Asia Society group show from Mohammed Akfami collection shows 'great diversity' of Iran’s often unseen arts scene

Before the discovery of the more than 50 painted blocks, “the richness of Mannaean civilisation had not been appreciated”, expert says

From 5,000 years of Iranian art and culture to Black female resistance and the domestic sphere

A new memoir by curator Donna Stein reveals the story behind the creation of a Western art collection for the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in the 1970s

Vincent’s print—inscribed “At Eternity’s Gate” by the artist—went from Nelson Rockefeller to Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art

With ten sections covering ancient Iranian history to contemporary art, London museum plans to open delayed show in February

Despite pandemic, Russian and Iranian museum directors met online to discuss future cultural collaborations

Pejman Foundation in Tehran opened a museum at the start of this year only for it to close soon after as coronavirus struck

The artist says Iran has been “devastated” by the crisis, which he adds has been exacerbated by US sanctions

The US-Iranian artist tells The Art Newspaper which artists inspire her and why

Insurers refused to cover the transport of loans, including salt-mine mummies and Greek and Roman antiquities

The US president’s reversal comes after widespread condemnation and defense officials’ assurances that military would abide by international law

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

Meanwhile, an impromptu tribute to the country’s cultural heritage broke out on Twitter, as users posted images of their favourite places

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

Two artists began a collaborative project after one was denied a visa to enter the US under Donald Trump's travel ban

The Iranian artist's major exhibition opens at the Broad museum features new work addressing discrimination in Trump's America

Aras Amiri loses final appeal over spying charges

The show includes the work of 16 contemporary artists exploring themes such as sexual identity, repression, religion and memory

Museum’s director Tristram Hunt says securing loans and sponsorship is “more of a challenge” as tension grows between Trump and Tehran

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

Curator could be used as a bargaining chip, along with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Complications around shipping and insurance have not stopped artists and curators from the country to make their presence felt at this year's edition

Curators and artists, including Shirin Neshat, remember the artist who called her geometric mirror works “signs of light and life”

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

Bita Vakilli's work was withheld for a week by government officials

Piece depicting a Persian soldier was seized last year at Tefaf New York

Artist photographed women breaking free of state-imposed rules

A show at Toronto's Aga Khan Museum zeroes in on creativity in the Qajar Dynasty

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

Preparation for 2019 exhibition and the building's renovation has led to the discovery of previously undocumented art works

The garment was conserved for the Holburne Museum's exhibition of objects collected by the “intrepid” traveller Ellen Tanner

Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari paid a bail of around $10m according to sources but still await appeal request

In a first for Iran, the Teer Art fair is set to open amid a growing but fragile market environment

The Iraqi-Kurdish artist examines migration and contemporary politics in his solo show at the New Museum

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

US Supreme Court called on to consider potential harm to arts organisations and the American public

Jean-Luc Martinez says the museum’s international projects have skyrocketed over the past five years

French museum became first cultural institution to secure ties with Islamic regime after sanctions lifted in 2016

A 2008 amendment to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not open a foreign nation's assets to claimants, the justices unanimously decided

Exhibition of 50 Greek, Roman and Persian artefacts is "first large-scale exhibition by a major Western museum in Iran"

Artist Parviz Tanavoli hopes Lions of Iran exhibition will still go ahead in Tehran—and travel abroad

Scepticism grows about confiscated silver vessel handed over by the US as an act of diplomacy