Why Are Collaborative Exhibitions Among Galleries Increasing? 28 July 2024
Collaborative exhibitions, born from the cooperation among galleries, have been increasing in recent years. This trend is also evident in Iran, with such events on the rise, as seen in the recent multi-gallery exhibition celebrating the 100th birthday of Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam. In light of this artist's exhibition, the following report provides an overview of gallery collaborations...
Artchart in a Short Conversation with Salwa Zeidan, Founder of Salwa Zeidan Gallery 29 January 2024
Salwa Zeidan, the founder of the Salwa Zeidan Gallery, engaged in a conversation with ArtChart during the Abu Dhabi Art Fair. In the upcoming interview, the distinguished artist recounts the journey of establishing her gallery in Abu Dhabi, exploring her passion for gallery ownership and the strategies she employs. Furthermore, she discusses her collaboration with artists, with a pa...
A Beginner’s Guide to Consigning Your Art for Sale 5 September 2023
To “consign” a painting, according to Merriam-Webster, is to send or address it to an agent to be cared for or sold. In the art world, the term is used when collectors, artists, and galleries entrust other galleries or auction houses with artworks, hoping to make a sale.Simple in definition, more complex in actuality. Anyone interested in consigning must make key decisions: Do you w...
When everyone was buying Arabshahi and Zendehroudi, I bought Rokni Haerizadeh 11 July 2023
Kourosh Nouri, the founding director of Carbon 12 Gallery, was talking with Hossein Mohseni at the same time as Art Fair Dubai 2023. In this conversation, Nouri talks about the beginning of his career in the field of gallery ownership and the establishment of Carbon 12 Gallery together with Nadine Knotzer. He also answers questions about how to choose and collaborate with artists an...
Carbon 12 Gallery; A Gallery with a Trans-regional Approach 10 July 2023
Carbon 12 Gallery was established in 2008 and since 2009, it has been located in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, where many of the most important galleries in the MENA region are located. Kourosh Nouri and Nadine Knotzer, the founders and managers of Carbon 12 Gallery were one of the first gallerists in the Middle East that adopted a trans-regional approach and avoided fleeting and market-f...
The new generation of collectors are buying art from social media 20 June 2023
In this article, Artsy explains the functions of social media for galleries. In this article, solutions are given to improve the performance of an Instagram or Facebook page, and according to reliable statistics, the author considers this performance improvement to be beneficial for galleries and art activists.
Art Community, Social Movements: A series of conversations: Shervin Taheri 26 April 2023
Shervin Taheri can be considered as a critic and researcher with a sharp critical view of visual art. He has a questioning approach towards the activists of the visual field and specifically the gallery owners and the cycle of the art economy. Considering that the art market is separate from the art field, Taheri sees the recent crisis as a good opportunity for galleries to rethink....
Art Community, Social Movements: A series of conversations: Sajjad Baghban 19 April 2023
Sajjad Baghban has been a researcher and artistic director in many cultural and artistic centers and therefore has done many research in visual art throughout history. After studying art doctorate, he worked in art centers such as "Sareban" gallery and also published books in this field such as "Acquaintance with the philosophy of art and aesthetics" and "Representation of urban spa...
Art Community, Social Movements: A series of conversations: Hossein Mohseni 16 April 2023
Today, Hossein Mohseni is known as the director of Artibition Gallery and mostly in presenting online exhibitions; This is while he spent about 6 years of his 10-year career as a gallerist holding online exhibitions and as a result, he has touched the visual art scene in the past few years. By focusing on the economy of visual art, Mohseni has tried to develop an analytical and prac...