For decades, masterpieces by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock have been kept in ...

With dreamlike imagery and bold patterns, contemporary Iranian artists have reinterpreted the Persian miniature tradition.

TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – A funeral ceremony was held for veteran Iranian film, theater and TV actress and radio presenter Zhaleh Olov on Wednesday with the participation of Iran’s Minister of Culture ...

The international community should recognise Iranian artists as human rights defenders on a par with activists, lawyers and ...

Halasa explains that this mix of tradition and modernity underpins “dissident art” in Iran, which “often blends centuries-old indigenous motifs with contemporary global memes”. It also examines the ...

The increasing prevalence of Islamic art auctions in international auction houses has facilitated the export of valuable historical Iranian pieces, as announced by the public relations office of the ...

Only a small portion of the work has been exhibited since the 1979 Iranian Revolution but in recent years, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art has been showcasing some of its most captivating ...

Adel Yazdi, an Iranian artist who has transformed an alley in one of the old neighbourhoods of Shiraz into an open air permanent art gallery, stands next to one of his high reliefs in the central ...