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,...
Star Designer India Mahdavi Releases Homeware Collection for H&M
By Nazanine Nouri
India Mahdavi — the French-Iranian architect and designer dubbed the “virtuoso of color” by the New Yorker Magazine — has launched a colorful collection of crafted ceramics and textiles in natural materials,...
Magic of Persia to Hold London Charity Auction Featuring Work by Marjane Satrapi, Peybak
By Nazanine Nouri
Magic of Persia, a nonprofit that promotes Iranian contemporary art and culture, is holding a live auction in London on June 28 where works by artists including Marjan Satrapi, Peybak, Reza Aramesh,...
Iranian-Born Actress Marjan Neshat Wins Top Award for New York Stage Performances
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born, American actress Marjan Neshat has won the Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Award for her performances in Sylvia Khoury’s “Selling Kabul” and Sanaz Toossi’s “English.”
“Selling Kabul” —performed at Playwrights Horizons in New...
Artist Abbas Akhavan Opens His First Exhibition in Scotland, ‘Study For a Garden’
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born, Montreal-based visual artist Abbas Akhavan has recently opened an exhibition at Mount Stuart, a neo-Gothic mansion on the Isle of Bute in Scotland. “Study for a Garden” (which ends Oct....
Major Exhibition on Ancient Iran and the Classical World Opens at Getty Museum
By Nazanine Nouri
The first major U.S. exhibition to highlight the relationship between the Classical world and Ancient Iran recently opened at the Getty Villa Museum in Los Angeles.
The exhibition, titled “Persia: Ancient Iran and...
Author Nazila Fathi, Ex-New York Times Reporter, Releases Children’s Book
By Nazanine Nouri
Nazila Fathi is an Iranian-American author and a former New York Times reporter in Tehran.
Fathi emigrated to Canada and later the U.S. after the 2009 Iranian elections, in which a wave of...
Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli To Be Spacecraft Commander of 2023 NASA SpaceX Mission
By Nazanine Nouri
On March 24, NASA and the European Space Agency announced the selection of two astronauts to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station: NASA’s Jasmin Moghbeli as the...
Iranians Celebrate Nowruz, Mark the Start of the Year 1401 With Worldwide Festivities
By Nazanine Nouri
More than 300 million people around the world are celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in festivities, gatherings and celebrations all over the world this month. Nowruz celebrates the return of spring...
Jewish-Iranian Industrialist Habib Elghanian Is Remembered in Granddaughter’s Book: Interview
By Nazanine Nouri
Habib Elghanian was one of the most prominent industrialists in pre-revolutionary Iran. From modest beginnings, he worked his way up to running a business empire in plastics, mining, real estate, construction, and...