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Gallery Talk | Golnaz Fathi in Conversation with Sussan Babaie, Professor of Islamic and Iranian Arts, The Courtauld Institute of Art.

29 Apr 2023 3-4.30pm

October Gallery

London WC1N 3AL

Overview

Iranian artist Golnaz Fathi will discuss her new body of work in the exhibition No rain will put out this fire. The talk examines the artist’s career, creative process and artistic practice beyond the boundaries of pure calligraphic form as it expands into the gesture of modernist abstraction.

Golnaz Fathi's work can be found in collections around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; Carnegie Mellon University in Doha, Qatar; Islamic Art Museum (IAMM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; the British Museum, London, UK; Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA; Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove, UK; Asian Civilisation’s Museum, Singapore; and Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi, India.

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