SOLO EXHIBITION | TEMENOS: The Inland Sea, Zeyrek Çinili Hamam, Istanbul

Zeyrek Çinili Hamam presents Temenos: The Inland Sea , the first solo exhibition in Türkiye by Santa Fe–based artist Margaret R. Thompson, curated by Anlam de Coster. Composed of site-responsive works, the exhibition examines containment as a condition for transformation, bringing together never-before-seen paintings, works on fabric, sound, and scent conceived for the Byzantine cistern beneath the historic 16th-century hammam.

The work draws on the ancient Greek term temenos, which designates a sacred precinct set apart from ordinary life, a sanctuary offering protection and passage between human and divine realms. In psychological terms, the word also refers to an inner shelter: a contained space in which one may safely encounter the unconscious. Here, beneath the hammam, these meanings converge.