Six Iranian Women Photographers Star in Washington Exhibition
By Nazanine Nouri
Forty years after the Revolution that dramatically altered the role of women in Iranian society, “My Iran: Six Women Photographers,” a new exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, presents the work...
‘Persian Dolls’: Aida Asgharzadeh’s Play on Iranian Revolution Opens in Paris This Month
By Nazanine Nouri
Later this month, a critically acclaimed play titled “Les Poupées Persanes” (“The Persian Dolls”) is opening at the Théâtre des Béliers in Paris after two successful seasons at the prestigious Festival Avignon...
Iranian Master Sculptor Siah Armajani to Exhibit at Met Breuer in February
The first comprehensive retrospective in the United States devoted to the work of the Iranian-born American sculptor Siah Armajani is currently on at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Organized with New York’s...
Sotheby’s to Sell Original Book Art From Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Persepolis’ in Online Auction
By Nazanine Nouri
Sotheby’s is holding an online auction of the original book art from “Persepolis,” the bestselling graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi.
As part of the online auction, to take place from Oct. 19 to...
Tehran Museum to Put on Major Show of Works by Warhol, Rothko, Duchamp
A major exhibition is due to open in February at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA). Organized by Dutch architect and curator Mattijs Visser, "Portrait, Still Life, Landscape" comes after the unsuccessful attempt...
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....
Works by Tanavoli, Mohassess Go on Show At Dubai’s Meem Gallery
By Rawaa Talass
In Iran, they say it is a sign of eternal friendship when bread and salt are shared among people. This old and cordial tradition is currently being revived in a cultural collaboration...
Shahrzad Ghaffari Becomes First Artist to Make Work for London’s Leighton House Museum
By Rawaa Talass
Sometime in 2022, the Iranian artist Shahrzad Ghaffari will become the first contemporary artist to produce work for the interiors of the Leighton House Museum, the former London home and atelier of...
Precious Qajar Treasures Go on Show in Zurich Museum
When a Swiss merchant from St. Gallen by the name of Emil Alpiger returned to Zurich in 1896 after more than 20 years in Persia, his luggage included a wooden trunk full of Persian...
Portrayals of Women by San Francisco-Based Artist Farnaz Zabetian
By Mani Tehrani
In the modern world, gender discussions are focused predominantly on women’s rights, no doubt because of the centuries of discrimination that women have endured. As a result, many artists representing women focus...
