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  • Iranian-British feminist Soheila Sokhanvari exhibits rebellious art in Aarhus

    Klara Trebbien Rasmussen, Jyllands-Postens, May 31, 2024
  • The Art Diary May 2024 – Revd Jonathan Evens

    Revd Jonathan Evens, Artlyst, May 8, 2024
  • Iranian Artist Takes Rebels to Aarhus

    Shekufe Ranjbar, CPH Post, April 19, 2024
  • Iranian Artist Takes Rebels to Aarhus

    Shekufe Ranjbar, The Copenhagen Post, April 19, 2024
  • What to see in April: Were our body ideals created by Greek sculptors 2500 years ago?

    Anja Limkilde, Helsingor Dagblad, March 31, 2024
  • How Galleries Are Increasingly Funding Museum Shows

    Lawson-Tancred, Artnet, March 12, 2024
  • Faces of a Revolution

    Shirley Stevenson, Aesthetica, February 18, 2024
  • Kristin Hjellegjerde

    Art Money, January 25, 2024
  • Culture for your weekend: Ugandan ancestral curse, Kurdish exile songs and dishonor in South Africa

    Søren steensig, Globalnyt, January 18, 2024
  • 21 banned women artists are written back into the history books: “I will immortalize them”

    Anne Bech-Danielsen, Politiken, January 17, 2024
  • Soheila Sokhanvari insists that Iran's women artists are remembered

    Maria Kjær Themsen, Information, January 16, 2024
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel 13 jan 20242 jun 2024

    Kunsten, January 13, 2024
  • Where to go on the weekend?

    Monopol Magazine, January 12, 2024
  • Behind the Hijab

    Anna Raaby Ravn, Weekendavisen, January 11, 2024
  • David Bowie-inspired Aros shows the strangulation of Iranian women's careers and freedom

    Aarus Onsdag, December 16, 2023
  • The Iranian artist using painting to honor her lost homeland

    Cath Pound, CNN, November 22, 2023
  • Devotional and Cathartic

    En Liang Khong, ArtReview
  • Intervista a Soheila Sokhanvari: l’arte può essere voce delle donne iraniane

    di Niccolò Lucarelli, Artribune, August 6, 2023
  • The Heong Gallery to Host a Solo Exhibition by Soheila Sokhanvari

    MODESTAS MANKUS, our culture magazine, August 2, 2023
  • At a trying time for London fairs, Eye of the Collector returns for its third edition

    Amah-Rose Abrams, The Art Newspaper, May 18, 2023
  • This artist will make you think differently about Iranian womanhood

    Niloufar Haidari, Dazed, February 16, 2023
  • FIG. 1 Rebel (Portrait of Zinat Moadab), by Soheila Sokhanvari. 2021. Egg tempera on parchment, 18.2 by 12.8 cm. (Courtesy the artist and Kristin Hjellegjerde, London).

    Sohelia Sokhanvari

    Roger Malbert, Burlington Contemporary, February 8, 2023
  • THE TOP 5 MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS TO SEE IN LONDON IN FEB

    Tabish Khan , FAD Magazine, February 5, 2023
  • Portrait of Katayoun. Women sitting in backwards chair with cheetah print. Room in background filled with patterns and colours.

    Mahsa Jina Amini, Mahsa Jina Amini - Say her name, say her name: Soheila Sokhanvari

    Els Roelandt, Hart Magazine, February 2, 2023
  • Wild at Heart (Portrait of Pouran Shapoori), 2019 Credit: Soheila Sokhanvari, courtesy Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery

    Iran's erased women remembered

    Marnie Duke, Index on Censorship, February 1, 2023
  • Colourful patterned painting of a room with a woman seated in a chair with a plant to her right and a portrait painting on the wall behind her.

    7 Must-see art exhibitions in London ending in February 2023

    Flo Arts, FloLondon, January 28, 2023
  • A Rebel with a Cause

    Air Mail, January 28, 2023
  • Soheila Sokhanvari’s Timely Exhibition Celebrates Iran’s Feminist Artists And Icons

    Nargess Banks, Forbes, January 27, 2023
  • Top 10 art exhibitions in London

    Eddy Frankel & Time Out London Art , Time Out , January 26, 2023
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: the former scientist using ‘alchemy’ to bring together Iranian and Western culture

    Louisa Buck, The Art Newspaper, January 6, 2023
  • Porträts von Soheila Sokhanvari Gemalte Rebellinnen

    Jan-Philipp Fruehsorge, Monopol Magazin, January 3, 2023
  • Visual arts in 2022 — the year of the great comeback

    Jackie Wullschläger, Financial Times, December 31, 2022
  • The best art and architecture of 2022

    Adrian Searle, Katy Hessel, Oliver Wainwright, Jonathan Jones, The Guardian, December 20, 2022
  • Honouring Women Silenced In the Past with Iranian Artist Soheila Sokhanvari

    The Art Persists Podcast, December 19, 2022
  • Stolze IKONEN

    Monopol Magazin, December 6, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: "Die Jugend ist stark und wütend, sie wird es schaffen"

    Nele Sophie, ZEIT Magazine online, December 6, 2022
  • The Biggest Exhibitions To See In London: Winter 2022

    Tabish Khan, Londonist, November 14, 2022
  • Iranian Feminism Immortalized: Protests, Art, and Meaning Transformed

    Claire Ferguson, Hasta, November 8, 2022
  • “To every challenge, the Islamic Republic of Iran has only one response: it kills”

    Alain Frachon, Le Monde, November 3, 2022
  • The Great Women Artists

    KATY HESSEL, GWA Newsletter, November 2, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari’s rebel women paved the way for Iran’s protesters

    EMMA RUSSELL, I.D Vice, November 1, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari’s rebel women paved the way for Iran’s protesters

    Emma Russell, i-D magazine, November 1, 2022
  • Why I Paint Iran’s Feminist Icons

    Soheila Sokhanvari, ArtReview, October 28, 2022
  • Capturing a moment past and present: ‘Rebel Rebel’ at the Barbican

    Nargress, Design Talks, October 25, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: The Iranian Artist Using Her Work As A Political Act

    Simon Coates, Service95, October 21, 2022
  • Rebel, Rebel: An ode to Iranian women's spirit of resistance across generations

    Katy Shahandeh, NewArabKaty Shahandeh, October 21, 2022
  • The Iranian Rebel Women of Soheila Sokhanvari

    Shira Wolfe, Artland Magazine, October 21, 2022
  • Rebel, Rebel: An ode to Iranian women's spirit of resistance across generations

    Katy Shahandeh, The New Arab, October 21, 2022
  • Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari presents a site-specific installation at Barbican Art Gallery

    Jose Villarreal, Art Daily, October 21, 2022
  • Minha arte celebra as rebeldes feministas do Irã; os protestos no país estão me dando esperança

    Harriet Shepherd, Vogue Brasil, October 16, 2022
  • REBEL, REBEL | THE CURVE, BARBICAN

    ANASTASIA NYSTEN, Selections, October 13, 2022
  • Iran's Feminist Icons

    Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou, Plinth, October 12, 2022
  • The Wick List: Viewing Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel

    The Wick
  • Iranian women show joyful defiance in Rebel Rebel at the Barbican

    Jackie Wullschläger, Financial Times, October 12, 2022
  • 8 Shows to See in London During Frieze, From Sam Gilliam’s Late Paintings to a Celebration of Iranian Feminist Icons

    Elizabeth Fullerton, ARTnews, October 11, 2022
  • Camilla George, Elizabeth Strout and Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari

    BBC Radio 4, October 11, 2022
  • Artist Soheila Sokhanvari honours the untold stories of Iran’s feminist icons

    FRANCE 24, October 11, 2022
  • Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari presents a site-specific installation at Barbican Art Gallery

    artdaily.com, October 11, 2022
  • In the studio with…. Soheila Sokhanvari

    Apollo, October 10, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari, la artista que pintó a las mujeres libres de Irán (antes de Jomeini)

    ISABEL GÓMEZ MELENCHÓN, La Vanguardia, October 10, 2022
  • My art celebrates Iran’s feminist rebels; the protests in the country are giving me hope

    SOHEILA SOKHANVARI, Vogue, October 9, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel Glitters at The Curve

    Grace Richardson, London Unattached , October 8, 2022
  • How to make the most of art season in the capital Our pick of London’s best exhibitions this October, at Frieze and beyo

    FRANCES HEDGES, Bazaar, October 8, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel Glitters at The Curve

    Grace Richardson, London Unattached, October 8, 2022
  • How to make the most of art season in the capital

    FRANCES HEDGES, Harpers Bazaar, October 8, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel at the Barbican

    Jessica Wall, TheUpComing, October 7, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari Honors the Untold Stories of Iran’s Feminist Icons

    Harriet Shepherd, WMagazine, October 7, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel review – vivacious paintings of liberated Iranian womanhood

    Jonathan Jones, The Guardian, October 7, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel

    Eddy Frankel, Timeout, October 7, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari Honors the Untold Stories of Iran’s Feminist Icons

    Harriet Shepherd, W magazine , October 7, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel at the Barbican

    Jessica Wall, The Up Coming, October 7, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel review — fabulous women of old Iran

    Laura Freeman, The Times, October 7, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel

    Eddy Frankel, Time Out, October 7, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel review – vivacious paintings of liberated Iranian womanhood

    Jonathan Jones, The Guardian, October 7, 2022
  • Image of the Day

    Elephant, October 6, 2022
  • My Art Celebrates Iran’s Feminist Rebels; The Protests In The Country Are Giving Me Hope

    Harriet Shepherd, Vogue, October 5, 2022
  • My Art Celebrates Iran’s Feminist Rebels; The Protests In The Country Are Giving Me Hope

    Harriet Shepherd, British Vogue, October 5, 2022
  • Studio visit: Soheila Sokhanvari

    Barbican centre , October 5, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: My Art Celebrates Iran’s Feminist Rebels; The Protests In The Country Are Giving Me Hope

    Soheila Sokhanvari, VOGUE, October 5, 2022
  • Brilliant Things to Do This October

    Daisy Woodward, AnOther Mag, October 3, 2022
  • Rebel (Portrait of Zinat Moadab), 2021

    Brilliant Things to Do This October

    Daisy Woodward, AnOther, October 3, 2022
  • The WELTKUNST newsletter from Lisa Zeitz

    Lisa Zeitz, The WELTKUNST, September 30, 2022
  • 27 women - symbols of Iran in an exhibition more relevant than ever

    Georgia Skamaga, Athens Voice , September 28, 2022
  • Only the Sound Remains (Portrait of Ramesh), 2021. © Soheila Sokhanvari. Courtesy of the artist and Kristin Hjellegjerde gallery

    27 WOMEN - SYMBOLS OF IRAN IN AN EXHIBITION MORE RELEVANT THAN EVER

    Georgia Skamaga, Athens Voice, September 28, 2022
  • A vibrant celebration of Iranian rebel women – in pictures

    Kathryn Bromwich, The Guardian, September 24, 2022
  • REBEL REBEL

    Reina Lewis, The World Of Interiors , September 23, 2022
  • 10 Women Artists Shattering Expectations of Feminist Art

    Charlotte Jensen, Artsy, September 21, 2022
  • The best free exhibitions in London right now – get your culture fix and keep your money for coffee

    Elizabeth Gregory, The Evening Standard, September 20, 2022
  • Drop veils, dynamite Fuseli, Bristol's Mayer, Transylvanian folk

    World of Interiors, September 1, 2022
  • Iranian Feminist Icons to Star In Barbican Show by Soheila Sokhanvari

    Nazanine Nouri, Kayhanlife, August 16, 2022
  • Soheila Sokhanvari

    Iranian Feminist Icons to Star In Barbican Show by Soheila Sokhanvari

    Nazanine Nouri, Kayhan Life, August 16, 2022
  • Art exhibitions in London we can’t wait to see in autumn 2022

    Eddy Frankel, Time Out, July 28, 2022
  • A Photographic Portrayal of Eight Artists Shaping The Future of Figurative Art

    Jean Wainwright, FLUX Review, May 10, 2021
  • Portfolio: Absence, Soheila Sokhanvari

    The Southampton Review, June 4, 2020
  • Episode 8: Soheila Sokhanvari

    Tavan Studio, April 25, 2020
  • Soheila Sokhanvari Places Iran’s Forgotten Female Pop Stars in the Spotlight

    Elephant, November 28, 2019
  • Art Dubai 2018: an oasis of cultural expression amid Middle East’s increasing political strife

    Enid Tsui, South China Morning Post, April 1, 2018
  • Art Dubai 2018: Must-Visit Booths

    Katrina Kufer, Harper's Bazaar Arabia, March 23, 2018
  • Art Dubai Finds Its Footing Thanks to a Saudi Art Renaissance and the New Louvre Abu Dhabi

    Arsalan Mohammad, artnet.news, March 23, 2018
  • HIGHLIGHTS OF ART DUBAI

    Selections, March 23, 2018
  • GUIDE: THE HUNTR’S TOP 5 ‘NOT TO MISS’ AT ART DUBAI 2018

    Perry El-Ashmawi, The Huntr, March 22, 2018
  • From $300 to $1.1m: What can you buy at Art Dubai?

    The Art Newspaper, March 22, 2018
  • ‘CURATED BY’ AT ART DUBAI CONTEMPORARY

    Selections, March 21, 2018
  • Preview: art fair as cultural think-tank – Art Dubai 2018

    Megan Miller, Art Radar, March 20, 2018
  • Art Dubai 2018: 10 things to do

    Pratyush Sarup, Gulf News, March 18, 2018
  • Here's your handy guide to this year's Art Dubai

    Emirates Woman, March 8, 2018
  • Gallery Highlights at Art Dubai 2018

    Rawaa Talass, ARTFACTS.NET, March 1, 2018
  • Art Dubai

    Emirates Open Skies, March 1, 2018
  • Soheila Sokhanvari

    SARA MAKARI -AGHDAM, Frieze, October 15, 2017
  • Soheila Sokhanvari | I AM Panel Discussion 2

    Itani Ki , July 14, 2017
  • Middle Eastern female artists take centre stage in the UK's vibrant art scene this summer

    Harper's Bazaar Arabia, July 7, 2017
  • Paradise Lost - Soheila Sokhanvari

    Cleo Roberts , Art Asia Pacific , May 14, 2017
  • Five art shows to see this week: Pump House Gallery, The Fine Art Society and more

    Sofia Gallarate, Royal Academy , January 6, 2017
  • Artist profile: Soheila Sokhanvari

    Women in Art , December 2, 2016
  • Passport Portrait Installation with Soheila Sokhanvari

    Style & Trashion, November 16, 2016
  • Soheila Sokhanvari interviewed for BBC

    BBC Look East (West) , October 19, 2016
  • Crossroads art fair a surprise success of Frieze Week

    Hannah Hayes-Westall, FAD, October 7, 2016
  • “Peace and Paper”: Iran Contemporary Art Biennale 2016

    Art Radar, August 28, 2016
  • THE COLLECTIVE TRAUMA: A CONVERSATION ABOUT ART, FASHION AND THEIR SOCIETAL ROLES WITH SOHEILA SOKHANVARI

    The Tehran Times, August 15, 2016
  • Turning Passion Into Reality: Gallerist Kristin Hjellegjerde

    Lisa Pollman, Art Radar, May 6, 2016
  • Champagne Life: Women are the artists, but not the focus

    Sari Uchida, Geijutsu Shincho Magazine, February 25, 2016
  • BBC Outlook: Soheila Sokhanvari

    BBC World Service, February 8, 2016
  • Our Top 7 stands at London Art Fair #ArtProjects

    Mark Westall, FAD Magazine, January 21, 2016
  • Så går det för konstmarknaden 2016

    Pontus Silfverstolpe, Barnebys, January 20, 2016
  • Nigel Hurst On Women Artists And The "Champagne Life" Show

    Nicholas Forrest, BLOUIN Artinfo, January 20, 2016
  • The London Art Fair for Beginners

    Paul Carey-Kent, FAD Magazine, January 20, 2016
  • A Q&A with... Sheila Sokhanvari, Champagne Life Artist

    Dany Louise, a-n Magazine, January 18, 2016
  • The Bubbly Flows At Women-Only Saatchi Show

    Jayraj Sisodia, BRIC + New World News, January 14, 2016
  • Pictures Of The Day: The Best Images From Around The World On Wednesday 13th January 2016

    Elliot Wagland and Tahira Mirza, The Huffington Post, January 13, 2016
  • Champagne Life, Saatchi Gallery, review: 'heartening news for art'

    Mark Hudson, The Telegraph, January 12, 2016
  • Antenna: 7 Hot Trends for 2016

    Meredith Etherington-Smith, Christies, January 12, 2016
  • Saatchi Gallery to host its first all-female art exhibition

    Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, January 7, 2016
  • Saatchi Gallery's all-female exhibition could start to shift male gaze of the art world

    Jonathan Jones, The Guardian, January 6, 2016
  • Saatchi Gallery Launches All-Women Exhibition, CHAMPAGNE LIFE

    Broadway World, January 4, 2016
  • Altered reality and negative space: Soheila Sokhanvari - artist profile

    Lisa Pollman, Art Radar, November 10, 2015
  • EXHIBITION REVIEW - SOHEILA SOKHANVARI: 'BOOGIE WONDERLAND' KRISTIN HJELLEGJERDE, LONDON TILL NOV 14TH 2015

    Drenched Co, November 5, 2015
  • Soheila Sokhanvari: Boogie Wonderland

    Lyubomira Kirilova, The Upcoming, November 1, 2015
  • Collectors Susan and Michael Hort Share Their Favorite Works From Frieze London 2015

    Artspace, October 19, 2015
  • Boogie Wonderland | Soheila Sokhanvari

    Artlyst, October 16, 2015
  • NOW SHOWING: Boogie Wonderland | Soheila Sokhanvari

    Elephant Magazine, October 7, 2015
  • 10 Emerging London-Based Artists and Where to See Their Work: Soheila Sokhanvari

    Jenny Choo, The Culture Trip, October 6, 2015
  • Soheila Sokhanvari. Boogie Wonderland

    Wall Street International, October 5, 2015
  • Soheila Sokhanvari's Oeuvre Showcased At Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery

    ArtLyst, September 24, 2015
  • Boogie Wonderland

    Absolutely Arts & Culture, September 21, 2015
  • Interview: Soheila Sokhanvari

    Photoworks , August 24, 2015
  • The 10 Best Contemporary Artworks at the 2015 Armory Show

    Artnet, March 5, 2015
  • Profiling Soheila Sokhanvari: An Inspired Iranian Artist

    Melodi Fanaiyan, The Culture Trip , February 4, 2015
  • Un-representable narratives and contemporary amnesia: Soheila Sokhanvari

    Janet Rady and Lisa Pollman, The Middle East in London, December 1, 2014
  • MANMADEGOD group show at ArtEco Gallery Private view Thursday 2nd August 2012

    Mark Westall, FAD, August 2, 2012

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