WOMEN WITHOUT MEN directed by Shirin Neshat, written by Neshat with Shoja Azari, from the book by Shahrnush Parsipur. 95 minutes. Subtitled. A Mongrel release. Opens Friday (April 2). For venues, ...

Shirin Neshat’s early life in the US was less American Dream and more brutal reality. The Iranian-born artist and film-maker was 17 in 1975 when she arrived in Los Angeles—and she hated it. The ...

Portrait of Shirin Neshat. Photo by Rodolfo Martinez. On March 24, at the inaugural exhibition of YARAT Contemporary Art Space in Baku, Azerbaijan, visitors will undoubtedly cluster in front of a ...

I recognized Shirin Neshat by her black kohl eyeliner, which frames her kind eyes like war paint. We met at Goodman Gallery in London, where the veteran artist is presenting a new body of work in her ...

Click the play button above to hear Shirin Neshat's full conversation with Tom Power. Shirin Neshat is an Iranian American artist who sees the complicated world of geopolitics as essential to her art.

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Visual artist Shirin Neshat was born ...

“When you listen to Umm Kulthum, you just can’t stand still. The song gets inside you and makes you move and then you understand the meaning. The song makes you so happy that you feel you’re dancing ...

Berlin-based The Match Factory has taken world sales on New York-based Iranian artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat’s “Looking for Umm Kulthum,” a feature film centered on Egyptian singer-actress and ...

The visual artist and director has long used her work to focus on her Iranian roots, but with her futuristic new drama, she takes a penetrating look at her adopted country — and is troubled by what ...

The series "Women of Allah" by Shirin Neshat, whose photo "Unveiling" appeared on the façade of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin on October 30, 2022, and created controversy. JOCHEN ECKEL/PICTURE ...