Art Dubai Features Works by Monir Farmanfarmaian, Grigorian
By Rawaa Talass
Art Dubai — the Middle East’s leading art fair — held its 17th edition with more than 100 galleries taking part, and modern masters including Marcos Grigorian, Monir Farmanfarmaian and Parviz Tanavoli...
Cinema Rex Tragedy of 1978 is Recreated in London Exhibition by Mahmoud Bakhshi
By Kayhan Life Staff: On August 19, 1978, Cinema Rex, a crowded movie theater in the Iranian port city of Abadan was set on fire, leaving at least 377 people dead. The arson attack...
Artist Sheida Soleimani Exhibits in London, Depicts Intergenerational Trauma in Her Art
By Katy Shahandeh
Sheida Soleimani is an Iranian-American artist born in 1990 to parents who fled Iran in the mid-1980s for political reasons.
Her father was a member of a left-leaning pro-democracy group who, while still...
Iranian Regime Accuses Cannes Best Actress Award Winner Zar Amir-Ebrahimi of ‘Blasphemy’
By Ahmad Rafat
Iranian officials have accused the Iranian-born actress Zahra Amir-Ebrahimi -- who won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival recently for her role in “Holy Spider” -- and the movie’s...
Artist Minoo Emami To Burn Her Own Paintings In Solidarity With Iranian Women’s Struggle
By Firouzeh Nabavi
The Iranian-born artist Minoo Emami plans to destroy a number of her early paintings in a sacrificial burning on the campus of the University of Hartford on November 11th.
Motivated by the sacrifices ...
Photo London, Co-Founded by Iranian-Born Fariba Farshad, Opens
By Corrie Parsonson
The third annual Photo London fair opened earlier this week at Somerset House, a grand neoclassical building on the banks of the river Thames. The fair's co-founders are British-born Michael Benson and...
Shirin Neshat to Get Her First-Ever West Coast Retrospective at The Broad in LA
The first major West Coast retrospective of the Iranian-born artist Shirin Neshat opens in mid-October at The Broad in Los Angeles.
“Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again” will survey 25 years of Neshat’s...
‘Persepolis’ Book Art by Marjane Satrapi Sells For $665,000 in Sotheby’s Online Auction
By Nazanine Nouri
An online auction of 44 sheets of original book art from “Persepolis,” the bestselling graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, raised a total of 580,230 pounds ($665,000) at Sotheby’s, the auction house said.
All...
Empress Farah’s Private Art Collection Goes On Show in Paris at the Fiap Jean...
By Katayoun Shahandeh
For the next month, the private art collection of Empress Farah Pahlavi is on display in Paris at the Fiap Jean Monnet. The show, which ends May 24, features more than 70...
Artist Abbas Akhavan Opens His First Exhibition in Scotland, ‘Study For a Garden’
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born, Montreal-based visual artist Abbas Akhavan has recently opened an exhibition at Mount Stuart, a neo-Gothic mansion on the Isle of Bute in Scotland. “Study for a Garden” (which ends Oct....
