‘Cold Palette’ Explores Silence in Contemporary Iranian Art

Date: 02 August 2025 - 22:41

News ID: ۱۴۲۱۱۵

TEHRAN -- From August 1 to August 7, Tehran’s Kevin Art Gallery will host Cold Palette, a group exhibition curated by Sadegh Farhadian and Erfan Nahali, offering a nuanced meditation on the evocative power of cool tones in Iranian contemporary painting.
This carefully assembled show gathers a diverse selection of artists whose work channels the muted, introspective emotional landscapes often conjured by blues, greens, grays, and other chilled hues. These colors, Farhadian and Nahali suggest, carry a quiet resonance—evoking silence, contemplation, and a subdued affect that stands in contrast to the often vibrant palette of Iranian art.
Cold Palette brings together works by Bahar Arbabi, Maryam Asadi, Parisa Rahmani, Tarahom Salmani, Mani Gholami, Sadegh Farhadian himself, Arzoo Ma’refavi, Fafa Muhammadi, Alireza Mirzarezai, Mahsa Najafi, Kimia Nourian, and Erfan Nahali.
The exhibition’s ambition is to present an interdisciplinary, multi-style engagement with cool colors, revealing how these tonal choices intersect with varied approaches to subject matter, technique, and style.
Under the stewardship of gallery director Kevin Aliar, the show unfolds as an invitation to reconsider the often overlooked emotional and aesthetic potential of cooler palettes in visual art today. Open to the public, Cold Palette offers both a quiet respite and a fresh perspective within Tehran’s vibrant art scene.
Visitors can experience the exhibition from 4 to 8 p.m. on Fridays, and from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, at Kevin Art Gallery, located at No. 24, Sināi Alley, Pasian Street, Zafaraniyeh.