1. Oktober 2021 bis 31. Mai 2022 Weltmuseum, Vienna https://www.weltmuseumwien.at/ausstellungen/aus-afghanistan/ Die Einnahme Kabuls durch die Taliban im August 2021 und die Bilder, die davon um die Welt gingen, fordern einen genaueren Blick auf Afghanistan und seine Menschen. Die Sammlungen des Weltmuseums Wien geben einen Einblick in das Leben, die Geschichte und die Kulturen Afghanistans. Wir […]

04.12.2021 to 20.03.2022 https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/iran-five-millennia-of-art-and-culture/James-Simon-Galerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin For the first time in a Berlin institution, the cultural history of Iran – from the early civilisations through to the modern era – is the focus of a major art-historical survey exhibition. Some 360 objects from the Sarikhani Collection in London will be on display, alongside […]

Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians—The Afkhami Collection 10 September 2021 – 16 January 2022 Asia Society New York Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians—The Afkhami Collection | Asia Society Drawn from the Mohammed Afkhami Collection, “Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians” presents works by more than twenty artists from Iran and its diaspora. Revising traditional aesthetics […]

June 18 through September 26, 2021 The Morgan Library & Museum, New York Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities | The Morgan Library & Museum Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander is internationally celebrated for bringing Indo-Persian manuscript-painting traditions into dialogue with contemporary art practice. This exhibition tracks the first fifteen years of this artistic journey, from her […]

Tod im Salz. Eine archäologische Ermittlung in Persien 8 June – 8 August 2021 German Mining Museum in Bochum Vom 08. Juni bis 08. August 2021 können Besuchende die Sonderausstellung „Tod im Salz. Eine archäologische Ermittlung in Persien“ des Deutschen Bergbau-Museums Bochum vor Ort erleben. Sie wurde bereits am 07. April 2021 digital eröffnet und […]

Splendor of the Sunset: Iran of the Qajar Era Museum of the Oriental Art, Moscow 15 May – 25 July 2021 Splendor of the Sunset: Iran of the Qajar era | Museum of Oriental Art (orientmuseum.ru) For the first time in Russia, more than 300 items from the richest Iranian collection of the Museum of […]

On now until Sunday, 12 September 2021 V&A London Epic Iran – Exhibition at South Kensington · V&A (vam.ac.uk) Exploring 5,000 years of art, design and culture, Epic Iran shines a light on one of the greatest historic civilisations, its journey into the 21st century and its monumental artistic achievements, which remain unknown to many.

Exploring the concept of Eden through Art & Islamic Garden Design 29 April – 30 September 2021 Aga Khan Centre Making Paradise  – Aga Khan Centre The Making Paradise exhibition brings together a variety of approaches that explore the concept of al-Janna, the Garden of Eden and the concept of Paradise in Islam. More than 130 […]

This outdoor exhibition of photographs in London is by Christopher Wilton-Steer and documents the photographer’s journey along the Silk Road in 2019. Over a period of four months, he travelled 40,000 km overland by car, bus, train, ferry, horse and camel from London to Beijing traversing 16 countries. The photographer started his journey from London’s King’s […]

Dallas, TX – April 16, 2021 – The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (MAD Paris), in partnership with the Maison Cartier, today announced the co-organization of Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity. This major exhibition traces the inspirations from and adaptations of Islamic art and design by Louis Cartier and the designers of the great French jewelry Maison for the creation of jewelry and objects from […]