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Mina Jahanshahi

The Painter Of Dreams, Mehdi Farhadian

Mehdi Farhadian is a talented Iranian painter born in 1980. Farhadian graduated from Tehran Art University and shortly thereafter exhibited his artworks in various established galleries

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Reza Derakshani artist painter
Painting
Mina Jahanshahi

‘Hunting The Light’ By Reza Derakshani

Sophia Contemporary presents the second exhibition of Reza Derakshani’s unique approach to historical allocation and colourful semi abstraction through ‘Hunting the Light’. This show features

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Arts and Literature
Sophia Akram

Iran Hits The London Art Scene

CAMA is a brand-new project that’s planning to make a ripple in the London art scene. The gallery’s owners explain to Sophia Akram for The

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Fahrelnissa Zeid, London, 1952
Arts and Literature
REORIENT

She Comes In Colours

‘I am the descendant of four civilisations. In my self-portrait, the hand is Persian, the dress is Byzantine, the face is Cretan, and the eyes

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Arts and Literature
REORIENT

Made In Iran, Born In America

Ah, 1979: the year the Shah said ‘adios’ to the land of the Lion and Sun; the year Ayatollah Khomeini returned from exile in Fgghhhance

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Arts and Literature
REORIENT

Initials B.B.

It was one of those afternoons I didn’t ever want to end. All I’d brought with me were a pair of bright blue jeans and

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Arts and Literature
Farnaz Battikhi

The Art Of Persian Miniatures

Persian culture is one of the greatest cultures that has ever existed. When the word Persian is mentioned many things pop into a person’s mind;

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