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- Naoya Hatakeyama, Blast #5416, C-print, 1998, Japan
Prix Pictet
Candlestar is the Secretariat for the Prix Pictet, the world’s first Prize dedicated to photography and sustainability.
Prix Pictet world tour
The Prix Pictet 2009 Earth exhibition is at the Empty Quarter Gallery in Dubai until 6 March. Following the awards exhibition at the Passage de Retz Gallery in Paris last October/November, the tour of the works shortlisted for the 2009 prize began at in the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography in Greece in December, and after Dubai will travel to Berlin, Dublin, Gstaad, Geneva, Lausanne, Eindhoven, Bonn, and The Hague. Further dates and venues will be announced during the year.
Latest News
Perspectives
Candlestar is proud to present Perspectives the latest in the series of exhibitions that it has developed in partnership with the luxury five-star hotel Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill, the official hotel partner of the Frieze Art Fair. This is the second the in the series and follows Iran Unbowed a showcase of work by three generations of contemporary artists from Iran. MORE >
Contemporary Iranian photography on the Black Snapper
Candlestar director, Fariba Farshad, was invited by the online photography magazine The Black Snapper to be guest curator for a series on contemporary Iranian photography MORE >
Education Team Support Strood Communications
Candlestar’s education team are working with Strood Academy, an outstanding new school for the Medway Community in Kent, on the development of a comprehensive communications strategy. MORE >
Education team build recruitment portfolio
Haideh Hadavi, Head of Candlestar’s Tehran Office, is building on her successful work with INTO University Partnerships to recruit students from Iran to study language in London at the Bloomsbury International. MORE >
Yassi Golshani, One Thousand and One Ties, Series B-n°7, 2009, Mixed Media (detail)
Featured Artist: Yasmine Esfandiary
Click here to view new works from Yasmine Esfandiary's Resplendent Series
Iran Unbowed Art Sales
All of the artworks in Iran Unbowed are available for sale, click here for more information and to see the complete works.
Exclusive works: Fataneh Dadkhah
Candlestar is delighted to exclusively present two photographs by Iranian artist Fataneh Dadkhah. The two digital prints on canvas are part of Dadkhah's beautiful Balouchi Bride series, and can be commissioned solely from Candlestar as a limited edition print
Earth book
Earth, the Prix Pictet 2009 publication can be ordered from the teNeues website.
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