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Empress Farah Pahlavi Is Focus of New Book By France’s Frédéric Mitterrand

By Firouzeh Nabavi “Farah” is the title of the last book ever published by Frédéric Mitterrand, a onetime Culture Minister of France and a nephew of President François Mitterrand, who passed away on March 21....

At Sotheby’s, Two Paintings by ‘Persian Picasso’ Bahman Mohasses Sell For Six Figures

By Nazanine Nouri A painting by Bahman Mohasses, the prominent Iranian artist known as the ‘Persian Picasso,’ sold for 304,800 pounds ($380,000) in the bi-annual Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Middle East sale, which was held...

Empress Farah’s Private Art Collection Goes On Show in Paris at the Fiap Jean...

By Katayoun Shahandeh For the next month, the private art collection of Empress Farah Pahlavi is on display in Paris at the Fiap Jean Monnet. The show, which ends May 24, features more than 70...

Marjane Satrapi Is Elected to France’s Académie des Beaux Arts, 50 Years After Empress...

By Nazanine Nouri Marjane Satrapi, the award-winning French-Iranian graphic novelist and filmmaker, has been elected to France’s prestigious Académie des Beaux-arts – or Fine Arts Academy. Satrapi is the second Iranian-born personality to be elected to...

Paris-Based Artist Hanieh Delecroix Highlights Plight of Iranian Women

By Katayoun Shahandeh Hanieh Delecroix is an Iranian-born artist living in Paris who left Iran after the Revolution and whose recent work, dedicated to the plight of Iranian women, went on display at the Salon...

‘Revolution on Canvas’: Nicky Nodjoumi Movie Has European Premiere in London

By Firouzeh Nabavi In 1980, a year after the Islamic Revolution, an exhibition of works by the painter Nicky Nodjoumi at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art was vandalized and shut down because of its...
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Art Dubai Features Works by Monir Farmanfarmaian, Grigorian

By Rawaa Talass Art Dubai — the Middle East’s leading art fair — held its 17th edition with more than 100 galleries taking part, and modern masters including Marcos Grigorian, Monir Farmanfarmaian and Parviz Tanavoli...

Artist Pouran Jinchi Opens Dubai Exhibition Inspired by Themes of Migration

By Rawaa Talass The Iranian artist Pouran Jinchi -- who lives and works in the Portuguese city of Porto -- has a new show in Dubai in which she tackles themes of migration and climate...

Isabella Nefar Discusses Role in Upcoming ˋReading Lolita’ Movie, Alongside Farahani

By Katayoun Shahandeh Isabella Nefar is an Iranian-Italian actor who spent her formative years in Iran before studying in Italy and later at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). She recently finished...

Golshifteh Farahani, Empress Farah Portrayed In Roshanak Aminelahi’s Art Show

By Rawaa Talass "Faces of Resilience" is the title of an exhibition at  Dubai’s Ayyam Gallery in which the artist Roshanak Aminelahi pays homage to notable women in history and contemporary culture, such as Empress...