"Rethinking the Contemporary Art of Iran seeks to articulate an alternative narrative of Iranian art in recent times, diverging from the prevalent portrayals often found in publications derived from ...

Archaeologists uncover a rare needle-carved rock image believed to show a Persian king, offering new insight into Sasanian culture.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Visitors attend an exhibition called “In Women’s Words,” which displays works ...

“Shirin Neshat,” the latest show at the Miami Art Museum, with films and photographs of the exile Iranian artist, is a unique event, helping us to grasp the complexity of women’s struggle for social ...

"The Mongol invasion in the thirteenth century marked a new phase in the development of Islamic art. Trans-Eurasian exchanges of goods, people and ideas were encouraged on a large scale under the ...

In the United States, cursive is dying a slow, loopy death. Roughly only half of the states require kids to learn it, leaving a generation of children to try and decipher grandma’s birthday cards like ...

Rock still maintains an aura of rebellion in Iran so it’s not surprising that it continues to show up in Iranian New Wave cinema. In 2008’s animated Persepolis, Marji buys heavy metal and punk albums ...

This reflects a growing shift in Iranian women's perspectives on societal expectations, amid a complex landscape of conservative views and government crackdown.