Iranian politics
Iranian women’s rights movement arrives in Los Angeles
The “Woman, Life, Freedom” project, initiated by Dina Nasser-Khadivi, aims to raise the art world’s awareness of the ongoing fight for greater freedoms in Iran
Iranian artists submit work anonymously for online exhibition on death of Mahsa Amini
More than 500 works were submitted last year after protests swept the country
Artist Katharina Grosse calls on Iran to overturn death sentences of LGBTQ activists
Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani and Elham Choubda were sentenced in September for the crime of "corruption on earth through the promotion of homosexuality"
Cindy Sherman, Kara Walker and others sign letter denouncing human rights abuses in Iran
Meanwhile, Shirin Neshat decries execution of protestor Mohsen Shekari on Instagram
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‘We are asking for people to care’: protestors unfurled banners at SFMOMA in support of Iranian uprising
The anonymous group took inspiration from a similar action last month, organised by a different collective, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York
Mass protest against Iran's human rights abuses staged at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Protesters gathered at Lacma to mark the Zahedan massacre as well as draw attention to the suppression and imprisonment of protesters and activists
Protest for Mahsa Amini—who was killed by Iran's morality police—staged at New York's Guggenheim Museum
An anonymous collective unfurled banners proclaiming “Women, Life, Freedom” from the top of the institution's rotunda
Shirin Neshat joins protests against Iran's worsening human rights situation with new digital works
Pieces in West Hollywood and London's Piccadilly are a reaction to the death of 22-year-old student Mahsa Amini, after being detained by authorities in the country
Artist smears blood and hair on Iranian embassy in protest at Mahsa Amini’s death
The Kurdish activist Zehra Doğan has been released after a brief detention by German authorities, but may still face charges
‘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
British Council condemns Iran court upholding ten-year sentence for UK-based curator
Aras Amiri loses final appeal over spying charges
Sami Azar reinstated as director of Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art following protests by artists
“This is the only time in Iran that a cultural manager has been supported by artists like this”, he tells The Art Newspaper
Archaeologists given more time to survey Iran's Bulaghi valley before dam waters cause it to submerge
Experts at the ancient site of Izeh in the Karun River valley have not been afforded the same privileges