A conversation with renowned Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli about ‘Safar’, a major upcoming exhibition of contemporary Middle Eastern art in Canada

‘On that bright, sunny day in the middle of the sweltering month of Mordad, I saw the ends of your loose, red hejab fluttering gaily behind you …’

‘… That lonely one turned his head to the vernal moon above, whispering softly, ‘My silent city – where art the soul of thine springs?’

A conversation with Mona Shomali and Haleh Jamali, two artists exploring female Iranian identity in a collaborative exhibition at the Asian Arts Initiative

A review of Sashar Zarif and Alim Qasimov’s bold new take on the art of Mugham, with a look at the history and culture of Azerbaijan

Joobin Bekhrad on memory, martyrdom, and mourning in Iran, with reference to Sayeh Sarfaraz’s latest solo exhibition in Montréal

When he showed up at Iranian artist Afsoon’s West London atelier one rainy day, Joobin Bekhrad was in for a colourful surprise

French-Afghan novelist and director Atiq Rahimi’s haunting, metaphorical tale of love, war, and liberation in modern-day Afghanistan

What do you get when you mix the thundering, pulsating rhythms of Southern Iranian folk music and jazz? Pure bliss, according to Joobin Bekhrad