Shahs of Sunset finally has a premiere date! Continue Reading

Image: The marriage of Yusuf and Zulaykha, from Jami, Yusuf u Zulaykha, 1595. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Featuring more than 60 visually stunning works on loan from the historic Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford as well as works from the State Library of Victoria and other local collections. Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond, is the largest exhibition of Persian manuscripts to be held in Australia.

Continue Reading

Still from "Saffron Tea" by Bahar Behbehani, Single Channel Video, 12 Min, 2008

NYU Abu Dhabi presents a solo exhibition by Bahar Behbahani which began Fall 2011 and will run through January 27, 2012.

Behbahani explores her childhood memories of Iran’s turbulent history. Painting the psychological landscape of her upbringing she uses language, cultural symbols and icons to convey the “volatile sense of place” that she experienced as a child and how she perceives it now.

Continue Reading

L to R: Samira Hodaei, Untitled from Dancing the Sharp Edge series. Shahriar Ahmadi, Lens #1, from Archaic Techniques of Alchemy series, 2011

AB Gallery Luzern/Zürich is delighted to announce that we will participate in Abu Dhabi Art 2011, the Abu Dhabi International Art Fair. After contributing to Art Dubai this year AB Gallery is pleased to announce its second exhibition at an art fair in the UAE this year. The gallery’s booth will showcase major new works from Shahriar Ahmadi (Iran), Halim Al Karim (Iraq), Sadegh Tirafkan (Iran), Samira Hodaei (Iran), Mohamed Abouelnaga (Egypt), Hassan Sharif (UAE), Hassan Meer (Oman), Leila Pazooki (Iran/Germany) and Shahram Entekhabi (Iran/Germany).

Sadegh Tirafkan works in the field of digital photography. He creates photographs of crowds of people shot from a bird’s eye perspective, connected and interwoven with the traditional technique of carpet weaving. By literally merging the textile with the photograph he creates a hybrid of traditional art craft and the medium of photography. Continue Reading

The Iranian-born British artist and photographer Reza Aramesh makes Catholic-style statues based on figures–often Muslim captives–that he finds in press photography from conflict zones.

He uses the photographs to produce highly detailed iconic figures of human suffering which will be shown for the first time in Europe in a former church in London, Oct. 13-16, 2011. The exhibition at One Marylebone will showcase a collection of seven sculptures and six photographs by Aramesh. Continue Reading