Ardeshir Mohassess: Art & Satire in Iran

Ardeshir Mohassess: Art & Satire in Iran

Ardeshir Mohassess was born in Iran in 1938 and began drawing early in his childhood. He was a self-taught caricaturist and graphic artist whose drawings express the ironic and absurd in the human condition as witnessed both before and after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. In the 1960s, after receiving a degree in political science […]

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Glass, Gilding & Ancient Design: The Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642)

Glass, Gilding & Ancient Design: The Art of Sasanian Iran (224-642)

This exhibition presented masterpieces illustrating the splendour of the court arts of the Sasanian dynasty, which ruled the ancient Near East from the third through seventh centuries. The extraordinary luxury of the court was represented by gilded silver plates with royal imagery, vessels decorated with dancers and musicians, precious glass wares, silk and fine wool […]

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