Iran
"Modernism and Post-Modernism" conference in Teheran at the Museum of Contemporary Art the result of President Khatami's influence
The Art Newspaper speaks to the museum's director Sami Azar about how a more progressive government brought about Iran's increasing acceptance of Western ideas
The publication of 'The splendour of Iran' is a landmark of the independence of native academics.
Archaeologically, architecturally and art-historically, Iran is very much on the move
Plans for Iran exhibition at British Museum shelved as sponsor withdraws in aftermath of Twin Tower bombings
The exhibition, which would have highlighted the creative flourishing facilitated by members of Iranian royalty, may still become a reality in 2004 or 2005
Interview with Shirin Neshat: Where madness is the greatest freedom
Telling universal stories about love, insanity, and death through film and music
Trade embargo on Iran partially lifted
The textile trade, especially in carpets, will improve but metalworks and manuscripts are still restricted
State Hermitage Museum's show of Iranian jewellery from Patti Birch's collection recalls an age where the export of archaeological finds was legal
The Shah's policy decreed that private individuals could sponsor excavations and keep a portion of the finds
The Brooklyn Museum's landmark show of Qajar art exposes Iran’s more liberal roots
The first survey of a fashion for portraiture that swept the Persian court lifts the veil on Iranian history
Shirin Neshat provokes at Madrid's Arco art fair '97
Neshat links three incongruous images - the bare soles of the feet, Arabic script and gun violence - to achieve a conceit
Collector profile: Abolala Soudavar – bibliophily in the blood
His great Persian manuscript paintings are now on loan to the Sackler
The Book of Kings returned to Iran by US in exchange for de Kooning painting
The greatest surviving Persian manuscript was swapped for Woman III, once owned by the Shah of Iran
Iran imposes capital punishment for illicit exportation of antiquities
This legislation may come to late, as several archaeological sites have already been looted, and their content distributed throughout the international market