Aga Khan Museum Hosts Dazzling Exhibition of Qajar Art
A fascinating exhibition has opened at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum showcasing a selection of masterpieces created under the Qajar dynasty between 1785 and 1925. Transforming Traditions: The Arts of 19th Century Iran brings together...
Painter Whose Artworks Were Destroyed Has Berlin Show
By Azadeh Karimi
Jaleh Pourhang-Ramezani was the first woman artist to paint a female nude in Iran. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, authorities destroyed many of her works, prompting Mrs. Pourhang-Ramezani to leave Iran. She...
Iranian Epic Shadow Play on Show in Beijing
Reuters: A shadow play that combines puppetry, art and digital animation to tell an ancient Persian tale has delighted theater lovers at Beijing's Tianqiao Performing Arts Center on Wednesday.
Titled "Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic", the show...
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...
London-Based Star Artist Afshin Naghouni Finds Inspiration in the Female Form
By Tara Biglari
As you turn the corner into a dark alleyway near the Ladbroke Grove underground station in West London, a lit space comes into sight. It’s the studio of Afshin Naghouni, a visual...
New York Prosecutors Return Ancient Persian Artifact Worth $1.2 Million to Iran
A twice-stolen ancient Persian artifact worth an estimated $1.2 million is back in Tehran’s national museum after a New York court ordered its return to Iran.
The limestone bas-relief of a Persian soldier with shield and...
Iranian Pioneer of Modernism Behjat Sadr Gets Show at London’s Mosaic Rooms
The first UK exhibition dedicated to one of Iran’s pioneer modernist painters opened this weekend at London’s Mosaic Rooms. The show brings together a selection of masterpieces never seen before in the UK.
Sadr played...
Ashkan Layegh Becomes First Iranian to Win Royal Academy of Music Scholarship
Ashkan Layegh, a 20-year-old musical prodigy, has won a full scholarship to study piano and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He is believed to be the first Iranian-born musician to...
British-Iranian R&B Artist Farrah Releases Hot Debut Track: Interview
By Natasha Phillips
British-Iranian singer Farrah Shekarchi-Khanghahi is making waves in the U.K. with her debut single, which offers a candid look at the music industry and her journey as an artist.
Going by the stage...
Iranian Theater Manager, Director Detained After Release of Play Teaser
Saeed Asadi, the manager of the City Theater of Tehran, and Maryam Kazemi, the director of a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” have been arrested by security agents after...
