Topic Archives: Feminist art

In a TED Talks video posted in May 2011, Shirin Neshat tells the audience how, as an artist in exile, she was inspired by her home country and people there.

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THAI FEMINIST ART Pinaree Sanpitak, artistic chameleon and feminist artist, will hold her first New York exhibition, Quietly Floating, at Tyler Rollins Fine Art in March this year. Sanpitak is a prolific and celebrated Thai artist who takes her inspiration … Continue reading →

IRANIAN ART SURVEY 56 contemporary Iranian artists are presented in the attention-grabbing and timely Iran Inside Out exhibition at Chelsea Art Museum in New York (June 26 – Sep 5 2009). Surprisingly – or perhpas not – only 35 artists in the show reside inside Iran … Continue reading →

PAKISTANI CONTEMPORARY MINIATURE ART Keep hearing about contemporary Pakistani art and want to know a bit more? Here is a great little introductory video. RTHK, a Hong Kong media organisation, has produced a brief but powerful  video which, in just 6 … Continue reading →

    SAATCHI MIDDLE EAST ART SHOW Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East, Saatchi Gallery, London to 6 May 2009 Advertising mogul and art patron Saatchi is a master at generating extensive high profile media coverage for his shows giving us an uncommon opportunity to synthesise … Continue reading →

FEMALE IRANIAN ART The Masques of Shahrazad to 9-14 March 2009 at Candlestar GalleryEvolution and Revolution of three generations of Iranian women artists An exhibition featuring work by 28 Iranian women artists runs at The Mall Galleries, London, 9 – … Continue reading →

CHINESE ART TRENDS Australian curator and writer Melissa Chiu of the Asia Society New York discusses the newest trends from China in a video called Inside The Contemporary Art Scene. She identifies several emerging changes: young Chinese women are emerging as … Continue reading →

    PAKISTANI CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW REVIEW Indian contemporary art is hotter than ever, but globalization is also giving a lift to artists from neighboring Pakistan says the New York Times in its review of a show featuring three female artists … Continue reading →

MIDDLE EASTERN ART BEIJING Shirin Neshat Women Without Men Faurschou Gallery Beijing to January 18 2009 As unlikely as it seems given the current political climate, many people in the art world are now asking: is contemporary Middle Eastern art … Continue reading →

  KUWAITI ARTIST INTERVIEW This is an abridged version of ART Interview’s talk with Kuwaiti print maker Thurayama Al-Baqsami who is considered one of Kuwait’s most outspoken female artists. For over three and a half decades, Thuraya Al-Baqsami has remained … Continue reading →

IRANIAN ART PHOTOGRAPHY FILM WOMEN 27 September 2008 – 10 January 2009 30 Years of Solitude is a survey show of photography and film by some of Iran’s most talented women artists and is the first exhibition in the UK … Continue reading →

MIDDLE EASTERN ART A quick glance at three interesting shows in Dubai this autumn throws up a plethora of talent.   Huda Lutfi at The Third Line 13 November – 4 December 2008 One of Egypt’s most notable contemporary artists, … Continue reading →

IRAN CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM SHOW  to 7 September 2008       The relation of the sexes to each other is at the very forefront of the various debates on societies shaped by Islam which are currently being held all over … Continue reading →

  FEMALE ARTISTS BEIJING SURVEY Gun shot by China’s first female star artist On a February day in 1989, a young woman walked into a show at the National Gallery of Art here, whipped out a pellet gun and fired … Continue reading →

INDIA SINGAPORE CHINA KOREA TAIWAN The UK’s first Asian Art Triennial opens 5 April -1 June 2008 and is conceived by Shisha, the UK’s premier international agency for contemporary South Asian crafts and visual arts, in partnership with Castlefield Gallery, Chinese Arts Centre, … Continue reading →