Nima Nourizadeh: Project X the Movie

  Iranian filmmaker Nima Nourizadeh’s big night starts [March 2, 2012] with the premiere of his film, “Project X“. The ex-Londoner who now lives in LA started out making music […]

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Magic of Persia: Dubai Nights 2012, Exhibits and Auctions

March 2012 sees Magic of Persia once again presenting their eagerly anticipated Magical Nights in Dubai, taking place during both Art Dubai and the Iranian New Year Celebrations. The fourth […]

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Persian Manuscripts: The State Library of Victoria Foundation Launches Purchase Appeal

Australia’s State Library of Victoria launches appeal to purchase rare Persian manuscripts. A successful public appeal to raise $100,000 will see two extraordinary Persian manuscripts join Australia’s finest Rare Book Collection at […]

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Oscars 2012: A Separation Wins Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

Congratulations Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi! The first film from Iran to win an Academy Award for “Best Foreign Language Film”, Asghar Farhadi’s captivating drama”A Separation” (Jodaeyeh Nader az Simin), starring his […]

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Thurrock International Film Festival: Call for Submissions

  Film festival offers stepping-stone for filmmakers. The borough of Thurrock in Essex, England hosts its very first film festival on Sunday, 24th of June through Saturday, 30th of June […]

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5th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco: 2012 Call for Submissions

Discovering the next Generation of Iranian Filmmakers!The 5th Annual Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, a showcase for the independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from […]

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“Arimas” Featuring Samira Hodaei and Samira Alikhanzadeh: Iranian Artists Exhibit in Switzerland

“Arimas”, a group exhibition   with   works   by  Iranian artists, Samira   Hodaei   and   Samira Alikhanzadeh, will be on display at Ab Gallery  Lucerne-­‐Emmenbrücke. Carrying the same first name […]

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Shahs of Sunset Cast: Meet Asa, Golnessa, Mercedeh, Mike, Reza, and Sammy

Shahs of Sunset finally has a premiere date!

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Iranian Artists Exhibit in UAE: “Domination, Hegemony and The Panopticon”

  Opening today and running through March 31st, 2012, “Domination, Hegemony and The Panopticon”, and art exhibition in UAE will showcase several Iranian artists, including: Rokni Haerizadeh, Nicky Nodjoumi, Shahpour Pouyan, […]

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Omid Foundations: Color of Love, Artists for Hope

  Iranian artists have come together to put on an exhibition in support of the Omid Foundations.And you are invited to join them at a private viewing in Tehran on […]

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Virtual Embassy of the United States Tehran, Iran Blocked Already?

Has the just launched Virtual Embassy of the United States Tehran, Iran been blocked in Iran already?

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Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond

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 […]

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The Coming Insurrection: Featuring Iranian Artists Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian

“The State” presents a group exhibition running from November 10th-December 3rd, 2011.

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Bahar Behbahani: The Chronicle of Her Innocence

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 […]

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AB Gallery at Abu Dhabi Art 2011: Featuring Iranian Artists

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).

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Reza Aramesh: “Them Who Dwell on the Earth”

The figurines are made by a workshop in Italy that has been producing religious statuary for generations, and deliberately infuses the works with an air of old Catholic saints. In their jeans or boxer shorts these beautifully detailed figures of suffering look like modern-day Christs or St. Sebastians. Using the news photographs as raw material, Aramesh recreates scenes using non-professional actors. The figures are then photographed from every angle. (For his restaging photographs he takes the scenarios out of context, often staging them in opulent surroundings.)

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London Frieze Week at Royal College of Art: Magic of Persia Art Prize Finalists Exhibit

Works by 25 of the most promising Iranian contemporary artists will be on free public exhibition at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London, during London’s Frieze Week from October 10–15, […]

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Work of Art on Bravo: Interview with Persian Artist, Kymia Nawabi

Perhaps one of the best shows on television–simply because it promotes the arts in such a positive and productive way–“Work of Art” is giving us one more very major reason to tune in this season: Iranian-American artist, Kymia Nawabi.

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Art Exhibit: The State–Social/Antisocial?

Participating Iranian artists include: Abbas Akhavan, Amir H. Fallah, Laleh Khorramian, and Farhad Moshiri.

And showing at Traffic starting Thursday, Sept 22nd, will be Iranian artists Hesam Rahmanian, Mahmoud Bakhshi, Aman Mojadidi, Anahita Razmi, along with other international artists: Banksy, Damien Hirst, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, James Clar, Nada Dada, Tracey Emin, Shepard Fairey, Rami Farook, Abdulnasser Gharem, Hayv Kahraman, Ahmed Mater, Shaikha Al Mazrou, UBIK, Ayman Yossri, aka Daydban

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Remembering September 11th: World Trade Center by Eric Esmail Parnes

The New York Times will be exhibiting “World Trade Center” from September 8th through the 12th. This exhibit is open to the public and will also be featured in the […]

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