Two contrasting works boldly set the stage for the Middle East Institute Art Gallery’s “Maximal Miniatures,” a showcase of contemporary Iranian artists inspired by Persian miniature painting.

Miniature painting thrived in ... featuring geometric patterns and intricate Indo-Persian borders. Glenn Lowry, director of New York's Museum of Modern Art, was astounded by the craftsmanship ...

“The world of Iranian miniatures is from the world of wisdom ... Over the past decade, many works in Persian classical and modern literature have been translated into Spanish in a collaborative effort ...

TEHRAN -- Modern miniature paintings by four Iranian artists are currently ... which focus on women in modern world, with hand-written Persian quotes from the contemporary poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad.

In 2019, two Persian paintings ... The term “miniature” is a colonial creation, a catchall category for a diverse array of figurative paintings that emerged in modern-day Iran, Turkey, and ...

“The viewer only sees miniatures of old Persian tales through images. It is like taking a quick trip and touring inside the ancient Persian tales and returning home through a newspaper from the modern ...

Unseen is a projection that also features intricate Indo-Persian borders ... Sikander began merging components of miniature paintings with modern, abstract designs. The result was a blend of ...

As an art student, Shahzia Sikander used her region's miniature painting tradition to tell the story of a modern Pakistani ... the bejeweled world of Indo-Persian miniature paintings.