Farah Nayeri

London

Culture Writer at The New York Times

Culture writer, NYTimes https://t.co/4vxvD3vykV Author of “Takedown" https://t.co/wHeMJ0Zzkd Host: CultureBlast podcast https://t.co/QQWXVdXSFo

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Articles

It's Still South by Southwest, but This Time It's in London

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Farah Nayeri

The music, tech and film festival, long known for being in Austin, Texas, expands to Europe for the first time. The artist known as Beeple set a record in 2021 when a work of his - a collage of 5,000 images that existed only as a digital file - sold for $69.3 million in a Christie's auction. Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winkelmann, is one of the artists participating in the inaugural edition of South by Southwest London, the music, film and tech festival.
Precarious, Promising, or a Bit of Both?

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Farah Nayeri

At the Art for Tomorrow conference in Milan, participants faced sobering financial and geopolitical realities, while still finding reasons for hope and joy. "We all thought it was a joke, until it wasn't."The American visual artist Theaster Gates had stark words about the new U.S. administration's cuts to culture funding.
Festival de Cannes: pantalla para el escándalo entre una multimillonaria y un hombre más joven

2 weeks ago | clarin.com | Farah Nayeri

La mujer más rica del mundo cae bajo el hechizo de un hombre más joven. En el transcurso de algunos años, le regala más de mil millones de dólares en efectivo, rentas vitalicias y obras de arte, hasta que interviene la hija y revela todo, en lo que se convierte en un escándalo internacional.
The Artist Giuseppe Penone Uses Nature to Explore Humanity

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Farah Nayeri

Giuseppe Penone's principal materials are trees, wood, leaves, plants and rocks. A new solo show in London brings together works from his long career. Giuseppe Penone, whose exhibition "Thoughts in the Roots" is on display at the Serpentine Galleries, makes art with, and about, nature. Credit... Jeremie Souteyrat for The New York Times The willow tree is a shadow of what it once was.
A Hong Kong Picasso Show Aims to Shed New Light on the Master

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Farah Nayeri

Yet Picasso himself was not interested in spawning a following, said Anne Baldassari, one of the world's foremost Picasso scholars. Baldassari was the president of the Picasso Museum in Paris from 2005 to 2014, and in 2012 staged what was then the largest Picasso exhibition in Hong Kong: a solo show with 56 paintings and sculptures from the museum's collections. "Picasso always denied wanting to establish a 'school' or contribute to any artistic movement," Baldassari said.
TEFAF Turns From the Classic to the Contemporary

Mar 4, 2025 | nytimes.com | Farah Nayeri

The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht describes itself as a fair that spans 7,000 years of art history. For a long time, those 7,000 years mainly encompassed pre-20th-century objects: Egyptian figurines, Roman busts, African masks and Rococo clocks. In the last decade, responding to a major shift in collecting patterns, TEFAF has embraced contemporary art in a big way. This year, a quarter of its more than 270 exhibitors are galleries of 20th- and 21st-century art.
TEFAF's New Director Seeks a Larger Role for the Foundation

Mar 1, 2025 | nytimes.com | Farah Nayeri

When more than 270 gallerists convene in Maastricht, the Netherlands, this month for the 38th edition of TEFAF, they will be greeted by a new managing director: Dominique Savelkoul, a seasoned Belgian arts administrator who took the helm in September. It's her first time running an art fair and working in the commercial arts sector.
Wallace and Gromit Creator Discusses the Characters, Technology and the Queen

Feb 13, 2025 | nytimes.com | Farah Nayeri

Wallace and Gromit is something of an institution in the entertainment world. Since its introduction more than 35 years ago, the stop-motion series has won three Oscars and five BAFTAs. The two protagonists - Wallace, the cheese-eating inventor, and Gromit, the long-suffering dog - have even appeared on Royal Mail stamps.
Profondo russo | Putin si merita un processo di Norimberga - Linkiesta.it

Dec 24, 2024 | linkiesta.it | Farah Nayeri

Questo è un articolo del nuovo numero di Linkiesta Magazine, con gli articoli di World Review del New York Times. Si può comprare già adesso, qui sullo store, con spese di spedizione incluse. E dal 25 novembre anche in edicola a Milano e Roma e negli aeroporti e nelle stazioni di tutta Italia. La HM Prison Frankland è un carcere di massima sicurezza nel Nord-est dell’Inghilterra che ospita un detenuto famigerato: Charles Taylor.
Chef Nadia Sammut Aims to Educate About How Food Affects the Earth

Nov 25, 2024 | nytimes.com | Farah Nayeri

Nadia Sammut comes from a dynasty of chefs. Her grandmother opened La Fenière, a restaurant in Provence, in 1975, and her mother later took it over, clinching a Michelin star in 1995. Now, Ms. Sammut herself is in charge - and she has turned La Fenière into the world's first Michelin-star gluten-free restaurant. The gluten-free, lactose-free menu is no fad.