Iranian Art Market Faces Challenging Times, Says Dubai-Based Gallerist Sunny Rahbar
By Rawaa Talass
Born in the United States to Iranian parents, the Dubai-based gallerist Sunny Rahbar co-founded her gallery, The Third Line, back in 2005, when the Emirati city was beginning to develop a contemporary-art...
At Venice Biennale, Iranian-Born Haghighian Represents Germany
Natascha Sadr Haghighian was born in Tehran in 1967, and is representing Germany at this year’s Venice Biennale — only not under her own name. Her installation can be viewed at the German Pavilion...
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,...
Venice Turns Persian (Almost) With Multiple Shows of Iranian Art
By Tim Cornwell
Steps away from the glistening Grand Canal is a corner of Venice that has turned Iranian this summer.
In the 17th-century palace that is the city’s music school, where grand courtyards with Roman...
At Frieze LA, Artist Amir H. Fallah to Unveil Neon Billboard Inspired by Iran...
By Firouzeh Nabavi
A new artwork by the Iranian-born, Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Amir H. Fallah is set to be unveiled on the first day of the Frieze LA art fair on Feb. 17. The...
Getting Iranian-Americans to Collect Art: A Talk With AdvocArtsy’s Roshi Rahnama
By Fred Parvaneh
Roshi Rahnama is a California-based ex-attorney and art collector. She is also the founder of a key series of events: the AdvocArtsy exhibitions, which have been instrumental in showcasing the work of artists of Iranian descent.
Roshi Rahnama is a California-based ex-attorney and art collector. She is also the founder of a key series of events: the AdvocArtsy exhibitions, which have been instrumental in showcasing the work of artists of Iranian descent.
Las Vegas Hosts Persian Poet Saadi in Installation by Iranian Artist Nanda Sharif-pour
By Nazanine Nouri
As the Covid-19 pandemic pushes the United States and much of the rest of the world into lockdown, a public art installation in Las Vegas by the Iranian-American artist and refugee Nanda...
Berlin Cancels Tehran Museum Collections Show as Iran Withholds Loans
The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) is a treasure trove of masterpieces by pre-eminent artists – from Renoir, Van Gogh and Gauguin to Picasso, Warhol and Rothko. More than 60 paintings from the collection were...
Exhibition on Iranian Women’s Protests Opens at Jerusalem Islamic Art Museum
By Ahmad Rafat
Some 52 works by contemporary Iranian artists, active in Iran and abroad, are on show in an exhibition titled “Five-Woman, Life, Freedom” at the Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem through April...
Dubai’s Carbon 12 Gallery Founder Kourosh Nouri Prepares for Armory Show
By Rawaa Talass
More than a decade ago, the Iranian gallerist Kourosh Nouri made a bold move: He packed up his belongings and relocated from Vienna to Dubai to realize a singular dream.
He and his...
