France’s Top Photo Festival Spotlights Kiarostami, Shadi Ghadirian
Iranians are in the spotlight this year at France's foremost photography festival, the Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles. Held in the heart of Provence – in the city Vincent van Gogh once called home...
Art and Lingerie: Award-winning Azita Moradkhani Discusses Her ‘Victorious Secrets’
By Tara Biglari
Azita Moradkhani is an Iranian-born artist whose work draws inspiration from the great art of the past. She recently won the Young Masters Art Prize – awarded by the London-based Cynthia Corbett...
Iranian Sculptor Ramin Shirdel Gets Solo Show in London
By Tara Biglari
Ramin Shirdel is an Iranian-born architect-turned-sculptor who lives and works in Tehran. Born in 1981, the artist has shown in galleries across the world, and his unique take on sculpting has won...
Israeli Museum Celebrates Iranian Graphic Art
By Ahmad Rafat
An exhibition of contemporary Iranian poster art is currently on in a highly unexpected location: the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem. Ending on November 19, the exhibition is a...
From the Caspian Sea to Connecticut: Interview with Artist Sheyda Ardalan
By Fred Parvaneh
Sheyda Ardalan – art professor, painter, sculptor and lover of nature – has just opened a solo painting exhibition at New York's Prince Street Gallery.
The show, which ends July 8th and is...
Ancient Persian Wine Jugs Discovered In Markazi Province
Two ancient wine jugs from the Sassanid Empire (224 A.D. to 651 A.D.) have been discovered in the city of Ashtian, in Iran’s central Markazi province. This significant find is a valuable addition to...
LACMA Hosts Mideast Collecting Panel with Sotheby’s Roxane Zand
By Fred Parvaneh
Who are the art collectors and patrons of the present-day Middle East? That was the theme of a panel discussion held last week at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),...
Iran at the Venice Biennale (Part II): Shirin Neshat’s New Portraits
The Iranian-born visual artist Shirin Neshat is very much in the spotlight at this year's Venice Biennale – the world's oldest and most extensive international art fair. She has an exhibition on at the Museo...
Iran at the Venice Biennale: A Visit to the Iranian Pavilion
By Ahmad Rafat
Iran is among the 85 countries taking part this year in the Venice Biennale, the world's largest and oldest art fair. The 57th Biennale opened on May 13 and runs through November...
Targeting ISIS in Her Art: Morehshin Allahyari Shows in London
The Iranian-American artist Morehshin Allahyari won herself an important accolade last year: she was voted one of the 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2016 by Foreign Policy magazine. Allahyari was recognized for “saving heritage...
