“Contemporary Iranian Art That Doesn’t Shy Away from Politics” by Ksenia M. Soboleva
Exhibitions that are aesthetically compelling and rich in content are a rare treat. Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians presents 23 artists from the collection of Mohammed Afkhami, a Swiss-born Iranian financier and philanthropist based between Dubai, Switzerland, and London. Curated by Fereshteh Daftari, the exhibition was originally hosted by the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, and then traveled to the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, before being installed at the Asia Society in New York, where it is currently on view.