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Thursday, 19 March 2026

All of You

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Installation view: Andisheh Avini: All of You at Martos Gallery, New York, 2026. Courtesy Martos Gallery, Steven Probert Studio and The Bro...
Thursday, 12 March 2026

Iranian Artist Highlights The Long Resistance

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At Ball and Socket Arts. Mahsa Attaran, Sweep It Under the Rug . Courtesy Midbrow.  by  Brian Slattery ,  Midbrow Mahsa Attaran's I Stil...
Thursday, 26 February 2026

Silence Spoken and a Cry in the Dark:

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Bani Khoshnoudi at the Vanishing Point A director considers stills from her latest film as sources of infinite mourning for Iran’s past—and ...

Artist invites public to tune out to tune in, as part of new local exhibition

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Artist Abbas Zahedi on his new artist residency at the Stanley Picker Gallery Photo credit: Valentina Vinciarelli. Courtesy Kingston Courier...
Wednesday, 25 February 2026

90 Works by Ardeshir Mohassess

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LACMA ’ s New Acquisition Ardeshir Mohassess, Census 1 , 1986, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Ardeshir Babaknia, M.D., M.2026.24,...
Thursday, 19 February 2026

Colour Me Beautiful

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Fierce and political, ‘The Chromophiliacs’ explodes like a paint factory demolition. And it’s glorious. Moozhan Ahmadzadegan, Ruth Paul’s Dr...

Islamic Art, Rewritten, The Modern Islamic Artists Reshaping Contemporary Culture

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Maha Malluh, Food for Thought 'Al-Muallaqat', 2014. Courtesy the artist and A&E Magazine. by Nour Jarmakani, A&E Magazine Mo...
Wednesday, 18 February 2026

For Hearts in Exile,

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at Summerhall Arts Edinburgh Taraneh Dana, A Heart in Exile , 2025, stoneware, glaze. Courtesy Summerhall Arts.   by  Omur Sahin Keyif ,  Ar...

Who Can I Dance With?

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From sneaking into underground basements in Tehran [...] to learning to dance with almost no words in Northern California, I had done everyt...
Thursday, 12 February 2026

“to arrive is never to arrive”

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Skyline’s art gallery explores themes of displacement and reclamation Guest artists present ‘to arrive is never to arrive,’ an exhibition ex...

Forbidden Music:

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Iranian Musicians Push Back Against the Islamic Republic A Conversation with TarantisT, Justina, and DJ Ali Pink Issue #74 - The Protest Iss...
Thursday, 5 February 2026

Iranian Artists Keep the Spirit of “Woman, Life, Freedom” Alive

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Over three years after the suspicious death of Jina Mahsa Amini sparked a nationwide protest movement in Iran, artists continue to fuel crea...

‘Octogone’

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  Interview. Chalisée Naamani Protest, fashion history, training equipment, resistance, children’s toys, the search for identity, and the cu...
Thursday, 29 January 2026

The art of resistance:

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Iranian photographer Ayna Moazzen on identity and building cultural bridges Copyright Courtesy of Ayna Moazzen and Euronews. by Saida Rustam...
Thursday, 22 January 2026

A Bug’s Life

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New London exhibition uses architecture to explore the experiences of Iran’s American diaspora Arash Nassiri’s film installation at London’s...
Friday, 16 January 2026

Reports of Artists Killed by Iranian Regime Draw Outrage and Grief

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Sculptor Mehdi Salahshour and filmmaker Javad Ganji are among the members of Iran’s creative community reportedly killed during anti-governm...
Thursday, 15 January 2026

Iranian Art Communities Respond to Political Unrest

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Protestors in Tehran, 2026. Via social media. Courtesy picture alliance/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock and ArtAsiaPacific. by Aisha Traub Chan...

Driving in the Dark

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This piece was written before Iran imposed an internet blackout on 8 January. by Raha Nik-Andish ,  London Review of Books Six months ago I ...
Friday, 2 January 2026

“Tahmina”—a story from Iran

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In this short story translated from Persian, an ordinary day swiftly — and brutally — changes course, with lasting implications. Amir Fallah...
Friday, 19 December 2025

Returning the gaze:

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 Hoda Afshar investigates a colonial obsession Working with an archive of photographs made over a century ago, the artist folds the gaze bac...

Art Gallery of St. Albert highlights the immigrant experience

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Visual artist Mohammad Hossein Abbasi depicts the process immigrants face in rebuilding their lives in a new country built around a differen...
Tuesday, 16 December 2025

150 Years of Iranian Graphic Design

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Courtesy The Daily Heller, Print Magazine. by Steven Heller , The Daily Heller ,  Print Magazine Various books, exhibits and at least one ma...
Friday, 12 December 2025

‘Identity is never fixed. It’s layered, constantly shifting’

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An interview with Iranian-American artist Soraya Sharghi Sharghi’s journey reveals a constant dialogue between discipline and rebellion Sora...
Thursday, 4 December 2025

‘Divine Comedy’

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Iranian Filmmaker Ali Asgari on Satire, Censorship and Absurdities Behind ‘Divine Comedy’: ‘You Show How Silly and Stupid the Rules Are’ Cou...
Thursday, 27 November 2025

Daughter BWASM review

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filthy pot shots from a bad mum and her AI offspring Pilar Corrias, London The Iranian-born US artist cleverly uses AI-generated robot child...
Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Soft Edge of the Blade Vol. 3

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After acclaimed editions in London (Frieze No.9 Cork Street, 2022) and Toronto (Zaal Art Gallery, 2023), “Soft Edge of the Blade” arrives in...
Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Translating Toward Possibility:

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Sarah Faux Interviews Mariam Rahmani by  The Common Friends for over a decade, MARIAM RAHMANI and SARAH FAUX have been connecting for years ...
Thursday, 6 November 2025

“Beginnings”

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The late Iranian American artist’s exhibition exemplified how he expanded the Eurocentric parameters of abstraction. Installation view of MA...

Noble/Savage

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Ali Banisadr’s Mesmerizing Paintings Make Sense of Chaos  Ali Banisadr, installation view of “Noble/Savage” at Olney Gleason, 2025. Photo by...

nameless

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Nairy Baghramian at WIELS — nameless brings together several previously unseen bodies of work in dialogue with the post-industrial architec...
Thursday, 30 October 2025

Raising their Voices: the Iranian artists fighting back

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In Iran, women are forbidden to sing in public. A handful of Berlin ’ s Iranian artists are fighting back with rebellious records. Faravaz F...

Iran and Art in a Cage

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A century of cultural rupture and decline Golestan palace, glory of Iran’s rich arth history. Courtesy Asia Sentinel. by  Amirreza Etasi , A...
Wednesday, 29 October 2025

Real State

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Interview-In Conversation with Shirana Shahbazi About Her Solo Show in Emkan Gallery Shirana Shahbazi, Schaedel-01-2001, c-print on aluminiu...