British-Iranian Fashion Designer Paria Farzaneh Brings Persian Panache to London Menswear
By Nazanine Nouri
The British-Iranian fashion designer Paria Farzaneh is a rising star of London menswear. Over the past few seasons, the 26-year-old has made a name for herself with eye-catching designs in which her...
First Known Portrait of An African in Persian Art Sells for $515,000 at Bonhams...
By Nazanine Nouri
The first known oil painting of an African figure in Persian art sold at the Bonhams auction house in London for 375,250 pounds ($515,000), more than double its top estimate, on March...
Art Dubai Features 50 Participating Galleries, Including Leila Heller, Third Line
By Rawaa Talass
Art Dubai opened earlier this week for its 14th iteration, after cancelling last year on account of the Coronavirus epidemic. Organizers moved the event from its usual location, the vast Madinat Jumeirah,...
Katty Biglari’s Paris Drawings Go On Show in DC, Get Washington Post Coverage
By Nazanine Nouri
Katty Biglari is an Iranian artist whose delicate new drawings of Paris have gone on show in Washington, D.C. -- and received coverage in the Washington Post.
Her exquisite views of the French...
PROFILE: Venice Festival Awardwinner Shahram Mokri Makes Film About Cinema Fire
By Nazanine Nouri
This year’s Venice Film Festival gave a prestigious award to the Iranian director Shahram Mokri: He won the best original screenplay award in the festival’s parallel ‘Orizzonti’ section for his latest film,...
My Damavand, 100 Paintings by Bijan Daneshmand
By Ahmad Rafat
Mount Damavand, a potentially active stratovolcano (5670 mt high), is the highest peak in Iran, the 12th most prominent peak in the world and the second most prominent in Asia after Mount...
Oscars Academy Invites Samira Makhmalbaf, Three Other Iranian-Born Talents to Join
By Nazanine Nouri and Kayhan Life Staff
Hollywood is honoring Iranian-born talent.
Four film-industry professionals have been invited to join the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- the panel that elects the winners...
Net-A-Porter Selects Sahar Asvandi, Designer of S. Joon Handbags, For Mentorship Program
By Nazanine Nouri
Sahar Asvandi is the British-Iranian designer behind the luxury handbag label S.Joon, and one of only four designers selected to participate in NET-A-PORTER’s Spring-Summer 2020 prestigious Vanguard program.
The global luxury e-commerce brand’s...
Monir Farmanfarmaian Work Sells For More than $200,000 In Online Bonhams Auction
By Nazanine Nouri
A work by the late artist Monir Farmanfarmaian sold online for 168,813 pounds ($213,000) in an auction of Middle Eastern art held by Bonhams last week.
“The Magnificent Sacred” -- a meter-wide nonagon...
Iranian Art Market Faces Challenging Times, Says Dubai-Based Gallerist Sunny Rahbar
By Rawaa Talass
Born in the United States to Iranian parents, the Dubai-based gallerist Sunny Rahbar co-founded her gallery, The Third Line, back in 2005, when the Emirati city was beginning to develop a contemporary-art...
