Global/Local 1960–2015: Six Artists from Iran, opening today at New York University’s Grey Art Gallery, draws upon an impressive collection of more than 200 Iranian artworks. This is the first major museum exhibition in the US to include pioneering Iranian modernists and emerging artists working in Tehran and abroad.
Featured in Global/Local is Shiva Ahmadi, whose paintings are informed by these events. “In my work I am always exploring what is going on in our world. There is always a battle between the good and the bad, there is always . . . a struggle,”
