Financial Tribune- The London branch of Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers will hold an auction titled Awakening and Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art on April 18. A total of 67 artworks from Middle Eastern artists will be offered, mostly by Egyptian artists, followed by Iraqi, Turkish and Syrian artists. Among the works are six ...

Press TV - Iranian iconic artist Parviz Tanavoli is globally renowned as a leading figure in the history of modern art and the founder of Irans modern sculpture. Tanavoli pioneered the revival of the art of sculpture in Iran after centuries of its absence from the cultural life of the country. He is using motifs from Islamic and pre-Islamic ...

Financial Tribune- Due to popular demand Boom Art Gallery in Tehran has extended the exhibition of artworks of renowned sculptor and painter Parviz Tanavoli for another month. The exhibit was initially programmed for 80 days. It opened on November 6, 2017 to conclude on January 26. The works include 21 pieces of his works most of which have been ...

Three sculptures by acclaimed Iranian-Canadian artist Parviz Tanavoli are on display at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. Three of the Vancouver-based artist's sculptures namelyPoet in Love,2009;Big Heech, 2014; andHoriztonal Lovers,2016, his latest sculpture which is being publicly exhibited for the first time, have been installed. Tanavoli isbest ...

The countrys most renowned living artist on his famous heech works, being summoned by the shah, and the resurgence of Irans art scene In 1971, the then queen of Iran commissioned Parviz Tanavoli, a young artist in his 30s, to make one of his signature bronze sculptures for the palace of the shah. The tall, majestic bronze statuette depicts the word ...

Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli shares his thoughts on women and jewelry. Zanan-e Emrouz (Todays Women) Magazine has run an interview by Maryam Omrani with Parviz Tanavoli, a sculptor, in its second issue out in July 2014. The interview looks into the development of Parviz Tanavolis artistic works with a focus on Saqqa Khaneh Schoolof thought. ...

With his head of silver hair and stylish black blazer, Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli looks younger than his 77 years. He's been called the father of modern Iranian sculpture, but he hasn't had a major museum show in the U.S. in almost four decades. Now, Wellesley College's Davis Museum is giving viewers a chance to see 175 of Tanavoli's sculptures ...

[caption id="attachment_152282" align="alignright" width="175"] Parviz Tanavoli's exhibition at the Davis Museum of arts at Wellesley College.[/caption] WELLESLEY A series of major exhibitions in the Northeast devoted to art from Iran kicked off this month in Massachusetts with Parviz Tanavoli, a retrospective of one of Irans most admired modernists,...

A collection of art pieces created by a number of artists belonged to the Saqqakhaneh Art Movement has been showcased at Tehrans Niavaran cultural complex. The displayed pieces are visual works and sculptures created by the artists who are the members of Saqqakhaneh Movement. The works by Parviz Tanavoli, Sadeq Tabrizi, Masoud Arabshahi and Hossein ...

[caption id="attachment_61715" align="alignright" width="180"] Parviz Tanavoli's 'Oh Persepolis II'[/caption] Various Iranian art pieces have fetched high prices at Dubai Christies during its seasonal Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art sale. Parviz Tanavolis a six foot tall sculpture titled Oh Persepolis II fetched $940,000 on ...

Dubai Christies will auction a collection of works by Iranian artists during its Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art sale. The seasonal sale is to offer 40 artworks created by 36 Iranian artists at different sections including part I, Part II and Part III that will be held at Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel in Dubai. Leading modern ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 6 (MNA) A book written by prominent Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli on the history of sculpture in Iran was unveiled during a ceremony on the sidelines of an exhibition of his works at Tehrans Mah-e Mehr Gallery on Friday evening. Entitled The History of Sculpture in Iran, the book has been released by Nazar Publications. He signed ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Works of Iranian artists, including Abbas Kiarostami, prominent director, would be displayed in an Auction Room in London. The room also displays works from an Iranian painter and sculptor Parviz Tanavoli and photographer Shadi Qadirian. The Auction room is an art economy institution linked to Sothbey whose auctions are held online....

A new exhibition of modern Iranian art will showcase the work of 26 artists from the 1950s to the 1970s, when global art movements particularly influenced Iranian artists, the Asia Society Museum in New York is announcing on Monday. The show coming amid stirrings of hope that Irans international relations will relax under its new president, Hassan ...

With the bulk of major exhibitions being held in Europe, the UAE, and the United States, Canada is often dismissed as a cultural backwater when it comes to contemporary Middle Eastern art. Things are changing, however, slowly, but surely. Running between April 20 and September 15 at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia on ...

By The Daily Star BEIRUT: In 2006, almost 250 years after it first opened in London, Christies opened its first Middle Eastern office, in Dubai. Since then, the Dubai branch of the worlds largest art auction house has sold over $200 million worth of work and introduced over 100 contemporary artists from the region to the international art market....