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11/06/2026

Opening Tonight : “Hir o Vir” with Laila Tara H and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Thursday June 11th, starting 6pm.

Curated by Parand Danesh.

Image: Laila Tara H, Contact (Loqmé 5), 2026, Mirror-polished steel, galvanised steel handles, brass sphere, 100 x 145 cm. ©Corey Betle-Sanderson. Courtesy of the Artist and Hatch Gallery

10/06/2026

Meet the Curator: Parand Danesh

Parand Danesh is a Franco-Iranian researcher, curator and editor based in Paris. Her curatorial and editorial practice explores questions of memory, transmission, archives, identity and the relationship between artistic creation and historical narratives. 

She is completing a PhD at the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), examining the political efficacy of martyrdom representations and visual cultures of sacrifice in post-revolutionary Iran through the study of dissonant archives. Alongside her academic work, she has curated exhibitions, contributed to the development of residency programmes and directed editorial projects across Europe and the Middle East. She was Assistant Curator of the Arts AlUla ‘Heritage and Innovation Residency Programme’ in 2024 at AlUla, Saudi Arabia, alongside Chief Curator Ludovic Delalande.

Currently, Danesh is the Project Director of Outs[AI]der, a research initiative at GHU Paris Psychiatrie & Neurosciences exploring the intersections of artificial intelligence, psychiatry, and Art Brut. He is also on the steering committee of RICEVE (International Network of Researchers Facing Extreme Violence), an interdisciplinary research network dedicated to examining mass violence and its social, political, emotional and methodological implications for researchers and their work. 

Recent publications and editorial projects include Zamânshoor (Les Presses des Pionniers, 2025), co-authored with Alireza Mohammadi, and Looking Back Looking Forward (Arts AlUla × Afalula, 2024), for which she led the artistic and editorial direction.

As curator of ‘Hir o Vir’, Parand Danesh brings together the work of Laila Tara H and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian through a dialogue centred on memory, fragmentation, geometry, craftsmanship and the enduring capacity of artistic forms to move between heritage and contemporaneity.

Curator: Parand Danesh, Hir o Vir, 2026.

Credit: 1-Portrait Parand Danesh
3- Courtesy of Arts
4-Installation view, Yasmina Bhfhdbedu, Arts AlUla Looking back looking fwd, 2024 AlUla Saudi. Courtesy the artist and Arts AlUla.

08/06/2026

05/06/2026

Last 10 days to see BRAVO by Felipe Romero Beltrán at Fotografia Europea.




Curated by Tim Clark and supported by Fundación MAPFRE, BRAVO is part of the 2026 edition of Fotografia Europea, the international festival dedicated to contemporary photography in Reggio Emilia.

On view until June 14, 2026

Credit: Felipe Romero Beltrán

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04/06/2026

Opening next week on Thursday, June 11, ‘Hir o Vir’ presents the work of Laila Tara H in dialogue with Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019), a key figure of postwar abstraction who lived between Tehran and New York.

Drawing on Persian miniature painting as a key reference, Laila Tara H develops a contemporary visual language that reinterprets its narrative density, precision, and symbolic layering through painting, textile, and installation.

The project emerges from an extended process of research and dialogue between Laila, Parand, and the gallery, exploring continuities between Iranian modern art and contemporary practices.

Very much looking to welcome you all next week.

03/06/2026