Iran
Human rights groups call on Iran's government to end 'systematic persecution of artists'
On the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, Artistic Freedom Initiative’s new report uncovers human rights abuses following the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising
Human rights body ‘dismayed’ after Iranian artist Atena Farghadani handed six-year prison sentence
The activist was arrested after attempting to hang one of her works on presidential palace wall
New documentary traces Iranian artist Nickzad Nodjoumi’s quest to retrieve his paintings decades after the Islamic Revolution
Directed by the artist’s daughter and her husband, “A Revolution on Canvas” is a heart-breaking family drama disguised as a political thriller
British Museum’s planned Cyrus Cylinder loan to Jerusalem sparks protests from Iran
The London institution says ancient clay drum is in the US but future venues are unconfirmed
Russia’s boycotted Hermitage Museum inks culture deal with Iranian research institute
Cooperation agreement follows Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy strategy to forge closer ties with Iran
Iranian artists continue to create and exhibit work in face of country's worsening human rights situation
The Tehran-based Dastan Gallery is currently showing the works of 24 artist at Frieze's No. 9 Cork Street in London
Iranian artists submit work anonymously for online exhibition on death of Mahsa Amini
More than 500 works were submitted last year after protests swept the country
Soheila Sokhanvari: the former scientist using ‘alchemy’ to bring together Iranian and Western culture
The Shiraz-born artist tells us how she became an artist after a bad cycling accident and why what is happening in Iran is “no longer a protest, it’s a revolution”
Artist Katharina Grosse calls on Iran to overturn death sentences of LGBTQ activists
Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubda were sentenced in September for the crime of "corruption on earth through the promotion of homosexuality"
'Velvet terrorism': what is it like in Pussy Riot's Russia?
Plus, Shirin Neshat on Iran's uprising and Puerto Rican art after Hurricane Maria
Mass protest against Iran's human rights abuses staged at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Protesters gathered at Lacma to mark the Zahedan massacre as well as draw attention to the suppression and imprisonment of protesters and activists
Berlin museum unveils new Shirin Neshat banner in solidarity with protesters in Iran
Following the death of Mahsa Amini in September, the museum and art world have been called on to address the worsening human rights situation in the country
Protest for Mahsa Amini—who was killed by Iran's morality police—staged at New York's Guggenheim Museum
An anonymous collective unfurled banners proclaiming “Women, Life, Freedom” from the top of the institution's rotunda
Museums must unite over Iran's human rights abuses, say art-world figures
Institutions are urged to show solidarity following Mahsa Amini's death after her detention by the morality police
Shirin Neshat joins protests against Iran's worsening human rights situation with new digital works
Pieces in West Hollywood and London's Piccadilly are a reaction to the death of 22-year-old student Mahsa Amini, after being detained by authorities in the country
Tehran museum director fired after artist plunges into oil pool during acrobatic performance blunder
Yaser Khaseb fell into a 1977 installation by the Japanese artist Noriyuki Haraguchi in the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
November Book Bag: from Bridget Riley's insightful drawings and a Light and Space trailblazer to critic Robert Storr's latest musings
Our roundup of the latest art publications
Manhattan exhibition combats view of Iran as 'hostile anti-American state'
Asia Society group show from Mohammed Akfami collection shows 'great diversity' of Iran’s often unseen arts scene
Looted 2,700-year-old bricks—discovered in Swiss warehouse—are returned to Iran
Before the discovery of the more than 50 painted blocks, “the richness of Mannaean civilisation had not been appreciated”, expert says
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From 5,000 years of Iranian art and culture to Black female resistance and the domestic sphere
The American who brought Modern masterpieces to Iran
A new memoir by curator Donna Stein reveals the story behind the creation of a Western art collection for the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in the 1970s
The astonishing tale of how a US vice president’s Van Gogh work ended up in Iran
Vincent’s print—inscribed “At Eternity’s Gate” by the artist—went from Nelson Rockefeller to Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art
5,000 years in 350 objects: Victoria and Albert Museum reveals details about its epic 'immersive' Iran show
With ten sections covering ancient Iranian history to contemporary art, London museum plans to open delayed show in February
Hermitage plans ‘exchange of outstanding and significant exhibits’ with National Museum of Iran
Despite pandemic, Russian and Iranian museum directors met online to discuss future cultural collaborations
After years of sanctions and political upheaval, the pandemic is a new hurdle for the fragile Iranian art scene
Pejman Foundation in Tehran opened a museum at the start of this year only for it to close soon after as coronavirus struck
Iran's leading artist Parviz Tanavoli makes nightingale medallions to help hospitals in his native country
The artist says Iran has been “devastated” by the crisis, which he adds has been exacerbated by US sanctions
Shirin Neshat on why Frida Kahlo is one of her favourite artists
The US-Iranian artist tells The Art Newspaper which artists inspire her and why
Two Iran exhibitions in Germany put on ice amid political tensions
Insurers refused to cover the transport of loans, including salt-mine mummies and Greek and Roman antiquities
Trump retracts threats against Iranian culture sites saying: ‘I like to obey the law’
The US president’s reversal comes after widespread condemnation and defense officials’ assurances that military would abide by international law