Passing of Mahmoud Farshchian, the Master of Persian Miniature
Mahmoud Farshchian, the legendary painter and reviver of Persian miniature, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at the age of 95 in the United States due to pneumonia. The artist, who had been residing in America for many years, had been under medical care in recent days, but illness and advanced age brought an […]
In Conversation with Rebecca Driffield: The Cinematic Vision in Contemporary Portraiture
By Kasra Aliha The human face tells a thousand stories, and for Australian artist Rebecca Driffield, every brushstroke captures an intricate web of emotions, narratives, and silent dialogues. Having lived and worked in Paris since 1986, Driffield has built an impressive career in figurative painting, merging expressionistic symbolism with cinematic storytelling. Her recent exhibition at […]
Interview with Hélène Duclos on the Exhibition “Le collier rouge des reines nues” at Galerie Claire Corcia
Date of Interview: March 6, 2025Location: Galerie Claire Corcia, ParisInterviewer: Kasra Aliha Introduction Hélène Duclos is a contemporary French artist known for her intricate, emotionally charged works that navigate themes of identity, memory, and the human condition. Her practice spans painting, drawing, and mixed media, often incorporating symbolic imagery to explore deeply personal yet universally […]
Parvaneh Etemadi, a Prominent Iranian Painter, Passes Away
According to the Iranian Painters Association, Parvaneh Etemadi, a prominent Iranian painter, passed away at 77. During high school, she was a student of Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, who, recognizing her talent in painting, introduced her to Bahman Mohasses to learn the art under his guidance. Etemadi is best known for her still-life paintings, particularly her cement […]
Leonardo da Vinci: The Timeless Genius of Art, Science, and Innovation
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was a quintessential Renaissance figure, renowned for his contributions to art, science, and engineering. Here are some of the most intriguing aspects of his life: Illegitimate Birth and Early Life Born out of wedlock to a respected lawyer and a peasant woman in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo’s illegitimacy meant he did not […]
On Mohammad Ali famori’s “Hypnotic Zone”: The Adventure of discoverer cornea
Mohammad Ali famori seeks to understand and define the existing hypnosis in the conscious and subconscious perusal of the individual under the symbol’s influence in the Hypnotic Zone. Based on his belief, contemporary human is under the daily media bombardment of images and symbols which affects his visual memory. By this effect, not only new symbols […]
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, […]
ROBERT BOWEN’S ANIMAL-MACHINE HYBRIDS
Robert Bowen’s work is a strange, swirling brew of colorful contradiction that is not easy to define or even understand, but that seems quite the point. Throughout his body of work, Bowen takes familiar iconography and handily corkscrews it with his own unique brand of humor and distinct painting style. Bowen’s ability to reappropriate contradictory […]
Cupid complaining to Venus
It was a subject Cranach painted many times: Cupid, having stolen honeycomb from a tree, has been stung by a swarm of angry bees. Disconsolate and still clutching the honeycomb, he looks up to his mother Venus for comfort. She, however, seems to have little sympathy and instead directs her attention towards the viewer of the painting. This […]
Fit for the Future: The 2016 Eyeo Festival
At a time when employers incentivize workers to don wearable health trackers, artists Tega Brain and Surya Mattu offer a solution:Unfit Bits, household objects, from drills to metronomes, retrofitted to fool a Fitbit into thinking you’ve completed a triathlon. “Does your lifestyle prevent you from qualifying for insurance discounts?” asks the narrator of the infomercial […]
Iran Art Festival First Call For Summer
Iran Art Festival First Call For Summer The first event of Iran Art Festival with the aim of introducing artistic elite to art communities inside and abroad officially began its work during a ceremony to announce the call for summer courses. In the first call the Festival is gathering artworks in painting and photography, and […]
Art in the Mountains – “Premier Destination Workshops!” Since 1983
Art in the Mountains has 10-15 fine art painting classes each year, including studio and plein air classes. Our instructors are internationally known and published artists who enjoy sharing their knowledge and techniques in their workshops. We offer instruction in most media and genres. Art workshops include daily demonstrations, unique curriculum and one-on-one support. Class sizes […]
Tala Madani at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Painter Tala Madani’s show in St. Louis provided a concise primer on her work, featuring her hallmark subject: men, nude or almost so, perhaps Middle Eastern and probably middle-aged, in situations both abject and humorous. The small exhibition drew from a single body of work by the Iranian-born artist, one depicting individual protagonists against black […]
THE BITTERSWEET DREAMS OF DAVID CUNNINGHAM
This article inaugurates the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation/Art in America Arts Writing Fellowships, a joint project designed to foster art and culture writing in cities throughout the U.S. Here, Kevin Killian reflects on the San Francisco art scene. I met the late David Cunningham while straphanging on the 27 Bryant bus that runs west from […]
