Anahita Ghabaian
Iranian woman to receive French Order of Arts and Letters….. more
Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh holds a Ph.D. in history and a degree in information technology applied to economic and social management (université Paris Diderot). In 2001, she created the Silk Road Gallery, Iran’s first photo gallery, which hosts shows at its two spaces in Teheran and participates in international photography and contemporary art fairs. She was the art director of Photoquai in 2009 and, in 2015, curated the Newsha Tavakolian show for the Carmignac Photojournalism Award and co-curated the Shadi Ghadirian retrospective at the Lyon municipal library. She published La Photographie iranienne, un regard sur la création contemporaine en Iran (2012)….. more
Book at Amazon…. more
The order is awarded by the French government both to French and non-French nationals who make significant contributions to the arts, literature, or the propagation of these fields.
“Over the years I have tried to introduce the Iranian art to the world and to inform the Iranian younger generations about the artistic developments in progressive countries such as French,” said Ghabaian….. more