Norwegian Parliament President Masud Gharahkhani Supports Iran’s Democracy Movement
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran, was absent from the recent ceremony held in her honor in Oslo: Her Nobel Prize...
British Museum to Open Major Show on Luxury and Power In Persia and Greece
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The British Museum has announced the opening of a major exhibition in May titled “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece,” examining the complex relationship between luxury and power in ancient Iran, in...
Museum of Fine Arts Houston Opens Six New Galleries Endowed by Collector Hossein Afshar
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) has just opened six new permanent galleries in its Art of the Islamic Worlds wing endowed by the Iranian-born collector Hossein Afshar. They feature Iranian...
French-Iranian Artist Vanecha Roudbaraki to Exhibit Work At European Parliament Jan. 16
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The French-Iranian contemporary artist Vanecha Roudbaraki is opening an exhibition of her paintings at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France next week.
“This exhibition marks a big step in my personal life and...
A Persian Painter in Notting Hill: Mandana Khonsari Discusses Her Life and Art
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Steps away from the blue-fronted London bookstore made famous by the movie “Notting Hill” is a bakery-turned-art-gallery featuring paintings and etchings by the Iranian-born artist Mandana Khonsari.
Born and raised in Iran, Khonsari...
Iranian Artists Show Work in New “DC Unsettled” Exhibition in Washington
By Firouzeh Nabavi
“DC Unsettled” is the title of a new exhibition in Washington, D.C. organized by the Art4US artist cooperative. Artists and poets reflect on what DC means to them — through painting, photography,...
Portraits of Iranians in 2022: Alexandre Arminjon Opens Photography Show in Paris
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Alexandre Arminjon is a French-Swiss photographer based in Paris. He is also the co-founder of a shared darkroom that doubles as an exhibition space.
Ithaque, as the space is called, is now hosting...
Star Comedian Max Amini Interviews Reza Pahlavi, Gets Praise from Seinfeld
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The famous Iranian-American standup comedian, actor and producer, Max Amini, has been in the news recently after his candid, sit-down interview with Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s Crown Prince. “The Unseen Prince Documentary” was...
Hillary Clinton Joins Public Campaign Against Iran’s Presence on UN Commission
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined a group of Iranian-born activists and artists on Nov. 28 to demand that Iran be removed from the United Nations Commission on the...
