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...
Israeli Museum Celebrates Iranian Graphic Art
By Ahmad Rafat
An exhibition of contemporary Iranian poster art is currently on in a highly unexpected location: the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem. Ending on November 19, the exhibition is a...
Close-Up in London: Remembering Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami, the world-famous Iranian film director who passed away on July 4 in Paris, is being remembered in lectures, conferences and film screenings all around the world. One such event was an in memoriam...
Antonio Banderas Co-Stars With Golshifteh Farahani, Discovers Prehistoric Site
By Ahmad Rafat
Cinemas all over Spain this year have been showing a new movie called Altamira, with Antonio Banderas in the title role. Mr. Banderas, one of the best-known faces in world cinema, plays Marcelino Sanz...
Shirin Neshat, Actor Abbas Bakhtiari Star in Shakespeare’s Tempest
William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He is the author of a tragicomedy called The Tempest, which is believed to have been inspired by real-life accounts and...
Farhad Moshiri: Iran’s Own Pop Artist
In March 2008, an Iranian by the name of Farhad Moshiri made international headlines. At a Bonhams sale in Dubai, Mr. Moshiri became the first Middle Eastern artist to have a contemporary work auctioned...
Award-Winning Author Nina Ansary Praises Iran’s Defiant Women
Nina Ansary was 12 when she left Iran with her family at the onset of the 1978-79 Revolution. She has lived in the U.S. ever since. Her book, Jewels of Allah – inspired by her...
Sussan Deyhim Recalls Collaboration with U2, Celebrates Forough Farrokhzad
Sussan Deyhim was sitting at home in Los Angeles early one morning when she noticed an unexpected piece of correspondence in her electronic mailbox. It was the summer of 2009, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had...
Iranians Feature Prominently at This Year’s Photo London Fair
Photo London – the U.K. capital's first-ever international photography fair – has reason to cheer. It just completed its second edition, with 85 cutting-edge global galleries overtaking Somerset House in the second half of May. They...
