NewsHeritage
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
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Cultural heritage officials condemn Trump’s threats against Iranian sites
Meanwhile, an impromptu tribute to the country’s cultural heritage broke out on Twitter, as users posted images of their favourite places
AnalysisHeritage
If the US destroys Iranian cultural sites, President Trump will be criminally liable by international law
The US is signatory to The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, which forbids any act of hostility to cultural property
NewsExhibitions
Experimental art space in Tehran has been recreated in Pittsburgh
Two artists began a collaborative project after one was denied a visa to enter the US under Donald Trump's travel ban
InterviewShirin Neshat
‘This US government looks more like Iran's every day’: Shirin Neshat talks about the power of political satire ahead of LA show
The Iranian artist's major exhibition opens at the Broad museum features new work addressing discrimination in Trump's America
NewsIran
British Council condemns Iran court upholding ten-year sentence for UK-based curator
Aras Amiri loses final appeal over spying charges
NewsExhibitions
Shirin Neshat curates exhibition of all-women Iranian artists in New York
The show includes the work of 16 contemporary artists exploring themes such as sexual identity, repression, religion and memory
NewsVictoria & Albert Museum
V&A to mount major Iran exhibition in face of US sanctions
Museum’s director Tristram Hunt says securing loans and sponsorship is “more of a challenge” as tension grows between Trump and Tehran
NewsArt market
Tehran's art fair opens despite sanctions and growing tensions with US
Second edition of Teer Art Fair aims to foster domestic Iranian art scene at a time when international sales increasingly difficult for the country's galleries
NewsPolitics
Art world condemns Iran’s ten-year prison sentence for British Council employee Aras Amiri
Curator could be used as a bargaining chip, along with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
NewsVenice Biennale 2019
Iranian works will abound at the Venice Biennale despite US sanctions
Complications around shipping and insurance have not stopped artists and curators from the country to make their presence felt at this year's edition
NewsObituaries
Tributes to Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, giant of contemporary Iranian art
Curators and artists, including Shirin Neshat, remember the artist who called her geometric mirror works “signs of light and life”
NewsRestoration
Queen Victoria and Fath-Ali Shah portraits, torn apart in 2011 British Embassy attack, to go back on show in Tehran
Restored paintings will form part of a new display of 66 works, including several Persian pieces bought by the UK's Government Art Collection after the attack
NewsIran
Works by Iranian artist held at UK border, postponing exhibition
Bita Vakilli's work was withheld for a week by government officials
NewsLooting
President Rouhani personally takes looted ancient relief back from New York to Tehran
Piece depicting a Persian soldier was seized last year at Tefaf New York
NewsObituaries
Shirin Aliabadi, known for depicting rebellious Iranian women, has died
Artist photographed women breaking free of state-imposed rules
ReviewExhibitions
In a troubled Iranian era, art defied darkness
A show at Toronto's Aga Khan Museum zeroes in on creativity in the Qajar Dynasty
NewsLaw
Parviz Tanavoli banned from leaving Iran over legal dispute with former gallery owner
Maryam Goudarzi claims that the artist should return six 1972 sculptures worth $6m to her, but Tanavoli says they were swapped legally for five newer works
News
Works by Picasso among objects rediscovered in Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art's collection
Preparation for 2019 exhibition and the building's renovation has led to the discovery of previously undocumented art works
NewsConservation & Preservation
A 19th-century bikini from Iran goes on show in the UK in time for the summer
The garment was conserved for the Holburne Museum's exhibition of objects collected by the “intrepid” traveller Ellen Tanner
NewsLaw
Iranian gallerists released on bail after two years in Tehran prison
Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari paid a bail of around $10m according to sources but still await appeal request
NewsArt market
Iran’s art market defies expectations in face of US sanctions with new fair
In a first for Iran, the Teer Art fair is set to open in June amid a growing but fragile market environment
InterviewFrieze New York
On the road, from Iraq to Germany
The Iraqi-Kurdish artist Hiwa K on migration and contemporary politics
NewsExhibitions
Los Angeles County Museum of Art hopes to ‘change American perceptions of Iran’ with new show
Artists based in Iran were absent at the opening of exhibition of historical and contemporary Iranian art this week due to Trump's travel ban
NewsPolitics
Trump’s travel ban: artists and museums speak out against third iteration
US Supreme Court called on to consider potential harm to arts organisations and the American public
News
Against the odds, Louvre exhibition opens in Tehran in historic deal
French museum became first cultural institution to secure ties with Islamic regime after sanctions lifted in 2016
NewsLaw
Terror victims cannot seize Iranian antiquities, US Supreme Court rules
A 2008 amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not open a foreign nation's assets to claimants, the justices unanimously decided
NewsExhibitions
Louvre blockbuster show heads to Iran in major move of cultural diplomacy
Exhibition of 50 Greek, Roman and Persian artefacts is "first large-scale exhibition by a major Western museum in Iran"
NewsPolitics
Iran's presidential election casts shadow over show organised by country's leading artist
Artist Parviz Tanavoli hopes Lions of Iran exhibition will still go ahead in Tehran—and travel abroad
CommentIran
'The normalisation of cultural warfare cannot go unanswered'
Tristram Hunt, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, calls on the international community to condemn President Trump's threat to target Iran's cultural sites
Tristram Hunt