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Anahita Toodehfallah

Anahita Toodehfallah is an independent art writer and researcher. She received her Master's degree in History of Art and Museum Studies from Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV). Originally from Iran, she currently resides in France.

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When Fire Becomes Another Word for Revolution

by Anahita Toodehfallah June 16, 2020November 5, 2020

At the Palais de Tokyo, Our World is Burning allows 30 artists to express the dream and necessity of a sustainable future in an egalitarian world.

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The Prismatic, Kitsch, and Glam World of Hassan Hajjaj

by Anahita Toodehfallah October 25, 2019September 21, 2021

Frustrated by how Morocco was merely treated as a backdrop at shoots, Hajjaj eclipsed limiting stereotypes with expansive, complex personalities.

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The Artistic Explosion in Turn-of-the-Century Soviet Russia

by Anahita Toodehfallah March 28, 2019March 28, 2019

The art of Soviet Russia may not strike the viewer as free or autonomous, but the artistic developments that flourished in this period influenced many important movements of 20th​ century art.

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A French Report on Repatriating African Cultural Heritage Stirs the Pot

by Anahita Toodehfallah December 7, 2018December 11, 2018

Senegalese economist Felwine Sarr and French art historian Bénédicte Savoy were charged by the French president to develop a clear framework for the potential restitution of African art to several African nations.

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How Picasso’s Blue and Rose Periods Lay the Foundation for His Art

by Anahita Toodehfallah November 12, 2018November 9, 2018

Whether or not one considers Picasso a prodigy, Musée d’Orsay’s Picasso. Blue and Rose allows the public to bask in the world of a young, energetic, and sensitive artist.

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The Opulent and Cosmopolitan Legacy of Iran’s Qajar Dynasty

by Anahita Toodehfallah April 24, 2018April 23, 2018

An exhibition at the Louvre-Lens gathers 19th-century Persian artworks, design objects, fashion, photos, and more, many of them on view outside Tehran for the first time.

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The Father of Iranian Surrealism Gets a Major Retrospective in His Homeland

by Anahita Toodehfallah March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

In this retrospective of Ali Akbar Sadeghi’s work, visitors enter the labyrinthine world of the artist’s practice which includes paintings, illustrations, poems, sculptures, stained glass, installations, and animation.

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