A differentiated view of Iranian modernity
Press release from 03/01/2017
Within just a few years, modern art in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s achieved a rich development. Its protagonists were caught in a tense relationship between connecting with international developments and drawing on centuries-old traditions. On 11 March 2017, at the invitation of the Goethe-Institut and the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, experts will discuss Iranian modern art at an international conference.
Under the title "Iran and Modern Art", international contemporary witnesses will report on the development of the Iranian and Western collection at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) and its mission as a leading institution for contemporary art. In addition to the cultural climate in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s, the conference will shed light on the current relationship between Islamic and modern art as well as cultural clichés that still characterise Iranian art today. In addition, the reader on Iranian modernism published by the National Gallery will be presented.
Conference "Iran and the Art of Modernity"
11 March 2017, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Gemäldegalerie, Matthäikirchplatz, 10785 Berlin
With Sussan Babaie, Dorothée Brill, Kamran Diba, Negar Diba, Feresteh Daftari, Johannes Ebert, Gisela Fock, David Galloway, Vali Mahlouji, Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam, Gabriel Montua and Günther Schauerte
Please register online for the conference.
The event will be held in English, admission is free.
"Tehran Modernism. A Reader about ART in Iran since 1960 / The Tehran Modern. A Reader about ART in Iran since 1960", published in 2017 as a publication of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, ISBN 978-3-88609-785-2, will soon be available in the webshop of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
"Iran and Modern Art" is a conference organised by the Goethe-Institut and the Neue Nationalgalerie. It is part of the Goethe-Institut's four-month cultural programme "Iranian Modernism". Until April 2017, Iranian and German philosophers, writers, artists and cultural practitioners will provide insights into the contemporary Iranian art, music, film, theatre and literature scene in lectures, readings, film evenings, theatre performances, discussions and concerts at various venues in Berlin.
The cultural programme "Iranian Modernity" is organised by the Goethe-Institut in close cooperation with the Literary Colloquium Berlin, the CTM Festival, the Freie Universität Berlin, the Schaubühne Berlin, the Hebbel am Ufer and other partners. The cultural programme is funded by the Federal Foreign Office.