Monday, May 6, 2024

Gagosian Gallery Gives Artist Y.Z. Kami His First Paris Solo Show

The first solo exhibition in Paris by the Iranian-born, New-York-based artist Y.Z. Kami opens on March 16th at the Gagosian gallery there. The exhibition, titled "Geometry of Light," runs through May 5. Kami is perhaps...

Dzhangal: An Exhibition Not to Forget the Errant Refugees

By Ahmad Rafat
Gideon Mendel chose Dzhangal and not jungle, its English translation, as the name for his recent exhibition in London on the state of refugees, who for years, lived on the outskirts of the port of Calais, France, with the hope of crossing to Britain.

Abbas Zahedi Wins Frieze Artist Award; Will Unveil New Work at Frieze Art Fair...

By Nazanine Nouri Abbas Zahedi, a London-born installation artist of Iranian descent, has won the 2022 Frieze Artist Award -- part of a program of special projects and partnerships established by the Frieze Art Fair,...

Aga Khan Museum Showcases Art of Post-Revolution Iran: Kiarostami, Aliabadi, Tanavoli

The art of post-revolutionary Iran is taking center stage at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto in an exhibition opening February 4 and curated by Dr. Fereshteh Daftari. All works are from the collection of the British-Iranian financier and collector Mohammed Afkhami. "Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians” features

Iranian Engineer Turned Painter Kamrouz Honarfar Puts on Berlin Exhibition

Many people dread retirement because it disrupts the work-life routine that they had maintained for years. Not so for Kamrouz Honarfar, a retired Iranian engineer, who has seamlessly swapped his toolbox for a painting...