Qajar Exhibition to Open at Louvre Museum Branch in Northern France
The first major exhibition dedicated to the magnificent art of the Qajar dynasty – which ruled Iran from 1786 to 1925 – will open at the Louvre Museum's branch in Lens, northern France, on...
Monir Farmanfarmaian, Y.Z. Kami Star in London Sufism Exhibition
By Tara Biglari
Monir Farmanfarmaian and Y.Z. Kami are two of the world's most prominent Iranian-born artists. Their works were recently on show in a London exhibition celebrating the 700th anniversary of The Garden of...
New Showcase for Iranian Art, CAMA Gallery, Launches in London
By T. Zareenkoub
A new gallery showcasing the art of Iran and the Middle East had its launch in London recently. The CAMA (Contemporary and Modern Art) Gallery aims to promote artists from those parts...
Ferrari Celebrates 70th Birthday in London Exhibition
By Ahmad Rafat
Ferrari, arguably the most exotic car ever built, celebrates its 70th birthday in a special exhibition entitled “Ferrari: Under the Skin” at London’s Design Museum.
The exhibition, which ends on April 15, features...
Artist Shadi Yousefian Inaugurates New L.A. Art Space Run by AdvocArtsy
By Fred Parvaneh
A new 1,800-square-foot (167m²) art space has just opened in the heart of downtown Los Angeles’s fashion district, minutes from the Institute of Contemporary Art and surrounding galleries.
It’s called The Space by...
Tate Modern Shows Iranian Photography Since the Revolution
By Ahmad Rafat
A new exhibition at Tate Modern showcases a vast collection of images by prominent Iranian photographers who documented the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the subsequent Iran-Iraq War.
“Iranian Photobooks: From Revolution To War”...
Spanish-Iranian Photographer Wins National Portrait Gallery Award
Photo portraits of migrants shortly after being plucked from the Mediterranean Sea on board their rescue ship Iuventa.
By Tara Biglari
The Spanish-Iranian photojournalist César Dezfuli is this year's winner of the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic...
Iranian-Born Artist Baghramian Gets Major Show at Walker Art Center
Nairy Baghramian – an Iranian-Armenian sculptor who relocated to Germany in her teens – has just opened her first international museum exhibition at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
Born in Esfahan in 1971, Baghramian...
Whirling Dervishes: An Interview with Painter Irandoust Moghadam
By Ahmad Rafat
The Iranian artist Hossein Irandoust Moghadam was born in 1978 in Iran to an Iranian mother and a Chinese-Iranian father. He was recently in London for an exhibition at London's Gallery 8,...
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...
