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National Museum of Asian Art's Sneak Peek

May 8, 2022

Nicky Nodjoumi (born 1942, Kermanshah), Here is Aleppo, 2017, ink on paper, Purchase—Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar Endowment for Contemporary Iranian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, RLS2021.18a–c

Sneak Peek—Seeing Black: Nicky Nodjoumi’s "Here is Aleppo"
National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
Online program, May 10, 2022, 12–12:40pm

Among the museum’s recently acquired works is Nicky Nodjoumi’s Here is Aleppo, a three-panel ink painting from 2017. A major figure in the history of contemporary Iranian art, Nodjoumi has developed a distinctive body of work over the last five decades. Here is Aleppo is a monumental example of the artist’s own process of wrestling with the power dynamics that shape today’s world. Join curator Carol Huh for a closer look at this new acquisition by one of the most important voices in contemporary Iranian art.

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