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Shiva Balaghi

Dr. Shiva Balaghi is an independent scholar and curator based in Los Angeles. For nearly two decades, she taught cultural history at NYU and Brown University. She writes regularly for museum catalogues and art publications; her books include Picturing Iran: Art Society and Revolution.

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Remembering the Great Political Art of Siah Armajani

by Shiva Balaghi September 16, 2020November 5, 2020

Armajani passed away in his home on August 27. His last artworks focused on immigration and the threats to American liberty.

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Reflecting on Shirin Neshat’s Career With the Artist’s Words

by Shiva Balaghi January 13, 2020January 13, 2020

Neshat shares why she moved away from still photography to video, and why she thinks her work feels “very relevant” today.

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Changing the Tune of Globalization

by Shiva Balaghi December 4, 2019December 5, 2019

In her new book on changing patterns of cultural production and consumption, Fatima Bhutto posits that it’s not American pop songs but K-Pop that has become the soundtrack of globalization.

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Languages as Bridge in the Work of Siah Armajani

by Shiva Balaghi February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

Born in Tehran and having made his home in Minneapolis, historical and familial references abound in this artist’s body of work that draws in equal measure from the arts and the sciences.

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MoMA’s Travel Ban Protest Exposes a Legacy of Closeted Modernism

by Shiva Balaghi March 15, 2017

While MoMA has received accolades for its rehang in protest of the so-called Muslim ban, the issue brings up many questions about the work that never gets shown and why.

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