The city of Lahijan is a city in Iran’s North-Western Gilan province, on the shores of Caspian Sea. It is historically the first town in Iran to have tea plantations. With its climate, soil quality and fresh spring water Lahijan stands to have the largest area of tea cultivation in Iran. “Lahijan Spring Tea” is the best quality tea produced in the country.

Group Exhibition of video, Painting, Ready made and Installation opened for few hours on Monday 1est of Feb, 2010 at site of abandoned Saffari Tea Factory and building next to it which was the former residence of Saffari Family and the late owner of…

In which empty space are you standing

In which empty space are you standing
(Confidence #7)
by Ali Ettehad
Digital print on metalized paper/ Music by Kaveh Kateb/ Texts selected by Masud Shahriari/2010
Click here to see some images from the exhibition.

“The Oracle declares I see visions flowing from quills which soon after shall be impressed upon their land, and quills that recreate these visions yet again. I hear voices uttered by storytellers speaking of a story that shall come to pass, and the same event to be retold yet again by subsequent storytellers.

I see people orbiting themselves [endlessly] from the beginning to the end.”

Armatian, Chapter…

Yesterday Came Suddenly - Sonya-Schonberger

“Yesterday Came Suddenly” opens at Atbin Art Gallery, Tehran on Friday 29th of Jan, 2010.
The Drawings and installation by German Artist Sonya Schönberger is curated by Amirali Ghasemi, Tehran and it’s the 1st exhibition of a series of solo shows by international artists in Iran organized by parkingallery, in various galleries of Tehran. There is a small catalog will be launched in the occasion of the exhibition by newbookz, and a limited edition poster printed in silkscreen designed by Shahab Tondar.
The Exhibition will continue till feb 4th, 2010 , 5-9 pm. The artist herself will be present in the…

Date-painting by NimaEsmailpour

Date-painting, an exhibition of Painting/Installation by Nima Esmailpour just opened last Friday, Jan 22nd 2010. The 2nd show of  the brand new  Mohsen Gallery is dedicated to a young artist,  1985 born  Nima Esmailpour previously collaborated with parkingallery in International Roaming Biennial of Tehran and in Limited Access II. You can catch the artist, performing in one of the rooms from 23rd to 25th of Jan.

The catalog of the exhibition features a text  by Omid Mehregan in the ocassion of the exhibition, he will speak to public on Monday 25th Jan. 5pm. The Exhibition will be on view till 27th of Jan…

Tehran Undated by Mehran Mohajer

Tehran, Undated
تهران، بدون تاریخ

An exhibition by Mehran Mohajer
Azad Art Gallery
نمایشگاه مهران مهاجر
نگارخانه طراحان آزاد

دوم تا چهاردم بهمن ماه هزار و سیصد و هشتاد و هشت
ساعت چهار تا هشت
نگارخانه طراحان آزاد
میدان فاطمی، میدان گلها، میدان سلماس شماره پنج

22th Jan – Feb 3rd 2010
Daily Visiting Hours: Fri – Wed 4-8 pm
Azad Art Gallery
No 5, Salmas Square, Golha Square, Tehran

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گشایش: آدینه 2 بهمن 1388 – ساعت 16 تا 20نمایشگاه تا 27 بهمن برقرار است
زمان بازدید: یکشنبه تا آدینه – ساعت 11 الی 20
Opening: Friday 22 January 2010 at 16:00
Exhibition runs until 16 February 2010
Visiting hours: Sunday to Friday 11:00 to 20:00
40  تهران. ونک. خیابان سئول. شماره ,
no. 40, Seoul Ave., Vanak, Tehran
Tel:+982188603050 Fax:982188603051
poster designed by Iman raad
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IRAN Vs. Guided by Amirali Ghasemi at PiST///
PiST/// Interdisciplinary Project Space has started its Artist Information project on May 2007 to focus on Istanbul and Turkey’s contemporary art production. On 2010 this project will cross borders to focus on contemporary art practices abroad. The first country of this research series will be Iran, a neighboring country with a 499 km border with Turkey. Its capital Tehran is 66 hours away from Istanbul by train and 3 hours by plane. Iran is one of a few countries that does not request a visa from Turkish passport holders. There is a 1,5…

Fragmentary is an audio work by Nima Pourkarimi which was a part of  Limited Sound in parkingallery’s recent exhibition Limited Access II, the video is made by Police Disco Light and it consist of one take VJ set using a flashlight and a Laser light on a cam connected to Resolume.

Enjoy!

Clowns Can't Have Babies by Samira-Eskandarfar

Azad Art Gallery – Tehran, Presents CLOWNS CAN’T HAVE BABIES  Paintings by Samira Eskandarfar, the exhibition opens on Friday, 08 of January 2010. The exhibition will be on till Saturday, 23 January 2010,from 16:00 to 20:00.

…Talking about the subjects of the “Clowns can’t have babies” series is really difficult, since any attempt to decode the artworks will only result in a very personal understanding of the works in regards of one’s own personal experiences. The subjects of the artworks are based on common human feelings with emphasis on the sexuality factor. The only difference is that it tends to…

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