Art in Iran

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Shirin Neshat’s Turbulent forces you to take a side

Performances / 5 minutes of reading

Turbulent is a two-screen film installation by famous Iranian artist Shirin Neshat. It is among her most critically acclaimed works, having won her a Lion d’Or at the Venice Biennale back in 1999. It is also her first-ever venture into the world of video, an art medium that later played a significant role in her […]

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Shirin Neshat & her iconic Speechless photo

Photography / 4 minutes of reading

Through the course of her very illustrious career, internationally celebrated artist Shirin Neshat has covered an array of themes in film, video, and photography. Her works cover several themes, including politics in Muslim nations, issues of gender equity and disparity, identity, as well as the link between the personal and the political. As a result

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Shirin Abedinirad & Her 7 best mirror installations

Installations / 9 minutes of reading

Who is Shirin Abedinirad? Around the world, artists have experimented with optical illusions. Amongst them is Iranian artist Shirin Abedinirad. Born in 1986 in Tabriz, Iran, she started with a passion for painting, partially inspired by her parents. Both of them highly encouraged her to pursue art as part of her life. Her art studies

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Shirin Neshat’s Book of Kings captures the faces of the Arab Spring riots

Photography / 3 minutes of reading

The Gladstone Gallery and the Faurschou Foundation in Beijing, China are just some of the art spaces that have had the pleasure of exhibiting Shirin Neshat’s The Book of Kings. The exhibition consisted of a total of 56 black and white photos framed in unmated and black frames that were hung across the two galleries.

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Shirin Neshat’s Rapture – Veiled women in traditional Islamic attire

Performances, Photography / 3 minutes of reading

Rapture is a projection of black and white video where Iranian artist Shirin Neshat gives a narrative that concerns the differences between Muslim women and men. Neshat has used the video projection to explore the cultural and social role of women in the Islamic World and shot the work in Morocco with a cast that

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Abbas Kowsari’s surprising photos of veiled female police squad in Iran

Photography / 1 minute of reading

In 2003 the first females ever graduated from Iran’s police academy in the capital city Tehran, after undergoing training for three years. Spiritual leader Ayatollah Khamenei himself had to give permission to Tehran’s police chief Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf to create the first all-female police unit. Abbas Kowsari about his project “During Qalibaf’s time as police

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Conflict Kitchen - Iranian Takeout, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Conflict Kitchen – This is how conflict tastes

Installations, Performances / 2 minutes of reading

Conflict Kitchen is a unique restaurant in Pittsburgh focusing on one nation at a time, serving dishes from countries with which the United States is currently in conflict. Each Conflict Kitchen version is amplified by profound events, performances, publications, and discussions that strive to expand the public’s engagement with the culture, politics, and issues that

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