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CONTRIBUTIONS
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Talks & seminars
HERSTORY: THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN IRANIAN WOMEN ARTISTS, In conversation with Layla Diba, Menart Fair, Paris, 22 September 2024 |
IN CONVERSATION WITH HASSAN HAJJAJ AND ROSE ISSA, National Portrait Gallery, London, 23 February 2024 |
REMEMBERING KHOSROW HASSANZADEH: ART, LIFE, FRIENDSHIP, British Museum Lecture Theatre, London, 8 October 2023 |
CURATORS, INSTITUTIONS AND THE MARKET: TWENTY ODD YEARS IN THE MAKING OF A CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART SCENE, panel discussion, Pavilion Gallery, London, 28 June 2022 |
ART AND FEMINISM OF THE MIDDLE EAST, conference organised by the Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Portugal (online), 8 March 2022 |
ART IS LONG, LIFE IS SHORT, 22 October 2021, Art d'Égypte, Tahrir Cultural Centre, Cairo |
MIDDLE EASTERN ART UNDER COVID-19, open discussion in association with Gulf Cultural Club (online), 1 October 2020 |
NO & ARABICITY: MIDDLE EASTERN WOMEN'S (STREET) ART IN CONTEXT, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisation, Aga Khan Centre, London, 3 December 2019 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS IN TELLING AN ALTERNATIVE STORY OF THE MENA REGION, Galerie Janine Rubeiz at Beirut Art Fair, 20 September 2019 |
ARABICITY, in conversation with Juliet Cestar, Washington DC Cultural Majlis, 11 September 2019 |
AZERBAIJAN IN VENICE BIENNALES 2013–19: REVIVAL IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA, Asia House, 23 May 2019 |
THE FABRIC OF LIFE AND ART: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART, École normale supérieure, Paris, 28 March 2019 |
MONIR SHAHROUDY FARMANFARMAIAN: SIX DECADES OF WORK, Triennale Brugge, 24 June 2018 |
RACHID KORAICHI: LES MAÎTRES DU TEMPS, October Gallery, London, 20 June 2018 |
ART AGAINST OPPRESSION, Central Library, Vienna, 18 May 2018 |
CURATING CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART, Art monte-carlo, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, 29 April 2018 |
MOBILITY AND CREATION, French Institute Iran, Maison Safavide, Isfahan, 12 November 2017 and KAAF Institute, Tehran, 14 November 2017 |
VENICE BIENNALE AND THE ARAB WORLD, Ca’ Foscari, Venice, 19–20 October 2017 |
KHALED BEN SLIMANE: YA LATIF, Galerie El Marsa, Dubai, 16 March 2017 |
A QUIET REVOLUTION: IRANIAN WOMEN ARTISTS, Auditorium MSK, Gent, 8 March 2017 |
ON ARAB WOMEN ARTISTS AND CURATORIAL PRACTICE, AWAN (Arab Women Artists Now) Festival, The Arab British Centre, London, 3 March 2017 |
ART AS SOCIAL MIRROR: CURATING IN IRAN, Akademie der Künste, Goethe Institute, Berlin, 21 January 2017 |
THE FABRIC OF LIFE AND ART: CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART, Iran Heritage Foundation, London 2016 |
THE FABRIC OF LIFE AND ART: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY ARAB ART, Sotheby’s Institute, London, October 2016 |
AN OVERVIEW OF THE MIDDLE EASTERN ART SCENE, Sotheby’s Institute, London, October 2016 |
FROM 'AFRICA 95–2015': HOW THE 'AFRICAN' ART SCENE HAS CHANGED, A LONDON PERSPECTIVE, 1:54 African Art Fair, Somerset House, London, 8 October 2015 |
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY ARAB ART, Leighton House Museum, London, April 2015 |
THE FABRIC OF LIFE AND ART – A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART, Leighton House Museum, London, April 2015 |
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Lebanese Financial… February 2015? |
FUTURE IMPERFECT: ART INSTITUTIONS IN THE ARAB WORLD, Roundtable, Bardo National Museum Tunis, 28 May 2015 |
REAL FICTIONS: UNLOCKING IRANIAN CINEMA, Bagri Foundation, Asia House, London, 2 July 2014 |
SIGNS, TRACES, CALLIGRAPHY, VCU Qatar, 15 January 2014 |
CROSSING BOUNDARIES: SIGNS, TRACES AND CALLIGRAPHY, The Atrium, VCU Qatar, 15 January 2014 |
JEF GEYS AND MONIR SHAHROUDY FARMANFARMAIAN, Rose Issa in conversation with Michel Dewilde, Wiels, Brussels, 26 June 2013 |
ARCHIVING MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Executing Culture Shock, Nuqat, Kuwait, 2013 |
THE FUTURE OF TRADITION/THE TRADITION OF FUTURE, Karima Al-Shomely in conversation with Rose Issa, part of Craft Symposium, Rose Issa Projects, 8 May 2013 |
ARABICITY/REORIENTATIONS, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, 7 November 2012 |
CRAFTSMANSHIP RECONSIDERED: FRAMING, CODING, CUTTING AND UNVEILING, discussion panel, ICA London, 16 May 2012 |
ARABICITY/REORIENTATIONS, British Council, Beit Al-Zubeyr, Oman, 8 November 2012 |
A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON CONTEMPORARY ARAB AND IRANIAN ART, Oxford, 28 February 2012 |
IRAN: THE FABRIC OF LIFE AND ART, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 6 February, 2012 |
ARABICITY: DIVIDED WE STAND, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 5 February 2012 |
ARABICITY, King Abdelaziz University, Dar Al Hekma University and Effat College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, February 2012 |
A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON CONTEMPORARY ARAB AND IRANIAN ART, King Abdullah University, Jeddah, February 2012 |
COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY ART, panel discussion, Sotheby’s Institute, London, 24 November 2011 |
A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON CONTEMPORARY ARAB AND IRANIAN ART, Courtauld Institute, London, 25 October 2011 |
IN CONVERSATION WITH SUSAN HEFUNA, Serpentine/Hyde Park Corner, London, 1 October 2011 |
THE FABRIC OF LIFE AND ART: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART, Sotheby’s Institute, London, 17 May 2011 |
ARABICITY, Sotheby’s Institute, London, 10 May 2011 |
AN OVERVIEW ON CONTEMPORARY ARAB AND IRANIAN ART, Sotheby’s Institute, London, 3 May 2011 |
LIFE OF ART, A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON CONTEMPORARY ARAB AND IRANIAN ART, TDIC (Tourism Development Investment Company), Abu Dhabi, 5 January 2011 |
MONIR SHAHROUDY FARMANFARMAIAN and BITA GHEZELAYAGH, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 15 June 2010 |
COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART, Noor Festival, London ,6 November 2010 |
ART AS PROTEST: THE IMPACT ON CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE MIDDLE EAST, one-day Symposium, Noor Festival, London 20 November 2010 |
SIGNS, TRACES AND CALLIGRAPHY, Sotheby’s Institute, London, 3 October 2010 |
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, Victoria and Albert Museum, 15 June 2010 |
ARABICITY, Blueacoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, 3 July 2010 |
L'IRAN DÉVOILÉ PAR SES ARTISTES, Art Presse, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 7 May 2010 |
CONTEMPORARY ARAB AND IRANIAN ART MARKET, 8th Experts Forum, ARCO, Madrid, Spain, 19 February 2010 |
IRANIAN CONTEMPORARY ART, SOAS, London, 9 July 2009 |
INTRODUCING IRANIAN ART, 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia 19 February 2009 |
INTRODUCING IRANIAN ART, 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 19 February 2009; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 February 2009; |
INTRODUCING IRANIAN ART, 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Australia, Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, 23–24 February 2009 |
National Gallery of Australia, 23–24 February 2009; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 25 February 2009. |
- The Damascus Ministry of Culture, Aleppo, Syria, 10–12 January 2009 |
THE LIFE OF ART, CONTEMPORARY ARAB AND IRANIAN ART REPRESENTATIONS, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, December 2008 |
THE LIFE OF ART, CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS, LACMA, Los Angeles, 23 March 2008 |
RE-ORIENTATIONS: STORIES IN FRAGMENTS, SOAS, London, February 2008 |
- Art Basel, 4–8 June 2008 |
Canvas Talks, Gulf Art Fair, Dubai, 2007 |
Chair at MIDDLE EAST NOW, The British Museum, London, 20 May 2006 |
COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY ARAB AND IRANIAN ART, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, 23 June 2006 |
IRANIAN CINEMA, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, April 2005 |
CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART, Barakat Trust Conference, Oxford, July 2005 |
Study Day on Middle East, London School of Business, 2004 |
ARAB ISLAMIC ART, study day at The British Museum, London, 2004 |
IN CONVERSATION WITH SUSAN HEFUNA, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool, 2004 |
MODERNITY AND TRADITION IN THE CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE MIDDLE EAST, Collecting Now seminar, British Museum, 8 March 2003 |
IRANIAN CONTEMPORARY ART, Barbican Art Centre, London 2001 |
PRECONCEPTIONS AND IDENTITIES, debate, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, 19 August 2000 |
NEW IRANIAN CINEMA , Glasgow Film Theatre, 31 October 1999 |
IRANIAN CNEMA, Iranian film festival, National Film Theatre, BFI, Southbank, London 1999 |
CONTEMPORARY POPULAR CULTURE, Islamic Cairo study day, British Museum/SOAS, 12 November 1998 |
WOMEN IN CINEMA, International Seminar, Iran, February 1997 |
IV Islamic Seminar organised by the Islamic Art foundation, SOAS, 1991–92 |
MIDDLE EASTERN ARTISTS IN EXILE, Middle Eastern and Indian Art in the 20th Century Study Day, British Museum, 7 December 1991 |
Third International Seminar on Islamic Arts, Amman, Jordan, 18–20 October 1988 |














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