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

Arrested by Iran's morality police for violating the ... and the forced closure of publishing houses, theatres and arts organisations". The regime's propaganda arm even produced its own graphic ...

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 ...

Among the artwork is Warhol's portrait of Farah Pahlavi - Iran's last queen - a rare piece blending his pop art flair with Iranian cultural history. Elsewhere, Francis Bacon's work called Two ...

It’s no coincidence that the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ exhibitions “Nicky Nodjoumi: The Personal is Political” and ...

This exhibition has been curated based on a profound understanding of Iran's visual history over the past four centuries, presenting remarkable examples of Iranian art. The painting segment of this ...

lingering on an old song playing in the background. "It is good for the younger generation to learn where Iran's heritage of music and art came from." ...