Art Aware / Dr Aida Foroutan
@aidaphoenix.bsky.social
A blog that monitors all that’s interesting in the world of contemporary #art #literature and #culture in #Iran & in the #Iranian #diaspora.
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Daughter BWASM review – filthy pot shots from a bad mum and her AI offspring
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The Iranian-born US artist cleverly uses AI-generated robot children to show she has had enough of women being treated like mechanical automatons for childbirth and care
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The Iranian-born US artist cleverly uses AI-generated robot children to show she has had enough of women being treated like mechanical automatons for childbirth and care
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Daughter BWASM review – filthy pot shots from a bad mum and her AI offspring
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/11/daug...
The Iranian-born US artist cleverly uses AI-generated robot children to show she has had enough of women being treated like mechanical automatons for childbirth and care
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/11/daug...
The Iranian-born US artist cleverly uses AI-generated robot children to show she has had enough of women being treated like mechanical automatons for childbirth and care
Soft Edge of the Blade Vol. 3
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The exhibition gathers artists working across painting, sculpture, photography, and hybrid media to examine violence in its many forms—visible and invisible, personal and collective.
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The exhibition gathers artists working across painting, sculpture, photography, and hybrid media to examine violence in its many forms—visible and invisible, personal and collective.
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Soft Edge of the Blade Vol. 3
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The exhibition gathers artists working across painting, sculpture, photography, and hybrid media to examine violence in its many forms—visible and invisible, personal and collective.
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The exhibition gathers artists working across painting, sculpture, photography, and hybrid media to examine violence in its many forms—visible and invisible, personal and collective.
Translating Toward Possibility: Sarah Faux Interviews Mariam Rahmani
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November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Translating Toward Possibility: Sarah Faux Interviews Mariam Rahmani
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“Beginnings”
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The late Iranian American artist’s exhibition exemplified how he expanded the Eurocentric parameters of abstraction.
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The late Iranian American artist’s exhibition exemplified how he expanded the Eurocentric parameters of abstraction.
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Beginnings”
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The late Iranian American artist’s exhibition exemplified how he expanded the Eurocentric parameters of abstraction.
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The late Iranian American artist’s exhibition exemplified how he expanded the Eurocentric parameters of abstraction.
Noble/Savage
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Ali Banisadr’s Mesmerizing Paintings Make Sense of Chaos
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Ali Banisadr’s Mesmerizing Paintings Make Sense of Chaos
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Noble/Savage
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Ali Banisadr’s Mesmerizing Paintings Make Sense of Chaos
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Ali Banisadr’s Mesmerizing Paintings Make Sense of Chaos
Nairy Baghramian at WIELS — nameless brings together several previously unseen bodies of work in dialogue with the post-industrial architecture.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Nairy Baghramian at WIELS — nameless brings together several previously unseen bodies of work in dialogue with the post-industrial architecture.
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Raising their Voices: the Iranian artists fighting back
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In Iran, women are forbidden to sing in public. A handful of Berlin’s Iranian artists are fighting back with rebellious records.
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In Iran, women are forbidden to sing in public. A handful of Berlin’s Iranian artists are fighting back with rebellious records.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Raising their Voices: the Iranian artists fighting back
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In Iran, women are forbidden to sing in public. A handful of Berlin’s Iranian artists are fighting back with rebellious records.
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/10/rais...
In Iran, women are forbidden to sing in public. A handful of Berlin’s Iranian artists are fighting back with rebellious records.
Iran and Art in a Cage
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A century of cultural rupture and decline
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A century of cultural rupture and decline
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Iran and Art in a Cage
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A century of cultural rupture and decline
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A century of cultural rupture and decline
Real State
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Interview-In Conversation with Shirana Shahbazi About Her Solo Show in Emkan Gallery
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Interview-In Conversation with Shirana Shahbazi About Her Solo Show in Emkan Gallery
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Real State
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Interview-In Conversation with Shirana Shahbazi About Her Solo Show in Emkan Gallery
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Interview-In Conversation with Shirana Shahbazi About Her Solo Show in Emkan Gallery
A Magician of Imagination
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In Dialogue with Farhad Hasanzadeh
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In Dialogue with Farhad Hasanzadeh
October 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A Magician of Imagination
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In Dialogue with Farhad Hasanzadeh
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In Dialogue with Farhad Hasanzadeh
From migration to rebirth: A story of pain and liberation
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Iranian painter Saye Sohrabi turned her canvas into a voice for silenced women. Migration was a rebirth; the awakening of a woman who redefines freedom through art and transforms pain into colour.
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Iranian painter Saye Sohrabi turned her canvas into a voice for silenced women. Migration was a rebirth; the awakening of a woman who redefines freedom through art and transforms pain into colour.
October 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
From migration to rebirth: A story of pain and liberation
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Iranian painter Saye Sohrabi turned her canvas into a voice for silenced women. Migration was a rebirth; the awakening of a woman who redefines freedom through art and transforms pain into colour.
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Iranian painter Saye Sohrabi turned her canvas into a voice for silenced women. Migration was a rebirth; the awakening of a woman who redefines freedom through art and transforms pain into colour.
Jafar Panahi’s Cinematic Rebellions
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In the director’s most defiant film yet, a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.
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In the director’s most defiant film yet, a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.
October 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Jafar Panahi’s Cinematic Rebellions
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In the director’s most defiant film yet, a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.
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In the director’s most defiant film yet, a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison.
Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor, The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860–1979
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“We discovered what we call the matrilineal network of activism, spanning from grandmothers to mothers, to daughters, and nieces...”
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“We discovered what we call the matrilineal network of activism, spanning from grandmothers to mothers, to daughters, and nieces...”
October 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Houri Berberian and Talinn Grigor, The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860–1979
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“We discovered what we call the matrilineal network of activism, spanning from grandmothers to mothers, to daughters, and nieces...”
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“We discovered what we call the matrilineal network of activism, spanning from grandmothers to mothers, to daughters, and nieces...”
The Foot-Licking Demons & Other Strange Things in a 1921 Illustrated Manuscript from Iran
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October 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The Foot-Licking Demons & Other Strange Things in a 1921 Illustrated Manuscript from Iran
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Simorgh in Exile: Reimagining Iranian Diaspora in Fereshteh Molavi’s Thirty Shadow Birds
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October 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Simorgh in Exile: Reimagining Iranian Diaspora in Fereshteh Molavi’s Thirty Shadow Birds
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Hamid Keshmirshekan, Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives, Second Edition (New Texts Out Now)
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“What does contemporaneity signify for Iranian artists, and how have they drawn inspiration from contemporary life?”
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“What does contemporaneity signify for Iranian artists, and how have they drawn inspiration from contemporary life?”
October 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Hamid Keshmirshekan, Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives, Second Edition (New Texts Out Now)
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“What does contemporaneity signify for Iranian artists, and how have they drawn inspiration from contemporary life?”
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“What does contemporaneity signify for Iranian artists, and how have they drawn inspiration from contemporary life?”
Review: The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran
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October 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Review: The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran
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Filmmaker Homa Sarabi maps her place in the world
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October 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Filmmaker Homa Sarabi maps her place in the world
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Women for Peace: Voices of hope and humanity
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It blends opera and storytelling to highlight women as agents of peace. It uses music as a universal language capable of bridging cultures, sending a clear message: peace is not a luxury, it is a human necessity.
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It blends opera and storytelling to highlight women as agents of peace. It uses music as a universal language capable of bridging cultures, sending a clear message: peace is not a luxury, it is a human necessity.
September 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Women for Peace: Voices of hope and humanity
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It blends opera and storytelling to highlight women as agents of peace. It uses music as a universal language capable of bridging cultures, sending a clear message: peace is not a luxury, it is a human necessity.
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/09/wome...
It blends opera and storytelling to highlight women as agents of peace. It uses music as a universal language capable of bridging cultures, sending a clear message: peace is not a luxury, it is a human necessity.
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This Memoir Is a Bridge to Iranian Solidarity
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Journalists Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour discuss the political legacy of women in Iran in “For The Sun After Long Nights”
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Journalists Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour discuss the political legacy of women in Iran in “For The Sun After Long Nights”
September 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This Memoir Is a Bridge to Iranian Solidarity
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Journalists Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour discuss the political legacy of women in Iran in “For The Sun After Long Nights”
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/09/this...
Journalists Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour discuss the political legacy of women in Iran in “For The Sun After Long Nights”
This Memoir Is a Bridge to Iranian Solidarity
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/09/this...
Journalists Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour discuss the political legacy of women in Iran in “For The Sun After Long Nights”
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/09/this...
Journalists Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour discuss the political legacy of women in Iran in “For The Sun After Long Nights”
September 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This Memoir Is a Bridge to Iranian Solidarity
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/09/this...
Journalists Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour discuss the political legacy of women in Iran in “For The Sun After Long Nights”
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/09/this...
Journalists Nilo Tabrizy and Fatemeh Jamalpour discuss the political legacy of women in Iran in “For The Sun After Long Nights”
Despite red tape from US sanctions, Tehran-based gallery champions Iranian art at The Armory Show
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Owner of O Gallery says her participation affirms ‘importance of cultural dialogue at a time when exchange across borders is increasingly fraught’
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Owner of O Gallery says her participation affirms ‘importance of cultural dialogue at a time when exchange across borders is increasingly fraught’
September 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Despite red tape from US sanctions, Tehran-based gallery champions Iranian art at The Armory Show
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/09/desp...
Owner of O Gallery says her participation affirms ‘importance of cultural dialogue at a time when exchange across borders is increasingly fraught’
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Owner of O Gallery says her participation affirms ‘importance of cultural dialogue at a time when exchange across borders is increasingly fraught’
‘The Seasick’ exhibition shares stories of Iranian refugees arriving by boat
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Interview with artist Elaheh Mahdavi about her recent exhibition, which explores the plight of Iranian refugees who arrived in Australia by boat, and those they left behind.
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Interview with artist Elaheh Mahdavi about her recent exhibition, which explores the plight of Iranian refugees who arrived in Australia by boat, and those they left behind.
September 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
‘The Seasick’ exhibition shares stories of Iranian refugees arriving by boat
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Interview with artist Elaheh Mahdavi about her recent exhibition, which explores the plight of Iranian refugees who arrived in Australia by boat, and those they left behind.
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Interview with artist Elaheh Mahdavi about her recent exhibition, which explores the plight of Iranian refugees who arrived in Australia by boat, and those they left behind.
Between Myth and Modernity: On Persian Stories, Identity, and the US-Iran Divide
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Ryan Bani Tahmaseb Considers the Enduring Wisdom of Iranian Myths
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Ryan Bani Tahmaseb Considers the Enduring Wisdom of Iranian Myths
Between Myth and Modernity:
A blog that monitors all that’s interesting in the world of contemporary art, literature and culture in Iran and in the Iranian worldwide diaspora.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Between Myth and Modernity: On Persian Stories, Identity, and the US-Iran Divide
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/09/betw...
Ryan Bani Tahmaseb Considers the Enduring Wisdom of Iranian Myths
aidaforoutan.blogspot.com/2025/09/betw...
Ryan Bani Tahmaseb Considers the Enduring Wisdom of Iranian Myths