Championing Iranian Art in London: Interview with Rose Issa
By Tara Biglari
Rose Issa is a renowned curator, writer and producer who, over the last three decades, has helped introduce Middle Eastern art on the London scene. Artists she has championed include Farhad Moshiri...
Tehranchian Becomes First Female Singer to Record Rabbana Prayer
Leila Tehranchian is the first female singer ever to have released a recording of the Rabbana prayer pronounced during the holy month of Ramadan.
Ms. Tehranchian’s version of the Rabbana prayer is, however, only available...
Working with Tupac: Interview with Music Video Producer-Director Rahimi
By: Fred Parvaneh
As a lifelong lover of music, Gobi M. Rahimi is a prolific music video producer and director who has worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Snoop...
Vigen, Iran’s ‘Sultan of Pop’: Profile
Vigen was Iran’s first male pop star. He was known as “the Sultan of pop,” and one of the first entertainers in the country to perform with a guitar in the 1950s and 1960s.
He...
LGBT Rights Must Be Defended, Says Abjeez Pop Band Co-Founder
By Mani Tehrani
Every year, May 17 marks the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. It aims to raise worldwide awareness of LGBT rights (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender). While most Western countries recognize the...
Musician Erwin Khachikian Plays for 80,000, Features on ‘The Tonight Show’
By Fred Parvaneh
American-Iranian musician, singer and producer Erwin Khachikian was born in Tehran to an Armenian family in 1973. Music has been an integral part of his life since early childhood.
His father was the...
Palazzo in Italy Hosts Show of Art by Iranian Women
By Tara Biglari
The Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, Italy – an extraordinary group of buildings dating from the 14th to the 17th centuries — recently hosted an exhibition by five female Iranian artists: Parvaneh Etemadi,...
“Persian Picasso” Bahman Mohasses to Get London Exhibition This Year
In September of this year, London will host an exhibition of previously unseen works by the late painter Bahman Mohasses (1931-2010), known as “the Persian Picasso.”
Mohasses is one of the most expensive Iranian artists...
Artist Yari Ostovany Exhibits in LA, Explores Art of East and West
By Fred Parvaneh
Yari Ostovany is an Iranian-American abstract artist who moved from Iran to the U.S. at the age of 16. His works have been exhibited extensively in the U.S. and internationally, and are...
LACMA Exhibition Explores Present-Day Iranian Society
By Fred Parvaneh
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) recently opened an exhibition titled “In the Fields of Empty Day: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art,” ending September 9.
The exhibition...
