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...
Sotheby’s Hosts Mideastern Art Show Inspired by Kahlil Gibran
By Tara Biglari
Earlier this month, crowds of attendees, young and old, gathered at the plush premises of Sotheby’s London to view the works of 38 acclaimed Middle Eastern contemporary artists.
The weeklong exhibition, titled ‘Kahlil...
Representing Iranian Identity: Artist Fatemeh Takht Keshian Exhibits in Manchester Library
By Tara Biglari
Fatemeh Takht Keshian is an Iranian-born artist living in the U.K. Her latest series is currently on display at the Alexandria Library in Manchester, the U.K.
Takht Keshian's work aims to shed light...
Artist Abbas Akhavan Creates Work for Toronto Power Plant
A site-specific installation by the Iranian-born, Toronto-based artist Abbas Akhavan has opened at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery — a former industrial facility — in Toronto. It will be on view until September...
Tehran-Based Architect Alireza Taghaboni Wins Royal Academy Architecture Award
The Tehran-based architect Alireza Taghaboni has just been named as the winner of the Royal Academy Dorfman Award for architecture, given out for the first time this year by the U.K.’s Royal Academy of...
Championing Iranian Art in London: Interview with Rose Issa
By Tara Biglari
Rose Issa is a renowned curator, writer and producer who, over the last three decades, has helped introduce Middle Eastern art on the London scene. Artists she has championed include Farhad Moshiri...
Palazzo in Italy Hosts Show of Art by Iranian Women
By Tara Biglari
The Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, Italy – an extraordinary group of buildings dating from the 14th to the 17th centuries — recently hosted an exhibition by five female Iranian artists: Parvaneh Etemadi,...
“Persian Picasso” Bahman Mohasses to Get London Exhibition This Year
In September of this year, London will host an exhibition of previously unseen works by the late painter Bahman Mohasses (1931-2010), known as “the Persian Picasso.”
Mohasses is one of the most expensive Iranian artists...
Artist Yari Ostovany Exhibits in LA, Explores Art of East and West
By Fred Parvaneh
Yari Ostovany is an Iranian-American abstract artist who moved from Iran to the U.S. at the age of 16. His works have been exhibited extensively in the U.S. and internationally, and are...
LACMA Exhibition Explores Present-Day Iranian Society
By Fred Parvaneh
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) recently opened an exhibition titled “In the Fields of Empty Day: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art,” ending September 9.
The exhibition...
