Venice Turns Persian (Almost) With Multiple Shows of Iranian Art
By Tim Cornwell
Steps away from the glistening Grand Canal is a corner of Venice that has turned Iranian this summer.
In the 17th-century palace that is the city’s music school, where grand courtyards with Roman...
Golshifteh Farahani, Empress Farah Portrayed In Roshanak Aminelahi’s Art Show
By Rawaa Talass
"Faces of Resilience" is the title of an exhibition at Dubai’s Ayyam Gallery in which the artist Roshanak Aminelahi pays homage to notable women in history and contemporary culture, such as Empress...
Searching For a Nomadic Identity: Interview with Artist Firouz Farmanfarmaian
By Tara Biglari
In his latest series “Permanence of Trace,” the Iranian-born artist Firouz Farmanfarmaian dives deep into his memories to search for his identity.
A child of the 1979 Islamic revolution, Firouz moved to Morocco...
Artist Sheida Soleimani Exhibits in London, Depicts Intergenerational Trauma in Her Art
By Katy Shahandeh
Sheida Soleimani is an Iranian-American artist born in 1990 to parents who fled Iran in the mid-1980s for political reasons.
Her father was a member of a left-leaning pro-democracy group who, while still...
Iranian Theater Manager, Director Detained After Release of Play Teaser
Saeed Asadi, the manager of the City Theater of Tehran, and Maryam Kazemi, the director of a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” have been arrested by security agents after...
Life in a 3-D Harem: Interview with Artist Marjan Moghaddam
By Farid Khalifi
The word 'harem' refers to domestic quarters reserved for women in a Muslim family that are inaccessible to adult males except close relatives. The idea of secluding women, however, predates Islam, and...
Pioneering Film Poster Artist Qazi Falls on Hard Times
Manouchehr Qazizadeh, fondly known as “Qazi," was one of Iran’s leading film poster artists before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Now destitute, he is forced to sell his oil paintings in the streets of Tehran,...
Whirling Dervishes: An Interview with Painter Irandoust Moghadam
By Ahmad Rafat
The Iranian artist Hossein Irandoust Moghadam was born in 1978 in Iran to an Iranian mother and a Chinese-Iranian father. He was recently in London for an exhibition at London's Gallery 8,...
Top-Selling Artist Ali Banisadr, Who Grew Up During Iran-Iraq War, Gets Show at Ropac...
By Nazanine Nouri
An exhibition of new works by the New York-based artist Ali Banisadr has opened at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris, the artist’s sixth show with the gallery. “Ordered Disorders” reflects on the...
Iranian Artists Swarm Paris with Group Show at Galerie Nicolas Flamel
By Katayoun Halajan
Iranian modern and contemporary art took center stage at Paris's Galerie Nicolas Flamel earlier this year, as the work of 15 artists went on show in an exhibition titled "Time Machine." The...
