Living and working between Italy, Azerbaijan and the Gulf countries, Iranian contemporary artist Ayna Moazzen sees art as both a cultural bridge and a form of resistance amidst the political and ...

The city's reputation as ‘Tehrangeles’ is reflected in work at Frieze Los Angeles by Roksana Pirouzmand, Kour Pour, Manoucher ...

TEHRAN – An exhibition and master class on the art of Persian calligraphy was held at the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University in Astana by the master Iranian calligrapher Hadi Ghasemi, with the ...

In the United States, cursive is dying a slow, loopy death. Roughly only half of the states require kids to learn it, leaving a generation of children to try and decipher grandma’s birthday cards like ...

“Shirin Neshat,” the latest show at the Miami Art Museum, with films and photographs of the exile Iranian artist, is a unique event, helping us to grasp the complexity of women’s struggle for social ...

Ahead of The Persian Version ‘s wide theatrical release on Nov. 2, Keshavarz spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about portraying the complicated generational relationships among one family’s women, ...

What the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts could use is a really big show by a superdiva — Celine or Streisand or even Madonna. Instead the joint that would deliver culture to downtown brings in ...

We heard earlier from everyday people in Iran reacting to the U.S. bombing of Iran. Kaveh Akbar is an Iranian American poet and writer who lives and teaches in Iowa. His debut novel "Martyr!" was ...

By bnm Tehran bureau Iranian financial authorities have allowed artists and art owners to use certified artworks as collateral for banking, following regulatory changes and coordination between ...

As Iranians living in Turkey think about the unrest and uncertainty their loved ones face back home, they’ve been gathering in an increasing number of spaces carved out for them in Istanbul — places ...