Friday, January 10, 2025

Who is Mohammad Rasoulof, Winner of the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear Award?

By Nazanine Nouri The 70th Berlin International Film Festival this year gave its top award -- the Golden Bear -- to the awardwinning Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof for his new movie “There Is No Evil.” Rasoulof...

U.K.’s Jack Straw Confronted by Kayhan Life’s Nazenin Ansari In Panel Discussion on Iran

By Nazanine Nouri What’s next for Iran? That was the title of a panel discussion in London with the U.K.’s former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and two Iranian-born speakers: Sanam Vakil, deputy director of the Middle...
Bijan Saffari

Bijan Saffari, Shiraz Festival’s Former Artistic Director, Remembered in Paris Exhibition

By Nazanine Nouri An exhibition in memory of the late Iranian avant-garde artist, architect and artistic director Bijan Saffari -- who passed away on April 29, 2019 -- was held earlier this month at the...
Shirin Neshat

Shirin Neshat Draws Big Crowds, Key Art-World Figures to Her London Exhibition Opening

By Nazanine Nouri Shirin Neshat opened her first London solo exhibition in two decades at the newly inaugurated Goodman Gallery on Feb. 20. The gallery, which is spread across two levels and located in London's Mayfair...

Painter Katty Biglari Shows in Bethesda, Sells Work at Magic of Persia L.A. Auction...

By Nazanine Nouri The Iranian-born abstract painter Katty Biglari is showing new work in a group exhibition this month at Gallery B in Bethesda, Maryland. One of her artworks was also recently sold in an...

British Museum Hosts Talk With Iranian Artist and Curator Fereydoun Ave

By Nazanine Nouri The British Museum recently hosted an afternoon of discussions and screenings focusing on the prominent Iranian artist, curator and collector Fereydoun Ave, who was the key speaker at the event. Introducing the...

Contemporary Iranian Photography in the Spotlight At Berlin’s Pergamonmuseum

By Nazanine Nouri Shadi Ghadirian is one of four Iranian photographers featured in a major exhibition at Berlin's Pergamonmuseum, one of the city's main attractions. The works by Ghadirian, Arman Stepanian, Najaf Shokri, and Taraneh Hemami...

Googoosh Pays Tribute to Dead Iranian Protesters In Sold-Out Paris Mega-Concert

By Nazanine Nouri Googoosh took Paris by storm with a sold-out concert at the 3,700-seat Palais des Congrès on December 20, bringing audiences to their feet in a performance that drew laughter and tears and...

Uber CEO Khosrowshahi Defends Company After 3,000 Sexual Assaults Reported in U.S. Last Year

By Nazanine Nouri Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is in the hot seat after his company disclosed in a long-awaited safety study earlier this month that 3,000 sexual assaults had been reported on its U.S. rides...

Shirin Neshat Exhibition of Photography, Video Opens At Paris’s Association Azzedine Alaia

By Nazanine Nouri Two years after the unveiling of her movie “Looking for Oum Kulthum” at the 2017 Venice Film Festival, Shirin Neshat is exhibiting related artworks in France at the Association Azzedine Alaïa in...