Berlin Cancels Tehran Museum Collections Show as Iran Withholds Loans
The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) is a treasure trove of masterpieces by pre-eminent artists – from Renoir, Van Gogh and Gauguin to Picasso, Warhol and Rothko. More than 60 paintings from the collection were...
Award-winning Photographer Reza Looks Back on a Prolific Career
Reza Deghati is one of the world's most famous photojournalists - so famous that he goes by his first name alone.
An awardwinning National Geographic photographer, he has for the past three decades captured countless...
Iranian Artists Swarm Paris with Group Show at Galerie Nicolas Flamel
By Katayoun Halajan
Iranian modern and contemporary art took center stage at Paris's Galerie Nicolas Flamel earlier this year, as the work of 15 artists went on show in an exhibition titled "Time Machine." The...
Artist Monir Farmanfarmaian Achieves Fame in Her Nineties, Stars in Documentary
By the time they reach middle age, most prominent artists will have had a big solo show in a major museum. For Monir Farmanfarmaian, the wait was infinitely longer.
Monir, who produces stunning mirror works...
Persepolis’s Lions and Bulls Star in an Exhibition in Northern Italy
By Ahmad Rafat
For the first time ever, archaeological treasures from the Museum of Persepolis and the National Museum of Iran travelled abroad earlier this year for an exhibition titled “Lions and Bulls from Ancient...
Celebrated Photojournalist Kaveh Golestan Lives On Thanks to His Photographer Wife
Hengameh Golestan was 18 when she met the man who would go on to become her husband – and one of the finest photo-journalists of the late 20th century. His name was Kaveh Golestan. He was 19.
Today, Kaveh is no...
Tehran Museum Shows Arab Art While Its Own Collections Travel to Berlin
In a historic move, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) is sending 60 exceptional works from its collections – including paintings by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Francis Bacon – to Berlin for an exhibition...
Artist Firouz FarmanFarmaian Talks About His Personal Mythologies and Their Multimedia Makeovers
The artist Firouz FarmanFarmaian was born in Tehran in 1973. He left Iran at the tender age of four, and has never been back. Yet his work is infused with nostalgia for a long...
Parastou Forouhar Reflects on Migrants’ Language, Makes Temporary Work of Art
The Iranian contemporary artist Parastou Forouhar has a tragic family history: In 1998, her parents Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar, who were political activists, were assassinated at their home in Tehran.
Forouhar recently filled a London gallery...
Pop Stars, Wrestlers and Poets: Artist Afsoon Celebrates Iranian Icons
The Iranian artist Afsoon produces exquisite prints and collages steeped in the culture, philosophy, poetry and contemporary history of Iran. Her works are held in many prestigious collections, including those of the British Museum...
