Friday, January 10, 2025

Culture

Actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi Channelled Own Experience of Iran in Thriller ‘Holy Spider’

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who fled her home country in 2008 in fear after a private video was leaked, says she channelled her own experience in the thriller...

Remembering Iradj Bagherzade: Celebrated Publisher, Founder of IB Tauris 

By Kayhan Life Staff Iradj Bagherzade, a leading international publisher of books on Middle East politics and history, passed away at his home in London on January 8. He was 80. Relatives, friends and peers gathered...

French-Iranian Artist Vanecha Roudbaraki to Exhibit Work At European Parliament Jan. 16

By Firouzeh Nabavi The French-Iranian contemporary artist Vanecha Roudbaraki is opening an exhibition of her paintings at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France next week. “This exhibition marks a big step in my personal life and...

British Museum to Open Major Show on Luxury and Power In Persia and Greece

By Firouzeh Nabavi The British Museum has announced the opening of a major exhibition in May titled “Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece,” examining the complex relationship between luxury and power in ancient Iran, in...

Iran’s Women-Led Revolution Inspires Italian Cartoonist Gianluca Costantini 

By Ahmad Rafat Gianluca Costantini is a renowned Italian cartoonist, artist, and comic journalist whose recent works have focused on the ongoing protests in Iran, sparked by the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old...
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Exhibition of Iranian Protest Art Opens in DC, Hosted by NUFDI

By Katty Biglari “Iran Rising,” an exhibition of Iranian protest art curated by an all-woman team of Iranian-American designers, artists and architects opened in Washington on Saturday Nov. 19, and will run through Nov. 22. The...

Portraits of Iranians in 2022: Alexandre Arminjon Opens Photography Show in Paris

By Firouzeh Nabavi Alexandre Arminjon is a French-Swiss photographer based in Paris. He is also the co-founder of a shared darkroom that doubles as an exhibition space. Ithaque, as the space is called, is now hosting...
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Kayhan Life Interviews Niyaz, the Iranian Musical Duo 

By Ahmad Rafat Niyaz is an Iranian musical duo created by the singer Azam Ali — formerly  part of the group VAS — and her husband Loga Ramin Torkian, from the Iranian crossover group Axiom...

‘Time for A Feminist Revolution in Iran,’ Says Artist Soheila Sokhanvari

By Nazanine Nouri      https://kayhanlife.com/culture/art/iranian-feminist-icons-to-star-in-barbican-show-by-soheila-sokhanvari/ The Iranian-born British artist Soheila Sokhanvari, whose exhibition of Iranian feminist icons at London’s Barbican is drawing critical acclaim and a large number of visitors, has called for a “feminist revolution’’...

‘Persepolis’ Book Art by Marjane Satrapi Sells For $665,000 in Sotheby’s Online Auction

By Nazanine Nouri An online auction of 44 sheets of original book art from “Persepolis,” the bestselling graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, raised a total of 580,230 pounds ($665,000) at Sotheby’s, the auction house said. All...