By Kurosh Alyani Iranian cultural critic

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  • A person is taking a photo of a banana that was priced as a $6 million artwork, in order to establish a personal connection with contemporary art. 2025-07-20 20:24

    By Kurosh Alyani Iranian cultural critic

    From the flame to Michelangelo, and from Michelangelo to the mouth harp: The struggle for human art

    TEHRAN – Before the accumulation of colonial wealth and the rise of institutional gatekeeping, art existed in forms that were raw, localized, and intimately bound to lived experience. It emerged through craft, ritual, oral expression, and communal aesthetics—untethered from formal complexity or market logic.

  • Taylor Sheridan 2025-06-06 22:05

    By Kurosh Alyani Iranian cultural critic

    Lonely Cowboy Philosopher: Unpacking Taylor Sheridan's Neo-Western World

    TEHRAN- Taylor Sheridan is an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for his modern Westerns like “Hell or High Water”, “Sicario”, and the hit series “Yellowstone”. A Texan who dropped out of college and spent years playing minor roles, Sheridan rose to prominence with screenplays that grapple with violence, family, land, and the law.