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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 day ago

More than 200 cultural figures sign statement criticising international response to destruction of Iran's heritage

We, the undersigned, warn that the conduct of the United States and Israel has inflicted irreversible damage on humanity's cultural heritage and, in light of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, may give rise to violations of international law.
Arts
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 days ago

Iran releases assets of women's football captain in Australia asylum row

Zahra Ghanbari returned to Iran after seeking asylum in Australia, leading to the release of her seized assets by local authorities.
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Russians living in exile cope with grief far from home

Trofimov's move to Germany was a spontaneous decision made after the war began, as he feared for his future and sought a more stable career.
Russo-Ukrainian War
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fromColossal
2 days ago

A Delightful Short Film Highlights the Remarkable Self-Taught Art of George Voronovsky

Jonko Voronovsky transformed his Colony Hotel room into vibrant 'memoryscapes' reflecting his optimistic youth despite enduring significant hardships.
#iran
Women
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Iran women's football team feted in Tehran after asylum battle at Asian Cup

Iran's women's football team returned home after some players sought asylum in Australia, facing pressure from authorities amid international concern.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Life in Iran, Amid Repression and War

The Iranian regime's brutality has intensified, leading to widespread anger and despair among dissidents amid escalating conflict with the U.S. and Israel.
World news
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

Searching for Iran's Disappeared Prisoners

Families are conducting forensics to locate detained loved ones at risk of abuse or execution amid ongoing conflict in Iran.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

As a Palestinian, I stand in solidarity with the Iranian people. Here's why

Western promises of freedom often mask imperialistic desires for control and domination, leaving oppressed peoples wary of foreign intervention.
Podcast
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

How the War Has Reshaped Life in Iran

Life in Iran is challenging under bombardment and government repression, with citizens fearing the ongoing war will increase their suffering regardless of the outcome.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

The Islamic Republic has not crushed the Iranian people's resolve. This war will not do so either | Azar Nafisi

Writers must give voice to the silenced and recreate their stories, especially during times of suffering like those faced by the Iranian people.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

Life in Iran, Amid Repression and War

The Iranian regime's brutality has intensified, leading to widespread anger and despair among dissidents amid escalating conflict with the U.S. and Israel.
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Prep talk: AGBU basketball coach, players headed to Armenia for international competition

Nareg Kopooshian will be the head coach for the U16 Armenian national team in the FIBA U16 EuroBasket competition from July 4-12 in Yerevan.
Europe news
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Turkey and Armenia: When will the border crossings open?

The handshake between Nikol Pashinyan and Recep Tayyip Erdogan represents a historic moment, as it is the first time an Armenian leader has visited Turkey.
World news
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Kamrooz Aram Is Everywhere

The Duchamp exhibition at MoMA is encyclopedic, thought-provoking, and sometimes surprising. It spans the entire sixth floor and invites viewers to engage deeply with his work.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
4 weeks ago

Fear, defiance, and anger: Iranians describe life under bombardment

The Islamic Republic, which killed hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq and Syria, killed and tortured hundreds of thousands of Iranians in the most brutal way after all these years, and which now wants to have nuclear weapons: we, the Iranian people, who have lived with them for half a century, know how ridiculous their claim to be peaceful was.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
World news

Sense of doom': fear and foreboding over Iran war among London's divided diaspora

Members of London's Iranian diaspora experience conflicting emotions following Khamenei's death, with some celebrating while others fear potential consequences and American military intervention.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
World news

I left Iran at age 12 and never went back because it never felt safe. At 48, I can finally picture returning home.

Following Iran's supreme leader's death, diaspora Iranians like Noshene Ranjbar envision returning home within years to help rebuild the nation after decades of separation.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Sense of doom': fear and foreboding over Iran war among London's divided diaspora

Members of London's Iranian diaspora experience conflicting emotions following Khamenei's death, with some celebrating while others fear potential consequences and American military intervention.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
World news

I left Iran at age 12 and never went back because it never felt safe. At 48, I can finally picture returning home.

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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Iranians embrace anthem by AI singer created by UK-based, Iran-born artist

An AI-generated singer named Nava created by Iranian-origin artist Farbod Mehr has become the voice of Iranian resistance, with her songs gaining 13 million Instagram views amid protests and military conflict.
Women in technology
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Shahrnush Parsipur: The women of Iran will cause the fall of the Islamic Republic'

Shahrnush Parsipur's banned novella Women Without Men, longlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize, uses magical realism to condemn the policing of women's bodies in Iran through five women's stories converging in a garden refuge.
fromESPN.com
1 month ago

Iran women's team exits Malaysia after asylum reversal

The Iranian women's soccer team is set to leave Malaysia on Monday night, ending days of uncertainty after most of the seven squad members who sparked a diplomatic furor by seeking asylum in Australia reversed their decisions and rejoined the team in Kuala Lumpur.
Women
fromFortune
1 month ago

More than 3 million Iranians have been displaced so far since the war started, setting up a potential migration crisis | Fortune

If they let me, I will stay in Van until the war ends. If the war doesn't end, maybe I'll go back and die. Pourkaz is one of the 3.2 million people in Iran who the U.N. refugee agency estimates have been displaced since the U.S.-Israel war with Iran started. While some are seeking shelter in safer parts of Iran or one of its neighboring countries, others are returning from abroad, heading toward the fighting to protect their families and homes.
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fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Marica Vilcek, Graceful Champion of Immigrant Artists, Dies at 89

The Vilcek Foundation has awarded over $17 million to support immigrant contributions to the arts and sciences.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

Australia grants asylum to 5 members of the Iranian women's soccer team

Australia granted asylum to five Iranian women's soccer players who were in the country for a tournament when Iran war began, following international pressure and their asylum requests.
World news
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

'Everybody was wearing black.' How the Iranian diaspora is observing Nowruz amid war

Nowruz celebrations this year were marked by mourning and reflection due to recent tragedies in Iran.
#iran-womens-soccer
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago
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Iran says women's soccer captain drops Australia asylum bid

Iran's women's soccer team captain rescinded her asylum application in Australia and will return to Iran, with five of seven players who initially sought asylum reversing their decisions.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago
World news

Fears grow for Iran's womens football team

Five Iranian women's soccer players reportedly escaped after their Asian Cup campaign ended, amid international concerns about their safety and restricted communications under regime pressure.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Fears grow for Iran's womens football team

Five Iranian women's soccer players reportedly escaped after their Asian Cup campaign ended, amid international concerns about their safety and restricted communications under regime pressure.
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fromThe Walrus
1 month ago

Iranians, Home and Abroad, Want Change. But Are Divided on the War | The Walrus

A family learns their grandmother survived Iran's 2025 bombing campaign through fragmented communication while separated by continents during the Twelve-Day War.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromArtforum
1 month ago

Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk on image-making in wartime

Ukrainian artists document social transformation and wartime trauma through performance-based video work that challenges traditional documentary approaches and confronts death's instrumentalization in conflict.
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Iranian Artist Speaks Her Heart

The Lower East Side institution's OMA-designed, $82 million expansion debuted this week to mixed reviews, reflecting a range of opinions on its new look and functionality.
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Women
fromESPN.com
1 month ago

More Iran women's soccer players decide to leave Australia

Three Iranian women's soccer players who accepted Australian refugee visas have returned to Iran, leaving only three of the initial seven who sought asylum.
#iranian-womens-football
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

Iranian women footballers arrive in eastern Turkiye, on home border

Iranian women's football players returned home from Australia after the Asian Cup, with five of seven who initially sought asylum reversing their decision to stay.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

How Iran's women footballers took asylum in Australia and what happens next

Iranian women's football players sought asylum in Australia after the Asian Cup 2026, following geopolitical tensions and the team's silent national anthem protest.
Arts
from48 hills
3 weeks ago

For Iranian artist Shiva Ahmadi, 'ornamentation becomes a form of resistance' - 48 hills

Shiva Ahmadi's interdisciplinary art practice channels personal experiences of displacement, political upheaval, and immigrant anxiety into visually seductive works that address brutal global issues affecting marginalized communities.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Arthur Gourounlian: 'I always panicked that if I did something, I'd be deported back to Armenia'

The article explores Gourounlian's formative experience of fleeing Armenia during his childhood, which shaped his perspective and resilience. He discusses the contrast between his early life challenges and his later success in the entertainment industry, providing context for understanding his journey from displacement to becoming a recognized television personality and judge on Dancing with the Stars.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Iraqi women's rights activist Yanar Mohammed killing spurs call for justice

We at the Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq condemn in the strongest terms this cowardly terrorist crime, which we consider a direct attack on the feminist struggle and the values of freedom and equality.
Women in technology
fromHyperallergic
4 weeks ago

Flying Back With the Birds to My Hometown of Tehran

Distance does not soften the terror. It only deepens my helplessness. In moments like this, I realize that geography is not measured in miles, but in attachment. War rearranges distance. These days I find myself returning to "The Conference of the Birds," the 12th-century poem by Attar of Nishapur, seeking meaning through ancient wisdom about spiritual journeys and transformation.
Arts
#iran-womens-football
World news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'Iran's women are heroes - they want to be free'

Iran's women's football team declined to sing the national anthem at the Asian Cup amid escalating military conflict and domestic unrest, creating immense pressure on players caught between government expectations and public sentiment.
World news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'Iran's women are heroes - they want to be free'

Iran's women's football team declined to sing the national anthem at the Asian Cup amid escalating military conflict and domestic unrest, creating immense pressure on players caught between government expectations and public sentiment.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

A glimpse of Iran, through the eyes of its artists and journalists

Recent books, films, and music by Iranian artists and journalists provide accessible insights into Iran's contemporary culture and politics during a period of limited U.S.-Iran relations.
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Iran's women footballers faced an impossible choice, but we must not romanticise what they are going through | Shiva Mokri and Moones Mansoubi

Iranian women's football players' silent protest during the national anthem represents decades of feminist struggle and carries life-altering consequences regardless of whether they stay abroad or return home.
#armenian-genocide
fromBoston.com
2 months ago
US news

JD Vance posted and then deleted a message referring to the 'Armenian genocide.' Here's why the phrase matters.

fromBoston.com
2 months ago
US news

JD Vance posted and then deleted a message referring to the 'Armenian genocide.' Here's why the phrase matters.

fromHyperallergic
4 weeks ago

When a Palestinian Artist Asserts Her Own Humanity

There is a scene in "Morgenkreis | Morning Circle" (2025), a 16-mm film by Berlin-based Palestinian artist Basma al-Sharif, that unfolds at the threshold of a daycare center. A young boy clings to his father, his fists locked into the fabric of his coat, his arms wrapped tightly around him. The father gently tries to pry himself free while a daycare worker crouches nearby, attempting to distract the child and coax him inside. It is an ordinary moment, one that anyone who has ever been a child - or cared for one - recognizes instantly, as well as the gut-wrenching feeling it provokes.
Arts
fromArtforum
1 month ago

Different Children Will Be Born

An artwork is not created when an artist finishes it. It is created when it's visible to an audience and when it becomes discourse. If there's no ecosystem, nothing works. Central Asia is in the midst of an unprecedented investment in such art infrastructure, including new permanent venues, purpose-built museums, and international biennials.
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#iranian-american-diaspora
fromKqed
1 month ago
Writing

A Glimpse of Iran Through the Eyes of its Artists and Journalists

Iranian-American artists and writers explore diaspora, identity, and historical trauma through poetry, fiction, and documentary, examining the lasting impact of political upheaval and U.S. intervention on Iranian communities.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago
World news

From California to New York, Iranian Americans fear for relatives in their homeland as war continues

Iranian Americans experience conflicting emotions following U.S. and Israeli military strikes that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei, balancing hope for change against fear for relatives and concerns about escalating Middle East conflict.
World news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

From California to New York, Iranian Americans fear for relatives in their homeland as war continues

Iranian Americans experience conflicting emotions following U.S. and Israeli military strikes that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei, balancing hope for change against fear for relatives and concerns about escalating Middle East conflict.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A permanent civil war in the body': how fighting cancer helped an artist understand his Soviet youth

Georgian artist's cancer and recovery inspired a 31-minute documentary linking his treatment experience to the Soviet collapse and its post-transition consequences.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Ksenia Samotiy: My fellow Ukrainians were never ones for mucking in, but now I have seen them embrace it

Four years into Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine continues to fight a war that has reshaped every aspect of its public and private life. Since returning from my recent brief journey to my home city, I have found myself having the same conversation repeatedly: Lviv is far from the frontlines, so is life simply normal there?
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#iran-protests
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago
Canada news

City of Vaughan hosts vigil for victims who have died since protests erupted in Iran | CBC News

fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago
Canada news

City of Vaughan hosts vigil for victims who have died since protests erupted in Iran | CBC News

fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Soviet attitudes framed local culture as backward': the record label standing up to Russian imperialism

Their gathering still had to be dispersed, but the enthusiasm that Ored Recordings inspires even among enforcers of the law speaks volumes about the power of what Khalilov and his friend and label co-founder Timur Kodzoko call punk ethnography: the recording of religious chants, laments and displacement songs at family gatherings, local festivals, in people's kitchens, to fight against the erasure of Circassian culture.
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Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

Art communities and heritage in Iran, moderate recovery in the art market, Sydney Biennale-podcast

Cultural communities in Iran and Lebanon respond to Middle East conflict while heritage sites face damage, alongside global art market recovery and contemporary art installations addressing regional tragedies.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

Turkey's heritage power grab: new law threatens Istanbul's opposition-run cultural sites

A new law empowering Turkey's central government to seize historic properties from local authorities is raising fears that heritage sites are becoming the latest front in a wider campaign against opposition-led municipalities. Among the sites at stake are cultural venues run by the Istanbul municipality, whose mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu launched an ambitious conservation drive and expanded cultural programming before he was jailed last year after announcing plans to run for president.
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fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Salute replaces silence for Iran after 'message from home'

Whether they were saying their prayers, or mouthing the anthem, it was clear to anyone watching on that the players had received the message from home that they needed to demonstrate symbolic solidarity with their homeland, currently under siege. Catherine Ordway, an Australian lawyer, academic and sport integrity consultant who has worked with numerous international sporting bodies, told DW.
Women
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Iran cannot be bombed into democracy. But it can be helped to find its way there | Simon Tisdall

Trump favors dramatic, fast military actions and regime-change ambitions to demonstrate power, prioritising spectacle and instant results over sustained strategic outcomes or democratic concerns.
#womens-asian-cup
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Grave concerns' for Iran women's team return home after Asian Cup elimination

Iran's women's soccer team faces uncertain return home after tournament elimination, with potential safety risks from their government due to political statements during the competition.
Women
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Iran's Women's Asian Cup team have so much concern' for families back home

Iran's Women's Asian Cup team struggles to focus on football while unable to contact families during US-Israeli attacks on their homeland due to internet blackouts.
World news
fromESPN.com
1 month ago

Iran women's national team: 'Let's just focus' on Asian Cup

Iran's women's football team proceeded with Women's Asian Cup preparations after Ayatollah Khamenei's death, with officials redirecting focus to the tournament rather than addressing geopolitical developments.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

What the world is getting wrong about what Iranians think

The US-Israeli war on Iran is exposing deep divisions among Iranians in the diaspora and in Iran. From inside Iran to the diaspora, Iranians are deeply divided about their country's future. With Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gone and Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former shah, waiting in the wings, what do conversations about regime change reveal about the spectrum of what Iranians really think?
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World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Members of Iran's elite accused of hypocrisy over children's lives in west

Iran's ruling elite are accused of hypocrisy for funding their children's western lifestyles while presiding over domestic economic hardship and repression, with approximately 4,000 regime officials' relatives living in western countries.
World news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Opinion: Inside Iran, my family and other citizens are caught between celebration and fear

Following an attack on Iran and reports of Ayatollah Khamenei's death, Iranians experienced simultaneous fear and relief, with some celebrating in streets despite ongoing bombardment and internet blackouts.
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

The Dutch Gallery Bringing Eyes to Armenia's Contemporary Art Scene

While Armenia has long been recognized for its rich and storied historical art and culture, the country's contemporary art scene is emerging as one to watch on a global scale. Armenian artists stand out for their ability to synthesize their own cultural heritage with avant-garde approaches to contemporary artmaking, bridging tradition with self-expression. Paralleling broader rising critical and market interest and investment in regions outside of the West, ARAR Gallery of Utrecht, the Netherlands, is at the forefront of Armenian art's mounting international presence.
Arts
Women
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Photographer Valentina Sinis' portrayal of Afghan women: They all wanted to tell their story'

Afghan women sustain private acts of resistance and everyday life under Taliban rule, documented through photography to assert their presence and dignity.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Art for Dignity

As if demolishing the East Wing, gutting arts agencies, and slapping his name and face on several federal buildings weren't enough, the US president now wants to do away with a DC building known as the "Sistine Chapel of New Deal art." This week, we reported on a burgeoning campaign to save the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, which houses murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, Seymour Fogel, and other major American artists. We will continue to follow this story.
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fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Queer Arab Artists on Their Own Terms

"The show is about giving the pen back to the writer, giving the paintbrush back to the artist, during this time of genocide," the Ridikkuluz told Hyperallergic in an interview at the gallery. "And when there's been so much censorship, these are artists that might not have been able to do this anywhere else."
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fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives

The Bronx Museum biennial spotlights representational works that center urban youth and marginalized identities, challenging mainstream narratives through sincere, everyday portrayals.
fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Hayv Kahraman: Libations @ Vielmetter, Los Angeles

the artist's newest body of work responds to an urgent question precipitated by the catastrophic events of the past year: What does one do when the world collapses? The works attempt to make sense of her experience of the fire and its enduring aftermath, while continuing her exploration of the poetics of loss, displacement, and migration. Kahraman views these works as an offering, a libation, to a burning world.
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World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Sara Khadem: The people of Iran have done their part, but they alone cannot resolve this situation'

Sara Khadem asserts regime change in Iran is imminent, any solution stopping civilian massacres is welcome, and international support is urgently needed.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

US Vice President Vance in Armenia for peace talks

Vance was greeted with a red carpet, an honor guard and an official delegation before he was driven to a meeting with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Speaking to reporters before the meeting, Vance said, "The prime minister has been a great friend of ours and a real ally in peace and development in this region (of) the world."
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Olympic figure skating music dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan resolved after ISU review

ISU and IOC reviewed a dispute over an Armenian pair's short program music titled Artsakh and amended the official music listing to list only the composer.
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