At a talk accompanying her painting exhibition for the opening of Pace Gallery’s new branch in Japan, Maisha Mohammadi discussed her transition from neuroscience to art, her creative process, and how she embedded a wish for her husband into one of her works.

Manoucher Yektai, an esteemed Iranian poet and artist, made his entry into the secondary market in 2006 with two unique pieces featured at the Dreweatts and Bloomsbury auction in Berkshire, England. Up until 2013, Yektai's market saw limited growth, mainly due to the scarcity of his works and their presence in lesser-known auctions. The launch of the Tehran Auction in 2011 marked a...

Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, an Iranian painter, sculptor, lecturer, and art writer, was born in Behbahan in 1925 and passed away in Rome 94 years later. Throughout his career, he conducted various experiments using different materials and media. However, Vaziri-Moghaddam is most renowned for his sand paintings and articulated sculptures. His works have been featured in auctions since 2...

Kamran Yousefzadeh, attributed to Y. Z. Kami is one of the late generation of Iranian modernist painters. Like the works of many contemporary artists, his paintings cannot be attributed to a specific style. In his works, Kami advances abstract and representational approach in parallel. But the bridge connecting these two distinct approaches is the domination of mystical concepts and...

Farhad Moshiri is often known for his "Vase paintings". This artist, painter and arranger, has received the attention of the domestic and foreign art markets due to his special artistic style. Farhad Moshiri was born in Shiraz and became interested in art and cinema from a young age. This interest continued until his young years, and Moshiri gradually became interested in drawing an...

Farideh Lashai, an Iranian painter, video artist and writer, was born in Rasht. From the age of ten, she studied painting with Jafar Petgar and later went to Europe to study. After graduating from a translation school in Munich, she went to Austria and continued her studies at the Vienna Academy of Decorative Arts. The result of this course and her work experiences in the field of c...

We know Abbas Kiarostami because of his simple, calm and unpretentious look; A look that is sometimes revealed on the cinema screen, sometimes in the frame of a photo, and sometimes on the canvas. Kiarostami's pure look at the simple details of human life and nature and highlighting these seemingly trivial issues is considered the most important component and connecting thread of hi...

Despite his short life, Mansour Qandriz gained a high reputation in the history of Iranian art and immortalized his name as one of the most important modernist Iranian artists. Qandriz was born in Tabriz and studied at Tehran Fine Arts Academy. He exhibited a collection of his paintings for the first time in 1960 in Reza Abbasi Hall and after entering the Decorative Arts Academy, to...

Korosh Shishehgaran is a contemporary Iranian painter, graphic designer and printer. Shishehgaran is known for his abstract linear paintings. However, this experimental artist has tried different media during his professional life. He received a painting diploma from Tehran Academy of Visual Arts and studied interior architecture at the Faculty of Decorative Arts.