Sotheby’s to Sell Original Book Art From Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Persepolis’ in Online Auction
By Nazanine Nouri
Sotheby’s is holding an online auction of the original book art from “Persepolis,” the bestselling graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi.
As part of the online auction, to take place from Oct. 19 to...
Trump Election Inspires Artist Afruz Amighi As She Exhibits in London
By Corrie Parsonson
Afruz Amighi is renowned for her diaphanous and architectural shadow-based sculptures. Her work is now in a new exhibition, Shifting Landscapes, at London’s Sophia Contemporary Gallery.
Afruz Amighi is renowned for her diaphanous and architectural shadow-based sculptures. Her work is now in a new exhibition, Shifting Landscapes, at London’s Sophia Contemporary Gallery.
Photo London, Co-Founded by Iranian-Born Fariba Farshad, Opens
By Corrie Parsonson
The third annual Photo London fair opened earlier this week at Somerset House, a grand neoclassical building on the banks of the river Thames. The fair's co-founders are British-born Michael Benson and...
Female Tattooist, Instagramming Schoolgirls Star in London’s ‘Portraits of Iran’ Photo Show
By Tim Cornwell
An aspiring rap artist who is fascinated by American gang culture. An Afghan refugee, one of more than two million in the country, who is a passionate follower of footballer Lionel Messi....
Israeli Museum Celebrates Iranian Graphic Art
By Ahmad Rafat
An exhibition of contemporary Iranian poster art is currently on in a highly unexpected location: the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem. Ending on November 19, the exhibition is a...
Iranians Feature Prominently at This Year’s Photo London Fair
Photo London – the U.K. capital's first-ever international photography fair – has reason to cheer. It just completed its second edition, with 85 cutting-edge global galleries overtaking Somerset House in the second half of May. They...
Ai Weiwei’s Latest Exhibition Highlights Fate of Iranian Activists
By Tara Biglari
Iranian political activists, depicted in LEGO® blocks, are among the works by the outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei featured in his "Trace" exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington,...
Iranian Pioneer of Modernism Behjat Sadr Gets Show at London’s Mosaic Rooms
The first UK exhibition dedicated to one of Iran’s pioneer modernist painters opened this weekend at London’s Mosaic Rooms. The show brings together a selection of masterpieces never seen before in the UK.
Sadr played...
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...
Ali Banisadr Gets Major Solo Show at London’s Victoria Miro Gallery
By Nazanine Nouri
Ali Banisadr, an Iranian-born abstract artist whose works are rooted in his life and personal trajectory, is opening his first solo exhibition with the prominent London gallerist Victoria Miro on Oct. 11.
“Ali...
