Articles
4 Results2022
The Institut du Monde Arabe鈥檚 new exhibition, 鈥楬abibi: Les R茅volutions de l鈥橝mour鈥�, has an Easter egg in its Arabic title.
2021
Alireza Shojaian鈥檚 Art Painted on a Vintage Iranian Paykan Car Challenges Middle Eastern Ideals of What It Means to Be a Man
Toronto Star 10/12/2021To create his latest work in praise of Middle Eastern men, artist Alireza Shojaian traded pencil crayons and paper for an airbrush and a vintage car.
Artist Alireza Shojaian Protests Iran鈥檚 Anti-LGBTQ Stance Through His Transformation of a Vintage Iranian Car
The Globe and Mail 24/11/2021To decorate this vintage car and protest human rights abuses in Iran, artist-in-exile Alireza Shojaian has used traditional Persian art forms, but subverted them with a homoerotic theme.
How one Iranian artist used the iconic Paykan as a canvas for combatting persecution.