The Iranian artist creates work that moves beyond cliché to create a new visual language about existing freely in the world.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
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Required Reading
This week, Tamara Lanier’s continuing quest for justice, the Airbnb guest from hell, Canada’s Nazi problem, ancient LA, the cover of Salman Rushdie’s new book, and more.
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10 New Art Books to Read This October
The story of a Gee’s Bend quilt, McKenzie Wark’s new memoir, Native photography, motherhood in light of Agnes Martin, and more.
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15 Art Shows to See in New York This October
This month: Henry Taylor, Barkley L. Hendricks, Carlos Villa and Leo Valledor, Cecilia Paredes, and more.
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Required Reading
This week, satellite images capture lines of cars carrying Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh, an Ethiopian painting looted by the British Museum, digitizing Urdu script, and much more.
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Required Reading
This week, influencers get paid to feed you crap, Naomi Klein’s “doppelganger,” the best Burning Man takedown, and why are we all calling each other “girl”?
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15 Art Shows to See in New York This September
This month: Ruth Asawa, Michael Rakowitz, Math Bass, contemporary Native art, and more.
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Your Armory Week Bingo Card Is Here
Some things never change, like the over-botoxed art collector and the $25 cold sandwich.
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Required Reading
This week, metallic spheres from another solar system, the problem with compulsive gift-giving, shots of a rare blue moon, and much more.
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The Rhapsodic Elegance of Sultana of New York
Hadi Moussally’s short film “Sultana’s Reign” is a lovely portrait of queerness, Middle Easternness, and Palestinianness … a beautiful multitude.
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Required Reading
This week, the world’s rarest giraffe, museum gluttony for ads, Grimes on Musk, Instagram colonialism, and more.
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Required Reading
This week, a new generation of “lesbian bars,” inequality in music streaming, Mexican-Punjabi communities in California, and who’s the artist behind the Strathmore sketchbook cover?
