Paintings by a group of veteran Iranian modern artists will be put on display in an exhibition at Tehran’s Mojdeh Gallery on Friday. Works by 29 artists, who have had major roles in influential movements in Iran’s contemporary art, have been selected for the exhibit, curator Mojdeh Tabatabaii said in a press release on Tuesday. […]
Tehran Art News // 01 August 2014 The city of Tehran boasts a vibrant art scene – here’s a selection of galleries with exhibition openings this week! Shirin Art Gallery Solo Painting Exhibition By NANE HASSAN (MONAVAR RAMEZANI) Opening: On Friday August 1st, 2014 from 4:00 to 8:00 pm The exhibition is on view through […]
Magic of Persia announces an open call to Iranian artists around the world for their annual Contemporary Art Prize. Read below to learn about the Prize and eligibility requirements. Best of luck to all applicants! THE VISION The Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize (MOP CAP) is a worldwide search for the next generation of […]
Located in New York City, the Taymour Grahne Gallery seeks to “highlight artists from across the world, including the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia, South America and their Diasporas.” Fixed Unknowns is currently on view from July 14 – September 6, 2014 and features the work of Kamrooz Aram, Shirana Shahbazi, and Hannah Whitaker. […]
Interesting news via the Tehran Times – we’ll update with more information as it comes in. The city of Mashhad will be playing host to an international symposium on contemporary sculpture in August. Organized by Padide Shandiz Dream City, a tourist site near Mashhad, the symposium will be held in the city from August 16 […]
The International Gallery Exposition, the first of its kind in Iran displaying works from 24 world galleries, began yesterday in Tehran’s Qasr Garden Museum. Twenty four galleries from different countries are displaying about 300 valuable artworks at the exposition, the museum Managing Director Mohammadreza Saeidi said in a press conference on Tuesday. A painting by […]
As we wrote last week, Friday marked Iran’s 3rd Annual Tehran Auction at Hotel Parsian Azadi in Tehran. By every account a phenomenal success, the Tehran Auction sold out the entire collection at an average of 83% above the high estimates! The auction achieved a total of 5.1 million dollars – almost double the amount […]
The third Tehran Auction will take place this Friday, May 30, at Tehran’s Hotel Parsian Azadi. The auction will feature works by the great established names of Iranian contemporary art, such as Parviz Tanavoli, Aydin Aghdashloo, Sohrab Sepehri, Mohammad Ehsai, Charles Hossein Zenderoudi, and Farideh Lashai, as well as emerging artists. The lots will be […]
Check out what looks to be a fabulous exhibition about contemporary Iranian art from the 60s until the present. Do we have major Paris envy right now? Mais oui, mes amis!
The Museum of Modern Art in Paris will host a group exhibition of works by some of the greatest Iranian contemporary artists. Entitled “Unedited History, Iran 1960-2014”, the exhibition kicks off on May 16, 2014.
The Tehran Graphic Design Week opened at the Iranian Artists Forum on Sunday with a display of posters by a group of young artists in an exhibition entitled “Minus 30”. Works by 168 graphic designers aged less than 30 and all coming from across Iran have been put on show at the exhibit, the forum […]