INSIDE LONDON’S ‘EPIC IRAN’ SHOW: 5,000 Years of Beauty, Splendor and Might
By Tim Cornwell
How do you pack 5,000 years of Iranian art, architecture, archeology, culture, literature, religion, kingship, craftsmanship and contemporary art into the low-light, grey-walled temporary exhibition spaces of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum?
With...
British Museum Hosts Mural by Artist and Para-Athlete Mohammad Barrangi
By Tim Cornwell
The artist Mohammad Barrangi’s tiny apartment lies at the heart of London’s Bloomsbury: From a window, the Shard tower rises through the fog, a couple of miles away. We’re a stone’s throw...
British Museum Shows Iranian Artists Y.Z. Kami, Afsoon, Barbad Golshiri In Exhibition of Mideastern...
By Tim Cornwell
More than 20 works by leading Iranian artists have just gone on show at the British Museum as part of an exhibition celebrating its collection of modern and contemporary art from across...
Meet the Talent: Nine Iranian Artists Go on Show at London’s Parasol Unit
By Tim Cornwell
Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, a respected London exhibition space, celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. In a venue that usually ignores national labels, founder and director Ziba Ardalan has gone...
Empress Farah’s Pre-Revolution Curator Donna Stein Tells Tehran Museum Story in New Book
By Tim Cornwell
In May 1975, a group of prominent Iranians arrived in New York for a shopping spree with a difference. They included Dr. Karim Pasha Bahadori, the director of Empress Farah Diba’s private...
Portraying the Rich Kids of Tehran: Meet Javaad Alipoor, Rising Star of British Theater
By Tim Cornwell
On a recent visit to Iran, the British-Iranian playwright Javaad Alipoor found himself at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, looking at a work by the painter David Hockney. Hockney -- who...
Collected from LA to Azerbaijan, Artist Afshin Naghouni Discusses Nationalism, Nostalgia
By Tim Cornwell
Afshin Naghouni’s studio is tucked away underneath a railway arch in West London. Commuter trains drown out the conversation every few minutes, as they rattle and thunder overhead. The Grenfell Tower, an...
