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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
3 Oct 2026 — 28 Feb 2027 at Moderna Museet
· Stockholm
This exhibition celebrates the life and work of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, one of Iran's most celebrated artists. Renowned for her intricate mirror-mosaic sculptures and geometric compositions, Farmanfarmaian spent decades bridging the ancient craft traditions of her homeland with the language of twentieth-century abstraction.
Her works draw on the mirrored interiors of Iranian shrines and palaces, transforming fragments of glass and mirror into luminous, kaleidoscopic forms. The exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to experience the full breadth of her artistic vision, from intimate early pieces to monumental later works.
Her works draw on the mirrored interiors of Iranian shrines and palaces, transforming fragments of glass and mirror into luminous, kaleidoscopic forms. The exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to experience the full breadth of her artistic vision, from intimate early pieces to monumental later works.
About the artist
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1924–2019
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was an Iranian artist and a collector of traditional folk art. She is noted for having been one of the most prominent Iranian artists of the contemporary period, and she was the first artist to achieve an artistic practice that weds the geometric patterns and…
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Moderna Museet
· Stockholm
Moderna Museet is a state museum for modern and contemporary art and design, located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, opened in 1958.
