Women, Art, Freedom | Artists and Street Politics in Iran

Explore the Women, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran, a powerful study of protest art and grassroots creative movements connected to the 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini. The talk highlights how artists and local communities shaped guerrilla interventions, street occupations, and forms of peaceful civil disobedience, and how these creative practices draw on deeper historical and theoretical roots.  Presented by Farhang Foundation and The Iranian Studies Initiative at UC Santa Barbara. Recorded: November 15, 2025 About the speaker An Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Cornell University, specializing in modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art, architecture, and visual culture.  Order the author's book on all major book platforms. Watch this and all our current episodes of the UCSB Iranian Studies Lecture Series by visiting https://Farhang.org/UCSB