Group Exhibition: Art Platform – Los Angeles

Leila Heller Gallery will present a group exhibition of contemporary Middle Eastern artists living in the diaspora at the first edition of Art Platform – Los Angeles, a new contemporary […]

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IFF: Iranian Film Festival San Francisco 2011

The Iranian Film Festival (IFF) is an annual event showcasing the independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the world, held at the Art Institute of […]

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Iranian Cinema: Song of Sparrows Screening at UKIFF Summer Film Festival

The London Iranian Film Festival (UKIFF) welcomes the work of internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi and his award winning film “The Song of Sparrows”, with a special screening in London, UK.

Enjoy an outdoor summer exhibition, along with the screening, celebrating the best of Iranian cinema at the Opera House in Holland Park.

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Post-mortem: Prominent Iranian Photographer, Bahman Jalali’s Exhibit at Sprengel Museum

Not only was Bahman Jalali one of Iran’s leading photographers, but also a writer, publicist, historian, teacher, museum founder, and beyond.

In more than 40 years, Jalali documented the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq war, as well as the post-war reconstruction years.

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Next Foodnetwork Star: Penny Davidi Getting Spinoff Show?

Recently eliminated Next Foodnetwork Star, and self-proclaimed “Middle Eastern Momma”, Penny Davidi may have had a somewhat rocky time building relationships with a few of her cast mates, but this […]

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Shahs of Sunset: Andy Cohen and Ryan Seacrest Partner on new Persian-American Docu-Series

“…this is a community that exists all over the place, but if you live in LA you know that the Persian-American community is really strong,” Andy told Ryan on their phone call. “It’s really family oriented. It’s really affluent. This is a really cool, fun, funny group of people…

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The Corrupt Minority: Interview with Contemporary Iranian Artist, Taravat Talepasand

Doctors advised me not to work for six months, but after one month I was drawing and painting again.

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Art Review: Parastou Forouhar’s European Exhibit

On the occasion of their 20th anniversary, the IFA (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen/Institute for Foreign Relations) galleries in Berlin and Stuttgart present “Political Patterns: Changing Ornaments”, the third exhibition in the […]

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Casting Call: Party Down South

Party Down South Casting Tour! Doron Ofir Casting & 495 Productions announce their latest casting call, for their most recent project, The Party Down South (working title). We know the […]

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Remembrance: Flashmob in Paris in Support of 2-Year Anniversary of #IranElection

Arranged by United4Iran and Move4Iran–two non-profit organizations focusing on human rights issues in Iran–a flashmob dedicated to all the lives lost and all the courageous Iranians who stood up for […]

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Interview: “David” Starring Maz Jobrani

I know it’s not a perfect film (very few are), but it is a project I’m proud of. I think that people will leave the
theater discussing some of the topics that are raised by the film.

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Shoja Azari & Shahram Karimi: Pop Up Exhibition at Tripoli Gallery in NY

A solo exhibition of collaborative work by video artist and filmmaker Shoja Azari and painter Shahram Karimi will be on view at LTMH Gallery’s pop-up exhibition at Tripoli Gallery of […]

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Wellness Tips: Keeping Healthy During the Summer

The summer season is upon us. The kids are out of school and families are planning for excursions that will take them on both long and short distance travel. Whether […]

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Reign of the Shah: Traffic Presents Bilal Aquil

In his first solo exhibition, Reign of the Shah, inspired by the Shahnameh (Book of Kings), UK-born artist, Bilal Aquil narrates a story of the assassination of a Shah of the Imperial Court and the subsequent battles that follow to avenge his death and establish the power of the new Shah.

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My Persian Nights: UKIFF Presents Iranian Films

UKIFF aims to bring the “finest Iranian cinema to London.”

And from now until the London Iranian Film Festival which will take place in November 2011, UKIFF will be hosting a series of special screenings, bimonthly.

Titled “My Persian Nights”, the scheduled screenings of Iranian films will take place on the 5th and 25th of every month.

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Iranian DJ: Q&A with Amin Golestan

After a string of winning awards, most notably the Palme DJ Competition and the Pioneer Asian DJ Competition in 2008, and being voted as the number one DJ in the Middle East and North Africa, Amin landed the much coveted cover of DJ Magazine in February of 2010.

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Philanthropy: eBay Founder, Pierre Omidyar Donates $3 Million to Louvre to Promote Persian Art

With his recent $3 million donation to the Louvre for “research and educational projects on Persian art” Iranian billionaire and philanthropist, Pierre Morad Omidyar, continues to make us proud.

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Breakfast in Tehran: Women in Contemporary Iran

Breakfast in Tehran will be a chance to see a selection of drawings, collage, photography, video and printmaking from a group of new and established Iranian artists living in Iran and exhibiting in London together for the first time.

The exhibition considers the representation of women in contemporary Iranian art, and demonstrates how accepted images and interpretations of femininity are being subverted.

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2011 Cannes Film Festival: Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof, and the Short Film Corner

With all the buzz around Melancholia director, Lars von Trier’s Nazi-related comments, and his subsequent status as “persona non grata” as declared by the Cannes board of directors, we still can’t help […]

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Art Scene: Interview with Iranian Artist, Hojat Amani

Drawing inspiration from history, the universality of angels as a symbol and religious pilgrimages, Amani’s aesthetically futuristic interpretation of angels are wrought with vivacious personality, yet also leave room for subtle contemplation and self-reflection on morality and the universal language that symbols, even when embodied by humans, have.

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