13:30
Workshop
Hasbahçe Flowers: A Class with Adults
CancelledAges 16+Free - 14:30
Performance
My Tale of the Seven Hills
İlkokul OrtaokulFree - 15:30
Workshop
Artistic Existence with Ümit Gezgin
10-12 yaşFree
23April Thursday
- 11:00
Workshop
Thinking Like Sherlock
Ages 10-12Free - 11:30
Performance
Masallar Deryası ile Oyunbaz Şarkılar
Fee information is not specified. - 12:00
Talk / panel
Yusuf Gökhan Atalay Meets Children and Young People
Ages 10+Free - 13:30
Talk / panel
In Conversation with Aynur Ayaz on “Professions Through the Eyes of Animals”
Tüm yaş grubuFree - 13:30
Workshop
Seeds of Imagination and the Hero’s Journey
Ages 10-12Free - 14:30
Performance
Piyano Dinletisi ve Fransızca Solo Şarkı Performansı
Fee information is not specified.
24April Friday
- 11:00
Workshop
Thinking Like Sherlock
Ages 10-12Free - 12:30
Talk / panel
Fırçadan Kadraja Bir Renk Yolculuğu: Batuhan Tunçer ile "Devrim"
15+Fee information is not specified. - 13:30
Workshop
Seeds of Imagination and the Hero’s Journey
Ages 10-12Free - 13:45
Workshop
Digital Design with Children
All agesFree - 15:00
Workshop
Storytelling
16+ yaş grubuFree
25April Saturday
- 11:00
Workshop
Dot x Kandinsky: Picturing Music Workshop
3-6 yaşFree - 11:00
Workshop
Kısmet’s Movement
10 -12 YaşFree - 12:00
Workshop
Hero from a Cube
7-9 YaşFree - 13:00
Performance
Gitarla Şarkılar
Çocuk ve ebeveyn olacakFee information is not specified. - 13:00
Performance
Monstersing
Primary and middle schoolFree - 13:30
Workshop
The World, My Neighbourhood
Ages 7–9Free - 13:30
Performance
The Mysterious Orchestra of Happiness
KindergartenFree - 14:00
Performance
LODOS
6-15 yaşFree - 14:15
Performance
Fransızca Solo Şarkı Performansı
Tüm yaş grubuFee information is not specified. - 14:30
Talk / panel
Talk with Akın Ekici
AdultsFree
26April Sunday
27April Monday
28April Tuesday
- 10:00
Performance
Ulus Musevi Okulu
Fee information is not specified. - 10:30
Performance
7 Kıta 7 Ezgi
Fee information is not specified. - 11:00
Performance
My Friend Shakespeare
Tüm yaş grubuFree - 11:45
Performance
7 Kıta 7 Ezgi
Fee information is not specified. - 12:00
Workshop
Arcimboldo’nun Bahçesi
Tüm yaş grubuFee information is not specified. - 12:00
Performance
Açı Okulları Sahne Performansı
Fee information is not specified. - 13:30
Performance
Black to Light
Fee information is not specified. - 14:00
Workshop
Anti-Superhero
Her yaş grubuFree - 15:30
Performance
Yalnız Band Konseri
Fee information is not specified. - 16:00
Performance
Black to Light
Tüm yaş grubuFee information is not specified.
29April Wednesday
- 11:00
Workshop
Talat Alkan ile Yeni Görme Biçimleri
LiseFee information is not specified. - 11:00
Talk / panel
Zero Waste with the Green Ants – But How?
Ages 5-9Free - 11:00
Performance
Happiness in Silence
High schoolFree - 12:00
Performance
Tomurcuk Yıldızlar TSM Korosu
Genç (15-18 yaş) Genç (18+ yaş) YetişkinFee information is not specified. - 13:30
Talk / panel
Creative Industries Talk with Gazi Selçuk, Nurdan Likos and Özgür Zoral
Her Yaş GrubuFree - 14:30
Talk / panel
Of,Ah,Oh
Cancelled15-18 yaş grubuFee information is not specified.
30April Thursday
- 10:00
Talk / panel
Emre Aslanla Bilimin Öyküsü
Her Yaş GrubuFee information is not specified. - 11:00
Performance
Arayış
Her Yaş GrubuFee information is not specified. - 12:30
Performance
The Bird Game
Ortaokul (18 kişi olacaklar)Free - 13:30
Workshop
The Colours of Happiness
Age 5Free - 13:30
Performance
From Screaming to Happiness
All agesFree - 13:45
Performance
The Light Within the Darkness
All agesFree - 15:00
Talk / panel
In Conversation with Eda and Metin Özülkü
Tüm yaş grubuFree