Iranian Artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Sculptor of Mindbending Mirror Works, Dead at 97
Her work was the subject of a traveling survey in 2015.
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Exchange Program: The New Institute of Arab and Islamic Art
The works in the opening show at the new Institute of Arab and Islamic Art (IAIA), generically titled "Exhibition 1," and in most cases borrowed from the artists or their galleries, owe a debt to the…
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New York’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Art Details Inaugural Exhibition
The Institute of Arab and Islamic Art, a New York-based nonprofit founded last year by Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Al-Thani announced that its inaugural show will feature four female artists and open M
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Gwangju Biennale
“A tool, not a monument”: this is how the artist Dora García describes what she sought to create with the bookstore installation that is her commissioned contribution to the latest Gwangju Biennale, d…
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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Iranian artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, better known simply as Monir, has long believed in the transcendental possibilities of mirrors.
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Arab Spring: Modern Middle Eastern Art Finds a New Audience in the West
One recent morning, art historian Nada Shabout was telling me about her search for a graduate program two decades ago. “When I contacted universities and said I wanted to work on modern Arab…
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Ten Tough Women Artists Who Stand Up to the Bad Boys
In a male-dominated art season, here's where to find female artists who cut, change the rules, explore new horizons, and do it gangsta-style
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The Other Modernism: Rediscovering Iran’s Avant-Garde
Overshadowed by revolution, sanctions, and outdated notions of the Modern, Iran's vibrant postwar art scene is coming into focus at the Asia Society
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