the political and social system involved in the limbo between tradition and modernity of the qajar era caused widespread and quick developments in iranian culture, art, and architecture as well as a challenge between tradition and modernity. relatively numerous palaces built in this era were signs of greatness and distinction-seeking of the qajar kings and aristocrats, who embraced all transfor...

technology has had many influences on the iranian society in different eras. today, information and telecommunication technologies have revolutionized the basic structures of society and a new network society has been propagated inside the traditional and semi-modern context. in countries like iran, which are in the process of modernization, a chaos deriving from the transition period is observ...

This article aims to explain the general features of contemporary art and its radical novelty. While recognising importance postmodernism as a marker boundary cultural epochs, author argues that it is impossible either reduce or them through foundations postmodernism. In own way, sums up great past history humankind. Contemporary expresses trends development movement towards future human civili...

When setting out to organize this Special Issue of Arts, I began with the goal survey emerging field art market studies but also expand notion include alternatives, such as collectives and festivals, that challenge dominance pre-eminent arbiter cultural value [...]