Size isn't everything — even when it comes to visual art. But sometimes blowing things up doesn't hurt either. The American painter Conley Harris took this philosophy to the Museum of Fine Arts, ...

Abdorreza Sohrabi, the director of the Visual Arts Office of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, a group of cultural figures and artists came together at the Saba Art and Cultural Institute ...

A happy and energetic race of scholars are archeologists whose camping ground is the Near East. Except for rare cases like the lateT. E. Lawrence, they are generally ignored by everybody but ...

The awards ceremony was attended by the president of the biennial, Soleiman Saeidabadi, Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Mahmud Salari, Visual Arts Office director Abdorreza Sohrabi and a ...

In his latest art exhibition titled "The Persian Reflections", resident Iranian artist Arash Groyan's eye-catching collection of Persian miniature paintings exude an exoticism that both mesmerises and ...

Yosef Setarehshenas wants to revive and introduce Jewish Persian art to the world. And on the Jewish New Year of 5764, he plans to do it through a unique Persian calendar that will incorporate four ...

Check out Colleene Fesko's appraisal of a Hovsep Pushman "The Persian Book" painting in this Season 27 exclusive digital appraisal. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS ...

“There has been an important breakthrough in the quality of the paintings exhibited in the event in comparison with the works of the previous biennial,” selection board member Majid Mehregan said ...

Participating in the closing ceremony, the director of the Visual Office of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mahmud Shaluii expressed hope that the next edition would turn into an ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - A Persian miniature is a richly detailed miniature painting which depicts religious or mythological themes from the region of the Middle East now known as Iran. The art of miniature ...

An ambitious endeavor for one publication, this book approaches the near boundless field of Persian painting from a thematic vantage point. A prefatory but comprehensive historical overview, including ...