About Candlestar

Candlestar is a leading international cultural consultancy that works in three different areas: Education, Art production and Art sales. In education our clients include representative organisations such as the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), the 1994 Group, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the University of the Creative Arts, Ravensborne College of Design and Communications, and the Complete University Guide. We are responsible for management and development of the Prix Pictet global photography prize for Swiss bank Pictet & Cie and for the development of a contemporary art prize for the charity Magic of Persia. Our art productions have also included the establishment of the Gulf Art Fair (Dubai), the design of a European painting prize and over fifty exhibitions in leading galleries worldwide.

Based in London and Tehran, Candlestar not only specialises in the development and production of major international arts projects, but also works with a growing roster of artists including Gerry Judah, Lucy Orta and the Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli. Candlestar is gaining a considerable reputation for its portfolio of projects involving artists and galleries from Iran.