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Friday, 22 November 2024

Iranian artist redefines calligraphy through tradition and innovation

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 An Interview   Korosh Ghazimorad’s work embodies a unique synergy of historical reverence and innovative spirit  Korosh Ghazimorad, ‘Breath...
Thursday, 7 November 2024

Ali Banisadr’s Fractious Paintings Are a Reflection of Our Turbulent Times

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Artnet spoke to the Iran-born artist ahead of his first solo show in Asia at Perrotin Shanghai. The Fortune Teller , 2024. Courtesy of the a...

Leila Zelli foregrounds Iranian women’s protest movement at the Toronto Biennial

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The artist’s videos and installations reinterpret acts of resistance staged in the streets and on social media Leila Zelli, Un chant peut tr...
Friday, 25 October 2024

Maryam Tafakory’s Haunted Iranian Cinema

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Maryam Tafakory, راز دل Razeh-del (still), 2024, DCP 2K, colour, 28 min. Courtesy the artist and ArtReview. by Gelare Khoshgozaran ,  ArtRe...
Monday, 21 October 2024

Iranian Women Exhibiting Animated Art

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Common misconceptions about Iran have prompted two curators to start their new exhibition  ‘ Iranian Women in Animation ’  in Museum Arnhem....
Friday, 11 October 2024

Drawing Freedom:

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 Marjane Satrapi and The Voices of  Revolution Through Art and Storytelling  Courtesy Center For Iranian Diaspora Studies. by Bahar Momeni, ...
Thursday, 3 October 2024

‘Everything can just be what it is’:

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The liberated art of Nairy Baghramian The Iran-born sculptor’s colourful new London show continues her practice of playing with convention a...
Thursday, 19 September 2024

Report Details Persistent Persecution of Iranian Artists

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Courtesy Artistic Freedom Initiative DOWLOAD THE REPORT HERE by Anna Lentchner,  ArtAsiaPacific A new 100-page report by the American advoca...
Thursday, 5 September 2024

Mirza Hamid, the ‘Banksy of Iran’

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Image courtesy of UP MAG.  by Maura Rosner,  UP MAG   Within the city of Tehran, there is an anonymous street artist The Tehran-based Street...
Friday, 30 August 2024

Tehrangeles

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Tehrangeles by Porochista Khakpour New York. Pantheon Books. 2024. 308 pages. Interview by Basmah Sakrani,  CRAFT In a writing workshop dur...
Friday, 3 May 2024

Iranian artist opens Leeds show exploring disability and migration

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Paralympian Mohammad Barrangi hopes his work will help people think of human stories behind headlines about migration Barrangi’s work has a ...
Monday, 5 February 2024

“The Grandest Orphan Cinema”:

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Ehsan Khoshbakht on MoMA’s “Iranian Cinema before the Revolution, 1925–1979” Series Chess of the Wind (1976),  Image courtesy of Filmmaker ...
Saturday, 6 January 2024

Persian alphabet 'ART IRAN: Falling into Language' group exhibition features work by Iranian artists

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The Written Room , a site-specific installation by Parastou Forouhar, will be created in a narrow corridor of the gallery. Acrylic paint. Co...
Saturday, 16 December 2023

And They Laughed at Me

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 Newsha Tavakolian’s images and the scent of roses Courtesy Collater.al by  Giorgia Massari ,  Collater.al   A woman intent on smelling a ro...
Saturday, 9 December 2023

A Revolution on Canvas

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Documentary Review (2023) Sara Nodjoumi delves into the mystery surrounding the disappearance of more than 100 "treasonous" painti...
Saturday, 2 December 2023

True to Self

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An Interview  Arghavan Khosravi On Tension, Circumventing Censorship, and the Protest of Iranian Women “The Orange Curtain” (2022), acrylic ...
Saturday, 16 September 2023

A new book documents art and resistance in Iran

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Woman Life Freedom offers a wide-ranging look at how people have used all kinds of creative means to make their voices heard Woman Life Free...

How photography can reveal, overlook and manipulate truth

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The fearless work of Australian Iranian artist Hoda Afshar Hoda Afshar ‘Untitled #88’, from the series ‘Speak the wind’ 2015–22, pigment pho...
Sunday, 20 August 2023

How female photographers are making their voices heard in Iran

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  "Imaginary CD Covers," from Newsha Tavakolian's series "Listen," 2010. Courtesy Newsha Tavakolian/Magnum Photos an...
Saturday, 17 June 2023

Alternative Iran: Contemporary Art and Critical Spatial Practice

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An interview with Pamela Karimi Courtesy Jadaliyya. Pamela Karimi, Alternative Iran: Contemporary Art and Critical Spatial Practice (Stanfo...
Saturday, 22 April 2023

Months of Unrest in Iran Have Made It Even Harder for Artists and Galleries to Thrive.

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 Here’s How They Are Still Fighting for Ideas The protests have brought new hurdles but Iranians are determined to keep the art scene alive....
Thursday, 3 November 2022

Iranian artist's surreal paintings of women take on a new sense of urgency

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  Courtesy of the artist/Stems Gallery and CNN. by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN For Iranian artist Arghavan Khosravi, depicting hair in her paintings...
Thursday, 13 October 2022

The Many Shades of Iran’s Protest Art

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In the four decades since the Islamic Revolution, Iranian artists have used clever tactics and unconventional modes of art-making to display...
Thursday, 4 August 2022

The Iranian Art Scene

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 The Cofounder Of Paris’ First Asian Contemporary Art Fair Speaks About The Iranian Art Scene Arash Hanaei's works explore the urban iss...
Thursday, 28 July 2022

The Iranian Poet Who Became an American Action Painter

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A new book introduces two Manoucher Yektais: the stateless, anti-historical Modernist painter and the poet writing narrative verse exclusive...
Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Shocking the Bourgeoisie With Iran’s Misunderstood Modernist

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The Iranian writer Sadeq Hedayat (1903-51). Courtesy New York Times. by Amir-Hussein Radjy,   New York Times In April 1951, the police in Pa...

Turn our dark night into bright dawn

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Reem Kelani's "The Singer Said: Bird of Dawn" Singer-songwriter Reem Kelani's latest release – "The Singer Said: Bird...
Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Graphic design in Iran:

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 A journey of evolution and practices shaping the future A review of the outstanding graphic design studios in Iran whose works are enriched...