The 90s at Tate Britain: Edward Enninful Restages the Decade That Rewired British Culture
Tate Britain’s new exhibition, guest-curated by Edward Enninful, brings nearly 70 artists, photographers and designers into one room-by-room argument: that in 1990s Britain, art and fashion became a single cultural force.
Sculpting Colour at the Louvre: Spain’s Painted Saints Step Out of Zurbarán’s Shadow
Twenty-three polychrome wood sculptures from Valladolid’s national museum, among them a complete life-size processional paso by Gregorio Fernández, open in the Hall Napoléon beside the Zurbarán retrospective. The pairing is the point.
Mary Cassatt at Orsay: A Centenary Tribute France Owed Her
The Musée d’Orsay opens the first major exhibition the French national museums have devoted to Mary Cassatt, a century after her death — and reads her career through the one word she claimed for herself: independent.
Zurbarán at the Louvre: The Painter of Silence Takes the Hall Napoléon
From 7 October the Louvre, with the National Gallery and the Art Institute of Chicago, stages a retrospective of Francisco de Zurbarán — and ends it, tellingly, with Manet, Picasso and Gris.
André Teymouri on Painting Men Who Don’t Exist
André Teymouri paints from a small set of fragments — a jawline glimpsed on the subway, a beard seen on the street, a stranger’s photo on Instagram — and lets them settle into a face that belongs to no one in particular. The men in his paintings are bearded, broad-shouldered, often shirtless, and almost always […]
Zero-One | An overview of the drawings by AbdolHossein Pazoki
Biography: Abdolhossein Pazouki / August 6, 1942 He was able to achieve alternating volumes and apply them in architecture by understanding the shape and condition of the concept of a plane surface. His teaching expertise has extended his perspectives over the years, allowing him to stay up with the contemporary trend. “Immigration” not only did […]
Tools of destruction; About Parisa Pakzamir’s Glitch Video Art
Parisa Pakzamir has used a sewing machine as a symbol of machine wear and an element of the industry in the video art of “Machine Dance in the Moonlight”. Using new digital art media, she has made it possible to convey her intended concept in the form of a short video. Digital tools for capturing […]
Limitlessness Exhibition at Aliha Gallery
Aliha Gallery has been hosting a group painting exhibition entitled “Limitlessness” since Friday, December 11, 2020. The short statement of this exhibition states:“We live in an age where constraints have become an integral part of our lived experience; Now, if we were to depict them with a negative letter prefix, what would be the result?” […]
Interview with Nasrin Charkhat at Aliha Gallery
Nasrin Charkhat (born 1982 – Tehran) is a graduate of the Master’s degree in painting from the Tehran University. During her studies (undergraduate or postgraduate), she spent most of her time drawing, painting, and studying art related books. The keen interest in sketching and painting led her to the distinguished professor Mr. Mehrdad Khata’I’s classes. […]
Iranian Art Festival a transnational event in the field of Visual Arts
Iranian Art Festival a transnational event in the field of Visual Arts Countless artistic events are held around the world by private and public institutions, but they are getting pale and forgotten in Iran over the past three decades and this is mostly due to the distance of the community from cultural and artistic groups, […]