Best of luck to the NINE Iranian films that will be featured in this year’s Black International Cinema Berlin, spanning May 7 – 11, 2014. This 29th festival’s tagline is “Pathways to Enlightenment,” honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to Berlin in 1964, and will feature a photography exhibition entitled, “Footprints in the […]
Iranian art shines at Bonhams auction! Bonhams recently had it’s bi-annual Islamic and Indian Art auction in London. The auction featured work by many well known Iranian artists and resulted in total sales of $7,554,769.14.
Iranian filmmaker Mehran Tamadon has won the 36th Cinéma du Réel Grand Prize for his film Iranien:
“The filmmaker, an Iranian atheist living in France, invites three religious people to live in his family home. His purpose is to see how life in their shared living room can lead to the first rules of co-existence…”
The Fadjr International Festival of Visual Arts takes place every February, in Iran. Take a look at the video to hear highlights from the Festival and about the state of Iranian art and artists. The art scene in Iran is dynamic and it has seen the rise of many renowned artists in recent times. One of […]
Wasn’t expecting to read this in the news today, but alas–there it was, this morning. Never a dull moment in the Iranian art world: Sculptor Parviz Tanavoli has sued intruders who forced their way into his home in northern Tehran, taking a number of his works.
“Last night, about 20 people broke into my house using a crane and a truck, and, acting wildly and ineptly, took 11 of my sculptures,” he told the Persian service of ISNA on Monday.
“Nobody was at home when they arrived. People in neighboring houses said that they broke the locks to enter my house,” he added.
This year’s Vernal Equinox occurred at 9:57 AM, this morning. You wouldn’t think people really pay attention to this event, except maybe astronomers. And us Iranians, of course. The vernal equinox is our new year, you see. I’ve always felt kind of lucky – I get TWO new years; two chances at making resolutions [and […]
This week , it’s Christie’s MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ARAB, IRANIAN & TURKISH ART auction, which will take place on 19 March 2014 in Dubai. The auction features art from across the Middle East, including work from 20 Iranian artists. Quoted below, is the Tehran Times story on the auction and the Iranian artists whose works are featured.
Vanity Fair published a list of 11 Iranian-American artists, filmmakers, musicians, and designers who have established themselves in New York City, including artist, photographer, and filmmaker, Shirin Neshat; designer, Nima Behnoud; and Iranian folk singer/songwriter Mohsen Namjoo. We know there are scores of Iranian-Americans missing from the list, but it’s a nice – albeit small – sample of […]
NBC News ran a segment on Iran’s vibrant art scene. Art is truly flourishing in Tehran – watch the clip below to see what artists and gallerists are saying, alike!
Last week, American Curator and Publisher, Steven Zevitas, wrote an open letter to the Art World entitled ‘The Things We Think and Do Not Say, or Why the Art World is in Trouble’. Early in the morning [okay, so it was almost eleven…]; sleepy and resigned as I was to reading yet another pompous monograph written entirely in so-called artspeak bemoaning the lack of creativity or funds in today’s art world, I steeled my resolve and read it anyway. And I’m so glad I did.