The ECO Cultural Institute in Tehran is hosting a group painting and calligraphy exhibition titled "Voices in Color," ...

Members of Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet of Middletown will perform “Uncaged: illuminating Afghan women artists through music & dance,” Sunday at Church of the Holy Trinity, 381 Main St.

Sharifi joined The Culture Show along with ArtLords artist and current Dean College student, Fatima Wojohat, to discuss the ever-shifting art scene in Afghanistan, and the political realities ...

They banned cinema, music and theatre outright. Foushanji, from western Herat province, said stigma surrounds artists, seen as "odd and crazy" in Afghanistan's ultra-conservative society.

Meanwhile, Afghan artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, which has one of the biggest Afghan immigrant populations in the U.S., are stepping up to help. Chloe Veltman of member station KQED reports.

Afghanistan's modern artists puzzle and provoke"Only a few people understand. Many people here are more concerned about how to feed themselves. They don't think about galleries and they shouldn't ...