Maryam Eisler Releases New Photographic Series, Exhibits at Linley Gallery
By Nazenin Ansari and Firouzeh Nabavi
Maryam Eisler, the Iranian-born arts patron and photographer, has released a new series of photographs which recently went on show at Linley, the London gallery established by David Linley,...
Marbella-Based Gallerist Sholeh Abghari Promotes Iranian Art in Spain
By Rawaa Talass
The art dealer Sholeh Abghari was born and raised in Tehran, and developed an interest in painting and collecting art from an early age.
She studied art history in Paris and art business...
Paris’s Asia Now Fair Shines Spotlight on Iranian Galleries, Pioneering Female Artists
By Nazanine Nouri
Iranian art galleries were in the spotlight at the Asia Now Art Fair last week. For its 7th edition, the fair devoted an entire section to Iran, bringing a selection of Iran’s...
‘Asia Now’ Fair in Paris Cancels Display of Paykan Art Car, Project Supporting Iran’s...
By Nazanine Nouri
The PaykanArtCar -- a Paykan automobile turned into an artwork by the Iranian artist Alireza Shojaian in support of Iran’s LGBTQ community -- was due to be exhibited at the Asia Now...
Marjane Satrapi Takes Up Painting, Exhibits Portraits at ‘Art Paris’ Fair
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born filmmaker and graphic novelist has taken up a new artistic discipline: painting.
A series of her canvases recently went on show at the Art Paris art fair, held in a sprawling...
Actor Nazanin Nour Collaborates with Hip Hop Artist Afta Hill in YouTube Film
By Fred Parvaneh
Nazanin Nour -- the Iranian-American actor, writer and voice-over artist -- has released a short film on YouTube this week titled “I Don’t See the Point,” directed by Kia Mozaffari, with a...
Shirin Neshat Presents Movie in Venice, Opens Photography Show in London
By Nazanine Nouri
Shirin Neshat -- who in 2009 won the Venice Film Festival’s Silver Lion best-director award for “Women Without Men” -- was back at this year’s festival for the premiere of a movie...
In London Exhibition, Artist Abbas Akhavan Recreates Syrian Ruins Targeted by ISIS
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born, Montreal-based artist Abbas Akhavan has just opened an exhibition at London’s Chisenhale Gallery in which he has replicated a colonnade from Palmyra, the ancient Syrian heritage site which was partially...
Afshin Naghouni: Art in the Age of Corona
By Nazenin Ansari
https://youtu.be/E5EZcASwaao
Afshin Naghouni’s new body of work “An Abstract Sense of Life” has just gone on show in London. It was painted during the period of lockdown when a deafening silence fell on...
Dubai’s Carbon 12 Gallery Founder Kourosh Nouri Prepares for Armory Show
By Rawaa Talass
More than a decade ago, the Iranian gallerist Kourosh Nouri made a bold move: He packed up his belongings and relocated from Vienna to Dubai to realize a singular dream.
He and his...
