Harvard Art Museums Appoints Mitra Abbaspour Head of Modern and Contemporary Art
By Nazanine Nouri
The Harvard Art Museums have appointed Mitra Abbaspour as their new curator of modern and contemporary art, as well as the head of the department. Abbaspour was previously a curator at the...
Iranian Artists to Show at Paris’s Menart Fair in September; India Mahdavi to Pick...
By Nazanine Nouri
The works of 12 renowned contemporary Iranian artists will be presented in Paris in September at the Menart Fair, which is dedicated to art and design from the Middle East and North...
Two Iranian Directors Win Prizes at Karlovy Vary Festival in Czech Republic
By Ahmad Rafat
Two Iranian directors have won prizes at the prestigious Karlovy Vary International Film Festival held in the Czech Republic.
The Best Director award was given to the movie "Fremont,” directed by Babak Jalali....
Iranian Artist Khosrow Hassanzadeh Dies At 60; Alcohol Poisoning Blamed For Death
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian artist Khosrow Hassanzadeh has died in a hospital in Tehran aged 60. According to media reports, the cause of death was alcohol poisoning, contracted after consuming a bootleg drink.
The artist...
British Museum Show Puts Ancient Persia, Achaemenids in the Spotlight
By Nazanine Nouri
“Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece” -- a new exhibition at the British Museum examining the complex relationship between luxury and power in ancient Iran, in Athens, and during the reign of...
Yazd’s 15th-Century Mosque, A World Heritage Site, May Be In Disrepair
By Kayhan Life Staff
Tiles covering 30 square meters of the dome of the 15th century Amir Chakhmaq Mosque (Dahouk Mosque) in Yazd, the capital of the central Yazd province, have fallen off, according to...
Pulitzer Prize for Drama Goes To Iranian-American Playwright Sanaz Toossi For ‘English’
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-American playwright Sanaz Toossi has won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama – one of the most prestigious awards in the U.S. -- for her play “English,” her first-ever production.
It’s the...
Milan Photo Exhibition Reveals Lives of Women in Iran
By Federico Maccioni
MILAN, May 23 (Reuters) - A photograph of a woman, wearing a white chador with an ornate pattern and standing in front of a hanging Persian rug, is perhaps the most striking image of...
‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ Movie, With Farahani, Gets Cannes Festival Showcase
By Firouzeh Nabavi
Iranian talents are in the spotlight at the Cannes Film Festival, the glamorous 11-day event that opened this week on the French Riviera and runs through May 27. The movie adaptation of...
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...
