Fereydoun Ave | "Life": Dastan's Basement

Dastan's Basement is pleased to present "Life", a solo exhibition by Fereydoun Ave. On view from May 29 to June 19, 2026, the exhibition marks Dastan's first official presentation of the new year, following recent events.
In addition to Ave's solo works, the exhibition features his collaborative pieces with Parvaneh Etemadi, marking their first public presentation.
"Fereydoun Ave belongs to the dancers among artists-crossing cultural boundaries and mastering life with a lightness of being, intuition and, at times, an element of calculation. Ave strives to comprehend and make visible what he experiences by thinking in broad complexes of interrelated dimensions."
- Peter Fischer
Over five decades of continuous practice, Fereydoun Ave has been a seminal and influential figure in Iranian contemporary art. Engaging directly with themes deeply rooted in cultural contexts, his works have been featured in hundreds of solo and group exhibitions worldwide. Beyond prestigious private collections, Ave's works are held in the permanent institutional collections of major museums, including the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Centre Pompidou, the Cy Twombly Foundation, and the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMOCA).