Art
Independent writing on sculpture, painting, artists, art history, literature and the freedom of expression.
Explore the stories
Independent writing on nature, culture, travel and freedom.
Sculpture and Renaissance Ideals
Two sculptural reflections on hope, reason and the search for knowledge.
Art History: Following the Star
Symbolism, nature and faith in a visual narrative.
Painters and Their Works
Artistic lives, the paintings they leave behind and their cultural contexts.
Oil Painting: Seeing Beyond the Surface
Composition, light, colour, brushwork and symbols.
Rembrandt: Painter of Light and Shadow
A look at the life and art of Rembrandt.
The Silence of Looking at a Painting
A reflection on the difference between seeing and truly looking.
The Invisible Geography of Music
How sound travels across time, memory and borders.
Literature at Patika
Novels, stories, poems and the writers who shaped them.
Patika’s English edition is growing. Where a full translation is not yet available, the link opens the original Turkish article, clearly marked above.